256 xxn. HYPERICINEJE. (W. T. Thiselton Dyer.) [Hypericum. 



simple, leaves oblong or ovate acute firm, sepals with long teeth, petals 

 glandular-striate. H. adenophorum, Wall. Cat. 4812. H. iiervosum, Don 

 Prodr. 219. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; from Sikkim, alt. 7-12,000 ft., to Sirmur, alt. 7-8000 ft. ; 

 KHASIA MTS., alt. 4-6000 ft. ; ASSAM and BIRMA, Griffith. 



Stems 1-2 ft., stoloniferous, glabrous, terete. Leaves 1-1 \ in., approximate, stem- 

 clasping, uppermost glandular- fringed at the base, closely pellucid-punctate. Cymes 

 paniculate ; flowers | in. Sepals \ in.,^ lanceolate, acute, with black intramarginal 

 glands. Petals exceeding the calyx. Styles 3, | in., at least twice the length of the 

 ovary, spreading, not exceeding the stamens. Capsule in. A very variable plant, 

 allied to the European H. montanum, L., which is puberulous with a denser cyme and 

 shorter sepaline teeth. H. intermedium, Steud., of Abyssinia and Asia Minor, has 

 shorter teeth but a very open cyme. 



15. H. napaulense, CJioisy in DC. Prodr. i. 552 ; stems weak with 

 numerous branches, leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate obtuse thin, sepals 

 with short teeth, petals eglandular or nearly so. H. pallens, Dott J'rm/r. :M!>. 

 H. setosum, Wall. Cat. 4814. H. Wightianuin, Wall. Cat. 4010; W. & A. 

 Prodr. 99 ; Wig/it. III. i. 43. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; from Sikkim, alt. 10-12,000 ft. to Kashmir, alt. 7-8000 ft.; 

 BlRMA, Griffith. \\'KSII:I:N I'KMNHI.A, Nilghiri and Pnlney .Mts., H '/////<, &c. 



Stems slender, difl'use or prostrate, cylindric, obscurely 2-edged. Leaves -f in., 

 sessile and stem-clasping, or slightly petiolrd. glaucous beneath and closely pellucid- 

 punctate. Cymes ff\v-llmv. -n <!, loi.se; flowers in. Sepals lanceolate. Petals longer 

 than the calyx. Styles in., about equalling the ovary, exceeding the stamens. < '///>- 

 sule fa in. Perhaps only a variety of H. elodeoidcs. 



16. H. monanthemum, //./. < T. ms. ; stems simple, leaves broadly 

 elliptic or ovate, si-pals (lark-glan<lular-striate, petals linear twice the length 

 of the sepals, styles half the length of the ovary. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA; Lachen and Lachoong Valleys, alt. 11-12,000 ft., J. D. II. 



>/< //ts 4 in.-l ft., erect, 2-edged, reddish brown. Leaves f in., sessile, obtuse, pel- 

 lurid rtriate-ptractate, witn a few black marginal dots beneath. Cymes 1-3-flowerud ; 

 flowers with a pair of glandular fringed bracts. Sepals linear-lanceolate. Syles fa in., 

 equalling the stamens. Capsule J in., ovoid. 



SECT. III. Brathydineae, Spach. Sepals 5, Petals persistent. Stamens 

 connate at the base. Ovary 1 -celled. 



17. H.japonicum, Tlmiil. Fl. J<r/>. 295, t. 31 ; stems diffuse or ascend- 

 ing, leaves 3-nerved, cyme dichotomous elongated, sepals 3-nerved. \Vnll. 

 Cat. 4811. Royle III. t. 24. H. pusillura, (.'knixy in DC. Prodr. i. 549. 

 Brathys nepalensis, Blwme Jftlf. But. ii. 19. H. calycatuni, Jacy. Herb, (sepals 

 foliaceous). 



TEMPERATE and SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, from Sikkim to Garwhal ; alt. 2-5000 ft. 

 KHASIA MTS. ; ASSAM, SILHET, BIRMA ; EASTERN and WESTERN PENINSULA and CEYLON. 

 DISTRIB. New Zealand, Australia, Japan, China, Java. 



Annual. Stems 1-15 in., tufted or prostrate, glabrous, 4-angled. Leaves | in. or 

 less, stem-clasping, oval or ovate, pellucid-punctate, flowers % in. diam., yellow. 

 Bracts and sepals linear-lanceolate, entire, acute, glandular and pellucid-punctate at 

 the apex. Pttals equalling the calyx. Styles ^ the length of the ovary. Capsule % in. 

 Seeds ribbed and transversely striate. H. humifusum is distinguished by its 2-edged 

 Bteins, 3 celled ovary, and leaves with intra-marginal black dots. 



18. XX. Xialandii, Choisy in DC. Prodr. i. 550; stems slender simple, 

 leaves approximate below appressed with revolute margins 1-nerved, cyme 



