344 THE ST. JOHN'S-WORT FAMILY. 



old-time botanist of the south and whose field was the low country, that the 

 plant was named. He undoubtedly appreciated Buckley's ardour in plant 

 finding and some of his struggles and disappointments. Since his death, 

 however, Professor Sargent is one who has tried to accord to him his true 

 place in the world of science. 



There are besides those of this large genus that have been mentioned 

 several other common individuals which come prominently to^the attention 

 of those seeking flowers. Among them are seen very often : 



Ascyruin hypcricoides, the little plant commonly known as St. Andrews's 

 cross, and which in summer crops up so frequently in dry soil or in pine- 

 barrens. It is a low plant, spreading well over the ground, and has received 

 its popular name because its four oblong and yellow petals spread out in 

 the shape of the cross of Saint Andrew. The sepals are oval, and as the 

 stamens, shorter than the petals. Its numerous small leaves are oblong, or 

 obovate, rounded at the apex and narrowed at the base. 



A. a)}iplexicaiile is much more pretentious in personality than the St. 

 Andrew's cross, it being a shrub of from two to three feet high and bearing 

 flowers quite large and showy. It grows erect, the branches forking 

 many times near the summit, and contrary to the habit of the foregoing 

 species its leaves are ovate-cordate and clasping. From Florida it occurs 

 through Georgia and westward. 



Sarbthra geiiiianoides, pine-weed or orange grass, is the wiry, grass-like 

 looking Httle plant with minute leaves which occurs in sandy fields over a 

 very extended range. In a scattered way its tiny deep orange flowers grow 

 along the filiform, erect branches, 



Triadbium Virgiiiictun, marsh St. John's-wort, occurs mostly in bogs 

 and swampy places. It bears pale, pinkish flowers on short, bracted pe- 

 duncles and has ovate or oblong leaves, cordate and clasping at their bases 

 and obtuse at the apices. On their lower surfaces they are much dotted. 



T. petiolatum, larger marsh St. John's-wort, bears its rose-coloured 

 flowers in nearly sessile clusters, while its oblong leaves narrow into very 

 short petioles at their bases. Through the low country it is an inhabitant of 

 swamps. 



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