342 THE ST. JOHN'S-WORT FAMILY. 



It was the younger Bartram who in Georgia first discovered this plant, 

 and in referring to the circumstances he thus designates it : " A species of 

 shrub Hypericum of extraordinary show and beauty ; the showiest one in 

 flower of the whole genus." 



Through the Arnold arboretum it has been introduced into cultivation 

 and has proved itself of great value as an ornamental shrub. Lingering 

 late in the autumn its golden flowers appear like miniature fallen suns. 



H. fasciculdttim, of altogether a different personality, grows in shallow 

 water or along the margins of pine -barren ponds from Florida to North 

 Carolina westward to Texas and stretches upward sometimes to eight or 

 ten feet high, looking like a tiny tree. Its flowers are small and deep yel- 

 low. The leaves, however, are even more attractive. In little fascicles 

 they grow, appearing verticillate ; are very narrowly linear, revolute and 

 sessile. Always they are very bright and in drying turn to rich brown, or 

 burnt orange. 



H. proVificiim, shrubby St. John's-wort, noticeable from its very numer- 

 ous protruding stamens which give to the deep yellow bloom a fluffy, light 

 look and render it unusually attractive, although the flowers are not 

 produced in such profusion as in the next species. Very thickly on the 

 branches grow the oblong, lanceolate leaves. 



H. densiflb^'iim, dense-flowered St. John's-wort, sends forth its flowers in 

 great numbers in both terminal and lateral cymes. It is distinguishable 

 from the shrubby St. John's-wort by its smaller, more numerous flowers, 

 and smaller more crowded leaves. In cultivation as a decorative bushy plant 

 it is favourably regarded. 



BUCKLEY'S ST. JOHN'S=WORT. 



Hypericum Bucklcii. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Si.Johns-ivort. Yelloiv. Scentless. Georgia and North Carolines, [u)ie. 



Flowers: terminal; mostly solitary. Calyx: with five greenish, persistent 

 sepals. Corolla: with five petals. Stamens: numerous; exserted, persistent and 

 drying about the fruit. Capsule: divided into three sections. Leaves: small; 

 ovate or oblong, rounded at the apex; entire; bright-green above, lighter below. 

 A small branched shrub. Six to twelve inches high. 



Since the time of Buckley this plant it is thought has not been found in 

 Alabama, although the state has been at times crossed and recrossed by 

 collectors who have had the finding of it among their desires. On high, 

 rocky cliffs among the mountains of North Carolina, however, it thrives 

 abundantly, but is one that will not do well when taken away and sur- 

 rounded by the influences of cultivation. It was by Dr. M. A. Curtis, an 



