70 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Hypericum. 



somewhat oblique at the top. Ovary 1-celled with 3 or 5 parietal 

 placentas or 3-5-celled with axile placentas ; styles free or 

 connate ; ovules usually many. Capsule septicidal or, when 

 1-celled, splitting through the placentas. 



Shrubs 4-8 ft. high, with flowers 2-3 in. across : 



Styles exceeding the ovary in length ; young branches 4-angled 



1. inysorense. 

 Styles much shorter than the ovary ; young branches terete 



2. Hookerianum, 

 Herbs with flowers under 1 in. across : 



Sepals with gland-tipped teeth 3. Wightianum. 



Sepals entire : 

 Leaves sessile, auricled, 3-nerved ; stamens monadelphous ; ovary 



1-celled 4. japonicum . 



Leaves shortly stalked, penninerved ; stamens 3-adelphous ; ovary 

 3-celled 5. humifusum . 



1. HYPERICUM MYSORENSE, Heyne ; F. B. I. i. 253 ; W. & A. 99. 

 Norisca mysorensis, Wt. Ic. t. 56. 



W. Ghats in the Nilgiris Anamalais Pulneys and Travan- 



core Hills, above 5,000 ft. 



A large shrub, conspicuous on the open grassy " downs." 



2. HYPERICUM HOOKERIANUM, W. & A, 99 ; F. B. I. i. 254 ; Wt. 

 Ic. 949. 



W. Ghats, Nilgiris above 7,000 ft. 



A handsome shrub, rather scarce, in Shola forests. 



3. HYPERICUM WIGHTIANUM, Wall. ; W. & A. 99. H. napaulense, 

 Dyer in F. B. I. i. 256 (excepting characters of pistil) not of 

 Choisy. 



W. Ghats in the Nilgiris and Pulneys, about 7,000 ft. 



4. HYPERICUM JAPONICUM, Thunb. ; F. B. I. i. 256 ; W. & A. 99. 



N. Circars, Hills of Ganjam ; W. Ghats from Nilgiris to 

 Travancore, above 5,000 ft. 



5. HYPERICUM HUMIFUSUM, Linn. ; F. B. I. i. 255. 



W. Ghats, in Nilgiris. 



2. Cratoxylon, Blume. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves entire, thin. Flowers in terminal or 



axillary cymes. Sepals and petals each 5. Stamens 3- or 5- 



adelphous, the bundles separated by fleshy glands. Ovary 3- 



