ST. JOHN'S=WORT FAMILY. Hypericacese. 



ST. JOHN'S-WORT FAMILY. Hypericacece. 

 A small family of shrubs and herbs, with opposite, 

 toothless leaves generally stemless, and dotted with black* 

 ish spots. The flowers perfect, with five (or four) parts, 

 and often with numerous stamens. Fruit a capsule. 

 St.Peter's-wort & plant familiar in the pine barrens of 

 Ascyrum stans New Jersey, with oval, stemless, thickish 

 Yellow leaves and four-petaled lemon yellow flow- 



ers, closely resembling the next species. 

 The stem conspicuously two-edged. 1-2 feet high. In 

 sandy soil, Long Island, N. Y., N. J., and Pa., south. 



A low, branching:, smooth plant with 

 St. Andrew's 

 Cross small deep green leaves, oblong or narrowly 



Ascyrum obovate, stemless and thin, growing op- 



hypericoides positely. The lemon yellow flowers with 

 four petals arranged in pairs in the form 



September ^ an X ' ^ n a ^ USi ^ cluster, or at the leaf- 

 angles ; petals numerous ; flower f inch 



broad. 5-10 inches high. Sandy soil, Nan tucket, Mass., 



south, west to Neb., and Tex. 



An erect and showy perennial with tall 



John's=wort branching stem, the branches four-angled. 



Hypericum Leaves ovate-oblong, pointed, stemless 



Ascyron and slightly clasping the plant-stem. The 



Deep yellow fl owers large and showy, 1-2 inches broad, 



July-August , , .,;; ' 



deep lemon yellow, with five narrow petals; 



stamens numerous. 2-6 feet high. River-banks and 

 meadows, Vt. to Conn., N. J., Pa., Iowa, and Minn. 



A shrubby species with stout, branching 

 John's=wort stem, the branchlets two-edged, and leafy. 

 Hypericum Leaves deep green, lighter beneath, linear- 

 prolificum oblong, and very short -stemmed ; several 

 Golden yellow sma n er leaflets at the junction of leaf 



with the stem. Flower-clusters thick, 

 loose, and flat. The flowers golden yellow, with numer- 

 ous deep golden yellow stamens. 1-3 feet high. In 

 sandy soil N. J., south to Ga., and west to Minn. 



A simple-stemmed species blooming in 

 Hypericum h game geason and with s i m ii ar golden 



adpressum 



yellow flowers. The deep green leaves 



(rather closely set upon the plant-stem) oblong or lance- 

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