620 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Ascyium stans Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 77. 1803. STANDING ASCYRUM. 



Ascyrum hypericoides L. Sp. PI. 2 : 788. 1753. In part. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 22. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 92. Chap. Fl. 39. Coulter, Coiitr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:34. 



Carolinian and Lonisianian areas. New Jersey and Pennsylvania to Florida, west 

 to Louisiana, eastern Texas, and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Cullman County, low woods. Wash- 

 ington, Escambia, Baldwin, and Mobile counties. In flat damp pine barrens. 

 Flowers yellow. July to August ; frequent. Undershrub. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ascyrum pumilum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 77. 1803. DWARF ST. PETER'S-WORT. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 21. Chap. Fl. 39. 



Louisianian area. Georgia and Florida, west to Mississippi. 



ALABAMA : Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Dry light soil, open woods. Wash- 

 ington, Baldwin, and Mobile counties. Flowers sulphur-yellow, March, April; fre- 

 quent. Shrubby at the base. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Georgia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



HYPERICUM L. Sp. PI. 2 : 783. 1753. 1 ST. JOHN'S-WORT. 



About 160 species, chiefly in the north temperate zone. North America 35, Atlan- 

 tic 31. Shrubby or herbaceous perennial more rarely annuals. Mostly shrubby 

 and yellow-flowered. 



Hypericum prolificum L. Mant. 1 : 106. 1767. SHRUBBY ST. JOHN'S-WORT. 



EU. Sk. 2 : 30. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 93. Chap. Fl. 39. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New Jersey west to Michigan, Minnesota, Mis- 

 souri, and Arkansas, south to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Eocky banks. Lauderdale County (M. C. Wilson). 



Flowers golden yellow. June, July. Rare. Two to 3 feet high. 



Type locality : " Hab. in America septentrionali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Hypericum aureum Bartram, Travels, 383 (ed. 2, 381). 1791. 



GOLDEN-FLOWERED ST. JOHN'S-WORT. 



Hypericum amoenum Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2 : 375. 1816. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 31. Chap. Fl. 40. 



Carolinian area. South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. 



ALABAMA : Tennessee Valley. Mountain region. Exposed limestone hills. Law- 

 rence County, Moulton. Madison County, Moutesano, 800 feet. Clay County, Shin- 

 bone Valley, July 28, with mature capsules. Flowers golden yellow, May, June. 

 Local, infrequent. Shrubby at the base, 8 to 12 inches high. 



Type locality : "On the steep dry banks" of a " large and deep creek, a branch of 

 the Flint [Patse-Liga Creek, Ga.] " 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Hypericum myrtifolium Lam. Encycl. 4 : 180. 1796. PALE ST. JOHN'S-WORT. 



Hypericum glaucum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 78. 1803. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Borders of pine-barren ponds. Baldwin County. Mobile 

 County, Dauphin Island. Flowers June, July; not infrequent in the flat pine 

 barrens. 



Type locality not given. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Hypericum fasciculatum Lam. Encycl. 4 : 160. 1797. 



TALL NARROW-LEAVED ST. JOHN'H-WORT. 



Hypericum nitidum Lam. Encycl. 4 : 160. 1797. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 28. Chap. Fl. 40. 



Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida, west to Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Inundated margins of pine-barren streams. Baldwin 

 County, Rock Creek. Flowers July. Shrub 3 to 5 feet high, not rarely the stem 



1 John M. Coulter, Revision of North American Hypericaceae, Bot. Ga/. vol. 11, pp. 78 

 to 88 and 106 to 112. 1886. 



