VOL. II.] 



ST. JOHN'S-WORT FAMILY 



5. Hypericum galioides L/am. Bed- 

 straw St. John's-wort. (Fig. 2448.) 



Hypericum galioides Lam. Fncycl. 4: 161. 1797. 



Perennial, somewhat woody, branching, 

 i-2X high, the stems and branches nearly 

 terete. Leaves linear, linear-oblong or ob- 

 lanceolate, with smaller ones clustered in 

 their axils, obtusish, thick, spreading, nar- 

 rowed below, Yz'-^Yz' long, i // -2 // wide, 

 involute in drying; flowers short-pedicelled, 

 3 // ~5 // broad; sepals narrowly linear, folia- 

 ceous, resembling the uppermost leaves, 

 shorter than the pointed oblique petals; 

 stamens numerous, distinct; styles 3; cap- 

 sule 2 // -3 // long, incompletely 3-celled by 

 the projecting placentae. 



In low grounds, Delaware to Florida, west to 

 eastern Tennessee and Louisiana. July-Sept. 



6. Hypericum adpressum Bart. 



Creeping St. John's-wort. (Fig. 2449.) 

 H. adpressum Bart. Cornp. Fl. Phil. 2: 15. 1818. 

 Stem nearly simple, erect or ascending from 

 a perennial creeping or decumbent base, 

 i-2 high, angled below, 2-edged above. 

 Leaves oblong or lanceolate, i / -2 / long, 3 // - 

 5" wide, obtuse, ascending, often with smaller 

 ones fascicled in the axils; cyme terminal, 

 several-flowered, leafy only at the base; pedi- 

 cels about i" long; flowers 6"-<)" broad; 

 sepals lanceolate, acute, about half the length 

 of the petals; stamens numerous, distinct; 

 styles 3 or 4; capsule about 2" long, incom- 

 pletely 3~4-celled by the projecting placentae. 



In low grounds, Nantucket, Mass., to New Jer- 

 sey and Pennsylvania, south to Georgia, Louisi- 

 ana, Missouri and Arkansas. July-Aug. 



7. Hypericum sphaerocarpum Michx. 



Round- podded St. John's-wort. 



(Fig. 2450.) 



H. sphaerocarpum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 78. 1803. 



Simple or branching, erect or ascending from 

 a somewhat woody perennial base, i-2X high; 

 stems 4-angled. Leaves oblong or linear-oblong, 

 obtuse, i^'-s' long, $"-6" wide, often with 

 smaller ones in the axils; cymes terminal, sev- 

 eral or many- flowered, naked or bracted; flowers 

 sessile or nearly so, 5 // -8 // broad; sepals linear, 

 lanceolate or ovate, much shorter than or equal- 

 ling the petals; stamens numerous, distinct; 

 styles 3, united below; capsule strictly i-celled, 

 globose or ovoid-conic, 2 // -2^ // long; seeds 

 larger than in related species, rough-pitted. 



On rocky banks, southwestern Ohio to Iowa, 

 south to Alabama and Arkansas. July-Sept. 



