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L*a\-v* broadly .>hl..nu. oval or ovate-lanceolate. native. 

 sepals ovate t.. ovate-lanceolate. acute 



>. llypericum punctatum 



Stamens few (five U> twelve); flowers one-tenth to one-fourth of 

 an inch broad 



;m- leafy-bracted 13 Hypericum boreale 



Cymes subulate-hrarUtl 



Ixaves ovate. oval or oh|..n K ; capsules one-twelfth t>. 

 five-twelfths of an inch lonn 



14 Hypericum mutilum 



Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate; capsule one-thin! 

 to one-half of an inch lonj; 



15 Hypericum majut 

 Leaves linear, blunt, three-nen-ed ........ 



16 Hypericum cana dense 



Great or Giant Saint John's-wort 

 Ilypfricuni ascyron Linnaeus 



PUl i jo* 



Stems herbaceous, 2 to 5 feet tall from a perennial root, angled, 

 branching and smooth. Leaves sessile, ovate-oblong to ovate-lanceolate, 

 2 to 5 inches long and three-fourths to \\ inches widr. clasping the stem. 

 Flowers bright yellow, showy, I to 2 inches broad, few or several in a loose, 

 terminal cluster. Sepals five, ovate-lanceolate, about one-half of an inch 

 long, pointed; petals five, obovate or oblanceolate ; stamens numerous, 

 united into five sets. Styles usually fivr in number, united below, the 

 stigmas capitate. Fruit pod ovoid in shape, three-fourths to seven-eighths 

 of an inch long. 



Chiefly along streams, Quebec to Vermont and Manitoba south to 

 Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Missouri. Flowering in July 

 and August. 



The St Peter's-wort (Ascyrum stans Michaux) and the St 

 Andrew's Cross (Ascyrum hypericoides Linnaeus), two small, 

 leafy, shrubby species of the coastal region, differ from the species of 



