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HYPERICACEAE. 



VOL. II. 



20. Hypericum canadense L. Cana- 

 dian St. John's-wort. Fig. 2900. 



Hypericum canadense L. Sp. PI. 785. 1753. 



Annual or perennial, erect, 6'-2o' high, 

 freely branching. Branches angular, erect 

 or ascending ; leaves linear, 6"-2 x long, 

 i "-2" wide, obtuse, tapering to the base, 

 3-nerved ; cymes terminal, several-many- 

 flowered, subulate-bracted ; flowers 2"-^" 

 broad ; sepals lanceolate, acute, equalling 

 or shorter than the petals; stamens 5-10; 

 styles 3; capsule i-celled, narrowly conic, 

 acute, 2"-4" long, much longer than the 

 sepals ; seeds striate. 



In wet soil, Newfoundland to Manitoba, 

 Georgia, Kentucky and Wisconsin. Ascends 

 to 5000 ft. in North Carolina. July-Sept. 



21. Hypericum Drummondii (Grev. & 



Hook.) T. & G. Drummond i's St. 



John's-wort. Fig. 2901. 



Sarothra Drummondii Grev. & Hook. Bot. Misc. 3 : 



236. 1833. 

 H. Drummondii T. & G. Fl. N. A. i : 165. 1838. 



Annual, bushy-branched, io'-3o' high, rigid. 

 Leaves linear-subulate, 4"-! 2" long, erect or nar- 

 rowly ascending, \" wide, i -nerved; flowers scat- 

 tered along the upper part of leafy branches, 

 numerous, peduncled, 2" broad ; sepals lance- 

 linear, longer than the petals; stamens 10-20; 

 styles 3; capsule i -celled, ovoid, 2" long, equalling 

 or shorter than the sepals ; seeds large, rugose. 



In dry soil, Virginia to Georgia, Ohio, Illinois, 

 Iowa, Kansas and Texas. July-Sept. 



3. SAROTHRA L. Sp. PI. 272. 1753. 



A low annual herb, the opposite leaves reduced to 

 subulate scales, the mostly opposite branches erect-ascend- 

 ing, the very small yellow flowers alternate, very short- 

 pedicelled or sessile along them in the axils of still smaller 

 scales. Sepals 5, equal. Petals 5. Stamens 5-10. Styles 

 3, separate. Capsule elongated-conic, i-celled, much longer 

 than the sepals; seeds striate and pitted. [Greek, a broom.] 



A monotypic genus of eastern North America. 



i. Sarothra gentianoides L. Orange-grass. Pine- 

 weed. False John's-wort. Fig. 2902. 



Sarothra gentianoides L. Sp. PI. 272. 1753. 

 Hypericum Sarothra Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 79. 1803. 

 Hypericum gentianoides B.S.P. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 9. 1888. 



Erect, fastigiately branched, 4'-2o' high. Branches mainly 

 opposite, filiform, erect, wiry; leaves minute, subulate, 

 about i" long, appressed; flowers nearly sessile, i"-ii" 

 wide, open in sunlight ; sepals linear, about equalling the 

 petals and very much shorter than the conic-cylindric acute 

 purple pod ; seeds very small. 



In sandy soil, Maine to Florida, west to Ontario, Minnesota, 

 Missouri and Texas. June-Oct. Ground-pine. Nit-weed. 



