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HYPERICINEjE. III. HYPERICUM. 



quadrangular, erect ; leaves distant, elongated, ovate, stem-clasp- 

 ing, acute, without dots, margins sinuated; flowers axillary, 

 solitary ; sepals lanceolate, acute ; styles connected together. 

 ty . B. H. Native of North America in bogs and cedar swamps 

 in New Jersey and Carolina. Flowers beautiful copper-co- 

 loured in terminal dichotomous panicles. 



^ngM/ar-stemmed St. John's-wort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1812. 

 PI. 1 foot. 



38 H. ULIGINOSUM (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 

 1 94.) stem herbaceous, straight, tetragonal ; leaves oblong, acu- 

 tish, upper ones lanceolate, dotted; sepals linear-lanceolate, 

 acuminate ; styles 3-4 ; stigmas capitate. I/ . B. S. Native of 

 South America near La Vente Grande of Caraccas. 



Var. fl, multiflorum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 547.) flowers smaller 

 and more copious. 'J/ . B. S. Native of South America on 

 mount Saraguru near Loxa. 



Bog St. John's-wort. Fl. July. PI. 1 foot. 



39 H. PUKCTA'TUM (Lam. diet. 4. p. 164.) stem round, full of 

 black dots ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acutish, stem-clasping, also 

 full of black dots ; flowers corymbose ; sepals lanceolate, and are 

 as well as the corolla full of black dots. If.. H. Native of North 

 America in shady woods from New England to Carolina, parti- 

 cularly in the range of the Allegheny mountains. H. maculatum, 

 Walt. fl. carol. 189. H. corymbosum, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1457. 

 Flowers pale-yellow, smaller than thoseofH.perforatum. Styles 3. 



Dotted St. John's-wort. Fl. June. Aug. Clt. 1823. PI. 1| ft. 



40 H. PHIIONOTIS (Cham, et Schlecht. Linnaea. 4. p. 218.) 

 smooth, full of black dots ; stem 4-winged or 4-angled, terete 

 at the base ; floriferous branches compressed, 2-edged ; leaves 

 oblong, 3-nerved, quite entire ; floral leaves minute, hardly equal 

 with the pedicels ; flowers minute, pentandrous, and trigynous ; 

 sepals acute, entire ; styles apiculate, pustulate. 1 . F. Native 

 of Mexico near Jalapa. Styles purplish-brown. Petals yellow. 



Water-loving St. John's-wort. PI. ^ to 1 foot. 



41 H. FORMOSUM (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 196. 

 t. 460.) stem round, smooth, without dots ; leaves ovate-oblong, 

 blunt, somewhat stem-clasping, dotted beneath ; flowers corym- 

 bose ; sepals ovate-lanceolate, and petals obovate-cuneated, 

 both covered with glandular dots. "If. . F. Native of South 

 America near Pazcuaro. Scarcely distinct from H. punctatum. 



Beautiful St. John's-wort. PI. 1 foot. 



42 H. DOLABRIFORME (Vent. hort. eels. p. 45.) stem erect, 

 purple ; leaves linear-lanceolate, reflexed, full of pellucid dots ; 

 flowers corymbose ; peduncles dichotomous ; sepals unequal, 

 acute, reflexed, dotted, with revolute edges. If. . H. Native 

 of North America on the dry hills of Kentucky. Flowers golden- 

 yellow. Petals hatchet-shaped. Styles 3. 



Hatchet-sha2)ed-petal\ed St. John's-wort. Fl. June, July. 

 Clt. 1821. PI. 1| foot. 



43 H. PRATE'NSE (Cham, ex Schlecht. Linnasa. 4. p. 218.) 

 plant branched, smooth, but with black dots ; stem tetragonal, 

 rather winged ; leaves erect, narrow, linear or oblong, tapering 

 to the apex, with reflexed or revolute margins, floral ones or 

 bracteas awl-shaped; stamens 20-30, icosandrous ; flowers 

 trigynous. %. F. Native of Mexico at Jalapa. 



Meadow St. John's-wort. PI. 2 feet. 



44 H. COI-LI'NUM (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 4. p. 219.) 

 smooth ; stem purplish, terete, branched, or simple ; branches 

 forming a cymose panicle ; leaves loose, obovate, rounded at 

 the apex, cuneate at the base, full of pellucid dots ; flowers 

 pedicellate, icosandrous and trigynous; sepals oblong, obtuse, 

 full of pellucid dots, and with a few black glands ; capsule egg- 

 shaped, acute, twice the length of the calyx. If. . F. Native of 

 Mexico. 



Hill St. John's-wort. PI. 1| foot. 



45 H. cisiifOLiUM (Lam. diet. 4. p. 158.) stem angular ; 



leaves ovate-oblong, acutish, stem-clasping, full of bluck dots 

 beneath, with revolute edges ; flowers disposed in dichotomous 

 corymbs ; sepals ovate ; styles connected together. If. . H. 

 Native of South America. 



Cistus-leaved St. John's-wort. Fl. June, July. PI. 1 foot. 



46 H. SONOA'RICUM (Ledeb. ex Spreng. syst. append, p. 297.) 

 stem compressed; leaves elliptical, cordate, obtuse, glaucous, 

 with pellucid dots ; sepals acuminated. Tf. . H. Native of the 

 Kirghisian Steppe in Siberia. 



Soongarian St. John's-wort. PI. 1 foot. 



47 H. DENSIFLORUM (Pursh, fl. sept. amer. 2. p. 37C.) plant 

 very branchy ; branches roundish ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 bluntish, tapering to the base ; panicle terminal, compound, di- 

 chotomous, dense-flowered ; flowers solitary, pedicelled ; sepals 

 very short, ovate, deciduous ; styles connected together. Tj . H. 

 Native of North America on the dry ridges and savannahs of the 

 Virginian mountains. 



Dense-flowered St. John's-wort, Fl. June, Jul. Shrub 2 feet. 



48 H. PROCU'MBENS (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 81.) stem 

 procumbent, somewhat tetragonal ; leaves linear-lanceolate, ra- 

 ther blunt, with revolute edges, full of pellucid dots ; panicle 

 terminal, dichotomous : sepals oblong-lanceolate, acute ; styles 

 connected together. I/ . H. Native of North America on the 

 sunny hills of Kentucky. Calyx as large as corolla. 



Procumbent St. John's-wort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1822. 

 PI. procumbent. 



49 H. ROSMARINIFOLIUM (Lam. diet. 4. p. 159.) stem round, 

 erect ; leaves blunt, stem-clasping, ovate, with revolute edges ; 

 sepals linear, obtuse, dotted ; styles connected together. >j . H. 

 Native of Carolina. 



Rosemary-leaved St. John's-wort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1812. 

 Shrub 2 feet. 



50 H. VIRGA TUM (Lam. diet. 4. p. 158.) stem straight, quad- 

 rangular ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, stem-clasping, full of black 

 dots ; panicle few-flowered, dichotomous ; sepals lanceolate ; 

 styles 2-3 ; stigmas capitate, y.. H. Native of North Ame- 

 rica. Leaves with revolute margins. 



Twiggy St. John's-wort. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1 820. PL 1 1 ft. 



51 H. HEDYOTIFOMUM (Poir. suppl. diet. 3. p. 700.) stem 

 straight, quadrangular ; leaves sessile, decussate, lanceolate, 

 acutish, pressed to the stem, covered with black dots beneath ; 

 sepals linear-lanceolate, full of black dots ; styles 3-4, stigmas 

 capitate. 1.H. Native of North America. 



Hedyotis-leaved St. John's-wort. Fl. Ju. Aug. PI. 1 foot. 



52 H. MYRTIFOLIUM (Lam. diet. 4. p. 180.) stem round; 

 leaves ovate-cordate, stem-clasping, or lanceolate-cuneated, with 

 revolute edges ; flowers in dichotomous cymes ; sepals unequal, 

 ovate, exceeding the corolla in length ; styles connected toge- 

 ther. 1. H. Native of North America. 



Myrtle-leaved St. John's-wort. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. 

 PI. l| foot. 



53 H. BRASILIE'NSE (Chois. mss. D. C. prod. 1. p. 547.) 

 smooth ; branches tetragonal, ascending ; leaves linear, acutish, 

 or bluntish, spreading, 3-nerved, full of pellucid dots ; flowers 

 terminal, usually tern ; sepals linear-oblong, acuminated, acute ; 

 corolla small ; styles 5, unconnected, straight. If. . S. Native 

 of Brazil about Rio Janeiro and the province of Minas Geraes. 



Var. ft ; leaves broader, oblong-lanceolate ; flowers more 

 numerous, subcymose ; stamens all fertile. In the province of 

 Minas Geraes, near the town called Mantiqueira. 



Brazilian St. John's-wort. Fl. Oct. Shrub 2 feet. 



54 H. DENUDA'TUM (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 336.; smooth; 

 stem much branched, lower part naked, upper tetragonal ; leaves 

 small, crowded, linear-sublanceolate, acute, full of pellucid dots; 

 flowers at the tops of the branches, axillary and terminal, col- 

 lected into corymbs, 4-5-gynous ; segments of calyx linear- 



