78 DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



shrubby, to 2^ feet high. HOOKER'S HYPERICUM (40) Hy- 

 pericum Ilookeri&num. 



A. Flowers 2 inches broad, stamens with reddish anthers, July, Aug. ; 

 branches erect with pendulous tips ; 2 feet high. GOLD FLOWER 

 Hypericum Moserianum. 



* Stem 4-angled ; pistil with 5 styles. (B.) 



B. Leaves evergreen, leathery, dark above, whitish below, 2-4 inches 

 long ; flowers 3 inches broad ; low plant 1 foot high, tufted. 

 AARON'S BEARD (41) Hypericum calycinum. 



B. Leaves about linear l-2 inches long, bluish above ; flowers |-1 

 inch broad ; shrub 2-3 feet high with contorted stems. KALM'S 

 ST. JOHN'S-WORT (42) Hypericum Kalmianum. 



B. Leaves 2-5 inches long, clasping ; flowers 1-2 inches wide ; plant 

 2-6 feet high but not shrubby even at base. GREAT ST. JOHN'S- 

 AVORT (43) Hypericum Ascyron. 



* Stem 4-angled ; pistil with 3 styles. (C.) 



C. Fruit berry-like, the size of peas, violet when ripe ; plant very 

 aromatic ; leaves ovate, 4 inches long. SWEET AMBER Hyperi- 

 cum Androssemum. 



C. Fruit a 1-3-celled capsule ; dense low shrub forming rounded 

 tufts ; leaves -2^ inches long, bluish ; flowers 1 inch wide. 

 BUCKLEY'S HYPERICUM Hypericum Buckleyi. 



C. F'ruit 3-celled capsules ; erect shrub 4-0 feet high ; leaves lin- 

 ear, crowded, 1-2 inches long; flowers | inch wide. BUSHY 

 ST. JOHN'S-WORT (44) Hypericum densiflorum. 



* Stems, at least in the younger growth, 2-ridged or 2-winged; pistil 



with 3 styles grown more or less together. (D.) 



D. Fully shrubby, 3 feet high ; bark red or brown splitting off in 

 layers ; flowers, 1| inches broad, showy, July-Sept. (E.) 



E. Leaves somewhat leathery, oblong, 1-3 inches long, whitish 

 beneath ; flowers sessile 1-3 in cluster. BARTRAM'S HYPERI- 

 CUM (45) Hypericum aureum. 



E. Leaves thinner, more slender, usually pointed, 1-3 inches long, 

 dark glossy green. SHRUBBY ST. JOHN'S-WORT (46) Hyperi- 

 cum prolfficum. 



D. Shrubby only at base or herbaceous throughout; flowers small. 



(F.) 



F. Erect from a creeping base to 2 feet ; leaves lanceolate, 1-2 

 inches long ; flowers about inch wide. CREEPING ST. JOHN'S- 

 WORT (47) Hypericum adpre'ssum. 



F. Erect to 4 feet ; leaves -! inches long and somewhat clasping 

 at base ; flowers under \ inch wide. SMALL-LEAVED HYPERI- 

 CUM (48) Hypericum opacuin. 



