Hypericum.} HYPERtCACEAE. 69 



minute. Sepals acute, with membranous margins. Capsule 3-5- 

 celled. 



Succulent aquatics; leaves 1-1-5 in. long, crenate ; flowers crowded, 



pink ; stamens 10 1 . capensis. 



Stiff erect terrestrial plants; leaves -3-'8(-l'5) in. long, serrate : 



Flowers 1-4 together, pink; stamens 10 2. aextiro^t. 



Flowers red, in dense clusters ; stamens 3-5 3. ammannioides. 



1. BERGIA CAPENSIS, Linn. B. verticillata, Willd. ; F. B. I. i. 

 252. B. aquatica, Iloxb. Cor. PI. ii. 22, t. 142. Elatine 

 verticillata, W. & A. 41. 



Carnatic, from Chingieput to Trichinopoly. 

 A glabrous succulent herb of rice-fields and the margins of 

 tanks. 



'2. BERGIA AESTIVOSA, W. & A. 41; F. B. I. i. 251. Elatine 

 aestivosa, Wt. Ic. t. 222. 



Carnatic, about Madras. 



8. BERGIA AMMANNIOIDES, Roxb. ; F. B. I. i. 251 ; Wt. 111. i. 25A. 

 FAatinc anniuinnioides, W. & A. 41. 

 Marshy places in most Districts. 



Family XXI. HYPERICACEAE. 



Shrubs or herbs, rarely trees. Leaves opposite or, rarely, 

 alternate, often marked with transparent or black dots, exstipu- 

 late. Flowers solitary or cymose, terminal or, rarely, axillary, 

 yellow red or white. Sepals and petals (4) 5 each ; petals 

 contorted in bud. Stamens indefinite, free or variously combined 

 into 3 or 5 bunches or rarely all connate. Ovary 3-5-carpelled, 1- 

 or 3-5-celled ; styles free or connate ; ovules few or many on axile 

 or parietal placentas, or rarely solitary basal. Fruit a septicidal 

 or rarely loculicidal capsule or an indehiscent berry. Seeds 

 exarillate, exalbuminous. 



Shrubs with yellow flowers 2-3 in. across, or herbs ; capsule septicidal ; 



seeds wingless 1. Hypericum. 



Shrubs with pink flowers, -5 in. across ; capsule loculicidal ; seeds 

 winged 2 . Cratoxylon. 



1. Hypericum, Linn. 



Herbs, shrubs or small trees. Leaves usually sessile. Flowers 

 cymose, yellow, usually terminal. Sepals 5. Petals 5, usually 



