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mous, ancipital branches. Leaves narrow, lanceolate. Sepals foliaceou?, 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Petals obovate, longer tlian the sepals. 

 Capsules 3-celled, ovate-oblong. — Yellow. ^ . June. Middle Geo. 

 and Car. 2 — 3 feet. 



2. H, galioi'des, (Lam.) Stem terete, slender. Leaves fasciculate, 

 linear-lanceolate, narrowed at the base ; margin revolute, dotted 

 Flowers axillary, terminal. Sepals linear, reflexed when mature. Pe* 

 ah obovate, with a tooth near the summit. Stamens numerous, scarcely 

 divided into parcels. Pistils 3. — Yellow. ^ . June — Aug. Wet 

 places. Geo., Car., and Florida. 2 — 3 feet. 



3. H. fascicula'tum, (Lam.) Stem branching, branches angled. 

 Leaves linear, coriaceous, crowded, sessile, revolute, dotted. Flowers 

 axillary, near the summit. Sepals linear, resembling the leaves. Pet- 

 als oblong, ovate, toothed lilce the preceding. Filaments slightly co- 

 hering into parcels. Pistils 3, united. Capsule 3-celled, 3-valved. — 

 Yellow. ^ . June — Aug. Pine barrens. 1 — 2 feet, 



4. H. Au'nEiTNr, (Bar.,) amce'num, (Pr.rsh.) Stem much branched, branch- 

 es ancipital. Leaves o\a.\, obhng, with slightly undulated margin, glau- 

 cous beneath. Flowers axillary, solitary. Sepals ovate, acute. Petals 

 ovate, reflexed. Stameris very numerous. Styles 3, s^-parating as the 

 fruit matures. — Yellow. ^ . June — Aug. On the Ociuulgee, one mile 

 above Macon. 2 — 3 feet. Golden Hypericun. 



5. H. myrtifo'lium, (Lam.,) glau'citm, (Mich.) Stem terete, with a 

 few branches near the summit. Leaves cordate-ovate, obtuse, clasping, 

 glaucous, dotted, coriaceous. Flowers in fastigiate cymes, leafy. Sep- 

 als ovate, reflexed. Petals about as long as the sepals, with a tooth 

 near the summit. Stamens numerous, nearly as long as the petals. 

 Styles 3, at first united, but separating as the fruit matures. — Yellow. 

 ^. May — June. Wet placts. Middle Geo. 18 — 24 iuches. 



6. H. ambig'uum, (Ell.) Stem with numerous ancipital, opposite 

 branches, with scaly bark. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, thin, mu- 

 cronate, with a white point. Flowers axillary and terminal, near the 

 summits of the branches. Sepals unequal, lanceolate, attenuate at the 

 base. Petals oblique, obovate, with a tooth near the summit. Styles 

 united. Capsule 3-celled. — Yellow. ^ . May — June. On the Conga- 

 ree, near Columbia. 2 — 4 feet. 



7. H. kudiflo'rum, (Mich.) Stem branching ; branches angled and 

 winged. Leaves sessile, oblong-ovate, obtuse, punctate, with reddi!>h 

 dots, pale. Floioers in a dichotomous panicle. Sepals lanceolate, ob- 

 long, or linear. Petals obovate, double the length of the calyx. Styles 

 3, united at the base. Capsule 3-celled. — Yellow. ''2 . Aug. — Sept. 

 Swamps. Car. and Geo. 1 — 2 feet. 



8. H. opa'cum, (T. & G.) Stem slender, with few, opposite, slender 

 branches, nearly square, winged. Leaves narrow, oblong, sessile, punc- 

 tate witli minute brown dots, thick, somewhat coriaceous. Flowers in 

 a naked cyme. Sepals oblong or obovate, unequal. Petals very ob- 

 lique, double the length of the sepals. Pistils 3, united. — Yellow. ^ . 

 July — Aug. Near Macon. 18 — 24 inches. 



9. H. fastigia'tum. Stem, branching ; branches ancipital. Leaves 

 long, narrow-lanceolate, acute, connate, tapering at the base, dotted, 

 paler on the under surface. Flowers in corymbs, with solitary flowers 

 m the lower divisions of tlie corymbs. Sepals lanceolate, half the 



