Hypericum. II V I'lilMfAC'K.K. 285 



terete, with a slightly winded rhaphe. — Spec. ii. 78.3; Maxim. I'l. Nor. Aniat. iv. 162. 

 //. />i/ntiniil(iliiiii, Ait. Kfw. iii. |()3; Torr. & iirAV, VI. i. |.'>8. //. ,i»r^ro,ih,, WilM Sj-h-. 

 iii. 1443 ; Cliois. iit DC. I'roilr. i. .')45. //. f/i«rr<Kv.r/.«m. .Miihx. Fl. ii. H2. — In the Allanlio 

 region as far soutii as Connecticut ami I'enn.Hvlvania, and cxUMi.ling wi-ntwanl to .Mimuiuri, 

 Minnesota, an.l tlie Winnipeg N'alley, and .lonbile.vt farther northwest. (Ihroughoul N. k! 

 A.sia, and in Ku.) 



■K- -»-- Style.-i united into a long 8har|> heak, finally l>econiing distinct ; utigmas minuU-, dot 

 capitate : more or le.ss shruhliy jiiants. 



■H- Styles usually ."i and capsule .'i celled : liushy shruhs witli crowdo<! leaveji. 



H. Kalmianum, I- A foot or two high : leaves linear to <d.lanceolale. tajHring at lian*. 

 1 to 2 iiulies lung, 2 to 4 lines wide. i)elluci(!-punctate with n.nnd dot... glaucous Ifcnealh : 

 cymes few-Howered : sepals lance(date to oval, half as long ns the jietal* : ca|mu|c< ovale. 

 about 3 lines long, often somewliat lobed ; .see.ls al)ru|.tly and ininutelv jx.inted. — Sj.w. ii! 

 783; Torr. Fl. N. Y. i. 86, t. 13; Torr. & Cray, Fl. \. L-JS. — H.xk'v and sandv shon-s! 

 Canada, Niagara Falls, and about the (ireat Lakes. The caj.sules may'l»e 4- or (U-ell.Nj, Iml 

 the 5-celled condition is l»y far the most coinmou. 



H. lobocarpum, G.\ttinger. A shrub 5 to 7 feet high, with uj.right branches: leavem 

 linearlanccolate to narrowly oblong, 1 to 3 inches long, 3 to 9 lines broad, with Knialk-r ones 

 in axillary fa.-<cic]es : Howers numerous, smaller than in the la.-^t (usually n-s<-iid.Iing iIlmm- ..f 

 II. densifivnim) : .^epals linear-lanceolate, not fnlijiceous : ca|isule '1 to 3 lines long. lanciM»- 

 late and tapering to the long strong beak, completely ."j-celled and deeply .VIoIhhI. in m<*t 

 cases the five carpels almost di.stinct, and at maturity falling away sejiaratelv from the 

 central axis.— Bot. Gaz. xi. 27.'). — Oak barrens of Mi.ldle ami Western Tennessee, (ial. 

 linger. Western Missi.ssippi, Stewart, and Soutiiern Louisiana, fMr,s, and pn.baldv through- 

 out the Lower Mississippi region. The type specimens were growing in a swampv region 

 difficult to penetrate. In size and general habit the plant do.^ely resembles //. f{,„s,f(onim, 

 with perhaps even denser flower clu.sters ; but the flowers ni.iy Iwcome almost a.s larce .in 

 tho.se of //. Kdlmianiim and //. /irolificum, which latter species it very doselv resiinldcs as 

 to its leaves. It is impossible to distinguish the species from forms of //. prijijirum and 

 //. densiflorum in the absence of cai)sules. Certain forms also resemtde II. jffisrinilafuiH in 

 tlieir narrow, rigid, and very revolute leave.s, and in the axillary f;wcicles. 



++ ++ Styles usually 3 and capsules completely 3-celled : branching shrul«. 



H. prolificum, L. Leaves linear-lanceolate to narrowly oblong, narrowed at l(a.«ie, nn>stly 

 obtu.se and mucronulate, 1 to 3 inches long, 3 to 9 lines broad, with axillary fascicl(>s of 

 smaller ones: flowers numerous, i to 1 inch broad : .sejials une(|ual, foliaceous, lance<date t<i 

 ovate, mncronate, much shorter than the j>etals : capsule lance<date to ovate. 4 t<> fi lines 

 long. — Mant. 106; Cliois. in DC. Prodr. i. .'J47 ; Torr. & (iray, Fl. i. 159, excl. var. 7. 

 //. rosiiinr{ni/olii(m, Torr. & <ir."\y, 1. c, not Lam. Miiriandm leclif'iJia, SjMich, 1. c. 365. — 

 From New Jersey to Georgia, Alabama, Arkans.-u'*. Mis.souri, and .Minnesota. The leaven 

 are exceedingly variable in size, often resembling tho.se of the next s|KHies, es|>eciatly at 

 the south, but the flowers and capsules are much larger and much fewer. Fluwcrs «iih 

 four styles are occasionally found, making the separation from the last two s|XHies difficult. 



H. densiflorum, Pi nsn. More shruliby and taller, sometimes 5 to 6 feet higli, much 

 more liranching: leaves more crowded, narrower an<l shorter: flowers much more nnmerous 

 and smaller : sepals smaller, not foliaceous : ca|)snle ovate, 2 to 3 lines long. — Fl. ii. .176 ; 

 Chois. 1. c. //. rjalioicles, I'ursh, 1. c, not Lam. ? //. ]>ri>lltieum, var. 7. Torr. &. (Jray. I c. 

 //. i>ri)/itiriim, var (lensiftnniiii, Gr.ay. Man. ed. 5. 84. Mi/rintnlrn s/Mtthiilnln, S|>ach. I c. — 

 From the ]»ine barrens of New .lersey to Florida, Tennessee. Arkan.sas. and Texan. 

 Occasional forms with large leaves closely simulate the last spwies, but the tlowoni and 

 cap.sules can be distinguisheil easily. Four ami even five styles sometimes «i«cur. but the 

 flowers upon any plant are prevailingly .3-styled. and even the .Vstyled c.tpsules are dinlinrt 

 from those of //. IntMirnrpum, which are narrow ami relatively long. ta|M>nng from the I«m> 

 to the prominent beak, besides l>eing very «leeply lolted. 



H. Buckleii, >L A. Ciktis. Low, \ to 1 f.xit high, widely branchine from the l.a«« 

 leaves ol.long, obtuse, narrowed at base, ^ to 1 inch long. 2 to 4 linii* bn.>ad. |i.iler l>cnc*lb 



