82 ST. JOHN s- WORT family:. 



* * Pedicph hrartlrss ; styles longer than the ovary ; in (ia. and Fla 



A. amplexicatile, Michx. Shrub 2°-3° high, with cordate-ovate 

 clasping leaves. 



A. piimiluni, Michx. 6' or less high, with oblong-ovate leaves. 



2. HYPERICUM, ST. JOHN'S-WORT. (Greek : of unknown mean- 

 ing. ) Flowers in summer, mostly yellow. (Lessons, Figs. 328, 329, 

 335, 330, 396, 423.) 



* Stamens very numerous, in 5 clusters ; styles 5. 11 



H. Ascyron, Linn. Great St. John's-Wort. Strong woody herb 

 (2°-b'^ high) with angled branches ; leaves ovate-oblong and somewhat 

 clasping ; petals narrowly obovate, withering before they fall, 1' long, 

 showy. River banks. N. and W. 



H. MoseriXnum, a recent introduction to gardens, said to be a hybrid 

 of the European species H. calycinum and H. patulum, is a very hand- 

 some woody herb, with large golden-yellow flowers 2' across, the petals 

 broad and more or less notched at the end, and the yellow stamens red- 

 tippea 



♦ * Stamens very numerous, scarcely clustered; styles 3 (except in the 



first), more or less united. 2/ 



1- Bushy shrubs, l°-6° high, leafy to the top. 

 ■w- Leaves deciduous ; Northern and Southern. 



H. Kalmianum, Linn. Kalm's S. Low shrub, with glaucous, linear 

 to oblanceolate leaves, and flowers 1 wide ; stamens almost distinct ; 

 stigmas ud^, capitate ; pod I' long. Wild at Niagara Falls and northern 

 lakes. Also cult. 



H. prollficum, Linn. Shrubby S. Like the last, but leaves scarcely 

 glaucous, lance-oblong or linear; pod ^'-h' long. From N. J., west to 

 Minn., and south. 



H. den8ifl6rum, Pursh. Tall, 5°-6° high, very much branched above; 

 flowers ^'-f wide ; pods l'-^' long. N. J. to Tex. 



■M- ++ Evergreen or nearly so ; Carolina and S. 



H. fasciculatum, Lam. Fascicled S. Leaves narrow-linear and 

 small, and with shorter ones clustered in the axils ; pod narrow. Wet 

 pine barrens. 



H. myrtif61ium, Laia. Myrtle-leaved S. Leaves heart-shaped and 

 partly clasping, thick, glaucous ; pod conical. Wet puie barrens. 



H. atireum, Bartram. Golden S. Leaves oblong with a narrow base, 

 glaucous beneath ; thick ; flowers mostly single, very large (2' broad), 

 orange-yellow ; pod ovate. River banks towards the mountains. Also 

 cult. 



H. nudifl6rum, Michx. Naked-clustered S. Shrubby and ever- 

 green S., less so in Virginia, etc., has 4-angled branches, oblong pale 

 leaves, and a peduncled, naked cyme of rather small flowers ; pods conical. 



t- t- Herbs, sometimes a little woody at the base. 



->-+ Pod incompletely 3-4-celled. 



H. galioides. Lam. Leaves llnear-oblanceolate, narrowed downward 

 and almost pelioled ; flowers small, in terminal and axillary cymes. Del. 

 to Ga. and E. Tenn. 



H. adpr^sBum, Barton. 1° high ; leaves a,sccnding, lanceolate, often 

 acute ; flowers few ; stem angled. Low grounds, K. I., Penn., and Ga. 



