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476. Spotted St. John's-wort. Hypericum punctatum. 

 Very like No. 475, but the leaves of an oval type, 1-3 in. 

 long. The leaves and the petals conspicuously black-dotted. 

 In moist places. Quebec and Ontario to Florida, and west- 

 ward. June-September. 



477. Pale St. John's-wort. Hypericum ellipticum. Usually 

 not over 18 in. high, with a slightly 4-angled stem. Leaves 

 oval, stalkless, about i in. long. Flowers yellow, not spotted, 

 about y2 in. wide, in a terminal cluster. Swamps and wet 

 places. Nova Scotia to Maryland, and westward. July. Fig. 



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478. Dwarf St. John's- wort. Hypericum miitihmi. A slen- 

 der much branched annual, with slightly 4-angled stems, not 

 over 18 in. tall. Leaves oval, stalkless, almost stem-clasping, 

 obviously 5-veined, about ^ in. long. Flowers few, about 

 ^/5 in. wide, orange-yellow, in a loose open cluster. Moist 

 places. Nova Scotia to Florida, and westward. August. 



479. Canadian St. John's-wort. Hypericum canadcnse. A 

 slender, usually much branched herb, 8-18 in. high. Leaves 

 of an oblong linear type, stalkless, about i 

 about 34 in. wide, in an open loose, terminal 

 places. Newfoundland to Georgia, and westward. August. 

 Fig. 479. A closely related species, H. borcale, differs in hav- 

 ing numerous miniature leaves scattered among the flower 

 cluster. It grows in wet places. Newfoundland to Penn. and 

 westward to Indiana. 



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