Voi,. II.] 



ST. JOHN'S-WORT FAMILY. 



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17. Hypericum majus (A. Gray) Brit- 

 ton. Larger Canadian St. John's- 

 wort. (Fig. 2460.) 



Hyperictim Canadense var. majus A. Gray, Man. 



Ed. 5, 86. 1867. 

 Hypericum majus Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 225. 



1894- 



Annual, stouter than H. Canadense, stem 

 erect, i-3 high, usually branched above, the 

 branches nearly erect. Leaves lanceolate or ob- 

 long-lanceolate, sessile or somewhat clasping, 

 \o"-zy 2 f long, 3 // -6 // wide, acute or obtuse at 

 the apex, 5-y-nerved; cymes several-many-flow- 

 ered; bracts subulate; flowers tf'-S" broad; 

 sepals lanceolate, acuminate, about as long as 

 the petals or shorter; styles 3; capsule narrowly 

 conic, acute, 4 // -5 // long, longer than the 

 sepals; seeds minute, cross-lined and faintly 

 longitudinally striate. 



In moist soil, Maine to Michigan, New Jersey and 

 Nebraska. June-Sept. 



18. Hypericum Canadense I,. 



Canadian St. John's- wort. (Fig. 2461.) 

 Hypericum Canadense L. Sp. PI. 785. 1753. 

 Annual, erect, 6 / -2o / high, freely 

 branching. Branches angular, erect or 

 ascending; leaves linear, 6 // -2 / long, \ ff - 

 2" wide, obtuse, tapering to the base, 

 3-nerved; cymes terminal, several-many- 

 flowered, subulate-bracted; flowers 2 // -3 // 

 broad; sepals lanceolate, acute, equalling 

 or shorter than the petals; stamens 5-10; 

 styles 3; capsule i-celled, narrowly conic, 

 acute, 2 // -4 // long, longer than the sepals; 

 seeds striate. 



In wet sandy soil, Newfoundland to Mani- 

 toba, Georgia, Kentucky and Wisconsin. As- 

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



19. Hypericum Drummondii (Grev. & 



Hook.) T. & G. Drummond's 



St. John's-wort. (Fig. 2462.) 



Sarothra Drummondii Grev. & Hook. Bot. Misc. 



3: 236. 1833. 

 Hypericum Drummondii T. & G. Fl. N. A. i: 165. 



1838. 



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

 Leaves linear-subulate, 4 // -i2 // long, erect or 

 narrowly ascending, y z " wide, i-nerved; flow- 

 ers scattered 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, z" long, 

 equalling or shorter than the sepals; seeds 

 large, rugose. 



In dry soil, Illinois to Georgia, west to Iowa and 

 Texas. July-Sept. 



