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clasping. Flowers small, pale yellow, crowded, corymbeti. 

 Damp woods and wet places generally. 



** Pod 5-celled. Styles more or less united. Stamens very many, in 5 

 clusters, if clustered at all. 



3. H. pyramida'tum, Ait. (GREAT ST. JOHN'S- WORT.) 

 Stem 3-5 feet high. Leaves 2-3 inches long, somewhat 

 clasping. Flowers very large, the petals about an inch long, 

 and narrowly obovate. Stamens showy. Pod conical, 

 large. Along streams ; not common. 



4. H. Kalmia'num, L. (KALM'S S.) Shrubby, a foot or 

 more in height ; leaves linear-lanceolate, crowded, revolute 

 on the margins, thickly punctate, and sessile. Flowers 

 about 1 inch across, in clusters. Niagara Falls and west- 

 ward. 



*** Pod l-celled, purple. 



5. H. ellip'tieum, Hook. (ELLIPTICAL-LEAVED S.) Stem 

 about 1 foot high , not branched. Leaves spreading, elliptical- 

 oblong, obtuse, thin. Flowers rather few, showy, in a nearly 

 naked cyme. Pod purple, ovoid, obtuse. Petals pale yel- 

 low. Banks of streams, eastward. 



6. H. mu'tilum, L. (SMALL S.) Stem slender, branching 

 above, hardly a foot high. Leaves 5-nerved. Cymes leafy 

 at the base. Flowers small, not of an inch across. Low 

 grounds. 



7. H. Canadense, L. (CANADA S.) Stem upright, 6-15 

 inches high, with branches erect. Leaves linear or linear- 

 lanceolate, 3-nerved at the base, the upper ones acute, sessile. 

 Cymes naked. Pod much longer than the calyx. Flowers 

 small, deep yellow. Wet, sandy places. 



2. ELO'DES. Adans. MARSH ST. JOHN'S-WORT. 

 E. Virgln'iea, Nutt. (E. campanulata, Pursh.) Stem 

 smooth.Leaves oblong or oval, clasping, often purple- veined, 

 obtuse, conspicuously dotted beneath. Flowers flesh- 

 coloured, in the axils, and at the summit of the stem. The 

 whole plant is of a purplish hue. Marshes. 



