1 86 Hypericaceae 



or parted, the ovate -acuminate lobes doubly 

 serrate with slender teeth; conspicuously 

 veined. Flowers greenish-yellow, somewhat 

 corymbose on short 2 -leaved branchlets 

 appearing after the leaves. Fruit smooth with 

 slightly spreading wings about an inch long. 

 One of the few deciduous trees of the 

 region, growing on slopes with the other 

 forest trees and in the moist valleys. 



HYPERICACEAE 

 St. John's-Wort Family 



Herbs in our species with opposite, black- 

 dotted leaves, and cymose yellow flowers; 

 sepals and petals 5, twisted in the bud; 

 stamens many. 



Simple or sparingly branched 

 Hypericum , 



above often with numerous small 

 Scoulen 



Hook. branchlets from running root- 



Scoukr's St. stocks, 1-2 feet high. Leaves 

 John's- thmj shorter than the internodes, 



about an inch long, mostly 

 obtuse, more or less clasping and usually 



