8'J ST. JOHN S-WOllT FA.AIILV. 



* * Pcdici'ls hnictlrtin ; sti/les Imnjcr than the ovarij ; in Ga. and Fla. 



A. amplexicatile, Michx. Shrub 2'^-o° high, with cordate-ovate 

 oiaspiiiu- leaves. 



A. ptimilum. Miehx. (5' or les.s high, with oblong-ovate leave.s. 



2. HYPiJRICUM, ST. JOHN'S- WOUT. (Greek: of unknown mean- 

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

 335, 33U, 30f5, 423.) 



* Stamens rern nnmerous, in f) dusters; stijii's 5. 2/ 



H. Ascyron, Linn. Gue.vt St. Joux's-Wokt. Strong woody herb 

 (2°-5° high) with angled branches ; leaves ovate-oblong and somewhat 

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

 showy. River banks. N. and \V. 



H. MosERiAMJM, 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 notclied at tlie end, and the yellow stamens red- 

 tipped. 



* * Stamens venj numerous, scarcely clustered; stijles 3 {except in the 



first), more or less united. 11 



*- 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 I -wide; .stamens almost distinct; 

 stigmas imt capitate ; pod \' long. \Vild at Niagara Falls and northern 

 lakes. Also cult. 



H. prolificum. Linn. Sniainn S. Like the last, but leaves scarcely 

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

 Minn., and south. 



H. densifl6rnm, Pursh. Tall, 5°-r)° high, very much branched above; 

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



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



H. fasciculatum, Lam. Fascici.i;» S. Leaves narrow-linear and 

 small, and with shorter ones clu.stered in the axils ; pod narrow. \Vet 

 pine barrens. 



H. myrtifdlium. Lam. Myrtle-lkaved S. Leaves heart-shaped and 

 partly clasiiing, thick, glaucous ; pod conical. Wet pine barrens. 



H. ailreum, Bai'train. Golden S. Leaves oblong with a narrow base, 

 glaucous beneath; thick; flowers niD.stly single, very large (2' broad), 

 orange-yellow ; pod ovate. Kiver 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 pedimcled, naked cyme of rather small flowers ; pods conical. 



-I- -1- Herbs, sometimes a little icoody at the base. 



-w- J'od incompletely S-i-cellcd. 



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

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

 to Ga. and K. Tenn. 



H. adpr^ssum. Barton. 1° high ; leaves ascending, lanceolate, often 

 acute ; flowers few ; stem angled. Low grounds, R. I., Tenn., and Ga. 



