622 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Hypericum opacum Torr. & Gray, PI. N. A. 1 : 163. 1838. 



DULL OPAQUE-LEAVED ST. JOHN'S-WORT. 



Hypericum cistifolium Wats. Index, 125. 1878. Not Lam. 



Chap. PI. ed. 3, 58. 



Louisianian area. Georgia, and Florida, west to Louisiana. (Hale!) 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Low open pine barrens, borders of ditches and ponds. 

 Baldwin and Mobile counties. Flowers July, August; frequent. Shrubby at the 

 base; stem simple, erect H to 2 feet high. 



Flowers of the naked cyme mostly sessile, sepals broadly ovate, half as long as tin- 

 petals, and n< remarked by Chapman, +,he dark reddish brown capsules with tin- 

 sutures deeply impressed. Elliott's H. rosmarinifolium can not be referred to this 

 species. Perennial. 



Type locality : "Georgia, Mrs. Miller! Dr. Loomis! Alabama, Dr. Gates!" 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Hypericum ellipticum Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 110. 1830. 



NORTHERN ST. JOHN'S-WORT. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 94. 



Canadian zone, Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Quebec to Lake Winnipeg, 

 southern New England, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. 



ALABAMA: Coosa Valley. Low damp pine woods. E to wall County, Gadsden. 

 Only a single specimen of this fane species has been collected. July, 1880; rare. 

 Perennial. 



Type locality : "Canada to Lake Winnipeg. Mr. Cleghorn; Dr. Richardson. Lake 

 Huron. Dr. Todd." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Hypericum virgatum acutifolium (Ell.) Coulter, Bot. Ga/. 11 : 106. 1886. 



ANGULAR-STEMMED ST. JOHN'S-WORT. ERECT ST. JOHN'S-WORT. 



Hypericum acutifolium Ell. Sk. 2 : 26. 1824. 



H. angulosam Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 78. 



Ell. Sk. 1. c. Chap. Fl. 41. 



Carolinian area. Georgia and Florida. 



ALABAMA: Coosa Valley. Lower hills. Etowah County, Gadsden, low pine 

 woods. Jefferson County, Elyton (E. A. Smith). Flowers July ; rare. Herbaceous. 



Type locality: " Sent to me from Milledgeville in Georgia by Dr. Boykin." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Hypericum pilosum Walt. Fl. Car. 190. 1788. HOARY ST. JOHN'S-WORT. 



Hypericum sim2)lex Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 80. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 26. Chap. Fl. 41. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. South Carolina to Florida, west to Louisiana 

 (Hale). 



ALABAMA: Coosa Valley to Coast plain. Wet sandy or gravelly places in pine for- 

 ests. Etowah County, Gadsden. Mobile County. Flowers chrome-yellow. July, 

 August; frequent in the Lower Pine region and Coast plain. Perennial. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Hypericum maculatum Walt. Fl. Car. 189. 1788. SPOTTED ST. JOHN'S-WOKT. 



Hypericum corymbomm Muhl. ; Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 1457. 1805. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 27. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 94. Chap. Fl. 40. 



Allegheniau to Louisianian area. Quebec, Ontario; New England west to Minne- 

 sota, Missouri, and Arkansas, south to the Gulf, from Florida to 'Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Borders of woods and fields. Flowers canary-yellow; 

 June to August. Common. Perennial. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Hypericum mutilum L. Sp. PI. 2 : 787. 1753. SMALLER ST. JOHN'S-WORT. 



Hypericum, quinguenerrium Walt. Fl. Car. 190. 178*. 



Ell. Sk. 2:24. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 95. Chap. Fl. 41. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 35. 



MEXICO. 



Allegheuian to Louisianian area. Canada, New England, west to Minnesota to 

 the Gulf from Florida to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Wet, springy places. Flowers deep yellow; June to 

 October. Common. Annual. 



Type locality; "Hab. in Virginia, Canada." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



