Hypericum. H VI'KKICACK.K. 289 



and Minnesota to Florida and Toxas. ExcoodinKly varinl-Ie in f..liiiKo and in lialiit. 

 Mountain forms arc Honictinies strirth- Hiniplc, wliilJ in thi; h<.utliwe«t foruiH m-.ur with 

 alinusi the same liranciiing iiahit iw in //. pir/omtuin. 



H. graveolens, Hicki-kv. Simple or somewhat hnmrlied al.ove : IcavpH larRc, elliiitical 

 oMoiii;, ol)iuse, closely sessile or chLxiiinf,', 2 to a inches lon^. al>out an inch wide: flowers 

 usually an incii or more l.road, in f.-\v-ll..wered cymes: sepals lanc<-olat«-, very a<-ute : pctalit 

 very scantily black-ilotted, if at all : capsule somewhat IoIm-.j. ovate, :i t„ 5 JinoH lonp. — Am. 

 Jour. Sci. ser. 1, xlv. 174. (Jray, (ien. 111. i. -2X4, t. <Ji'. — .MuunUiins of S. W. Virgiui« aud 

 North Carolina. 



++ ++ Western species : plants 3 inches to 2 feet hifjh : ca|>sules 3-lolied. .1 to 4 linew long : 

 petals bright yellow, often tinged with i)urplc, with a few Idack ilots along the margin. 

 H. formosum, II HK. From running root.stocks, simjde or somewhat hranching. oftoii 

 with niinicroiis small l.ianchlets, i to 2 feet high, usually conspicuously hla<k-«!otted along 

 margins of leaves, .sepals, and i)etals, an<l ujM.n anthers : h-aves ovate.<d.long, obtuse, more «ir 

 less cla.sping, about an inch long and half inch or more broad, tho.se of the branchhts much 

 smaller and often tapering at iiase : flowers i to 1 inch broad, in loose corymbs: wpals hui- 

 eeolate to ovate, obtuse or acute. — Nov. (ien. & Spec. v. I'JG. //. Srouhri, H<Kik. Fl. Hor.- 



Am. i. Ill ; Torr. & (Jray, Fl. i. 160. H. formosum, var. Srouleri, Coulter, I. c. 108. 



Throughout the whole mountain region of we.stern North America. The separation of a 

 northern form, //. Sanileri. from the Mexican Il./ortnosum seems to be entirdv untenable. 

 Certain forms of the Pacific and Great Hasin regir)ns, with narrow leaves tajtering at baM«, 

 a])]iroacli tlio following species, which may be but a variety. 

 H. COncinnum, Ukxth. Somewhat shrubl)y and branching at ba.«e. 3 to 1« iudus high, 

 black-doltetl as in the last, but often .scantily .so, very leafy : leaves thickisii. linear to "blung, 

 usually not clasping, commonly ftdded, A to 1 inch long or more, 1 to 4 lines bnad, acute; 

 flowers over 1 inch broad, few, in ratiier dose clusters at summit of stem : .«epals ovate, 

 mucronate-acute or very acuminate, longer than the capsule. — I'l. Hartw. .'KX); Mrew. & 

 Wats. Bot. Calif, i. 81. //. hrnrlnilum, Kellogg, I'roc. Calif. Acad. Sci. i. G."). — Apparently 

 restricted to the drier mountain regions of Central California. While the lower and more 

 shrubby habit, and the narrower and acute not clasping leaves usually di>tinguish thiss|K'cie« 

 easily from the la.st, there are forms with the leaves narrow and acute, but nmre or lexs 

 clasping, which are still dearly //. coucinnum, although uot s<j eiusily distinguished. 

 * * Stamens 5 to 20, mostly in 3 clusters : styles 3 (sometimes 2), short, ilistinct ; stigma.i 

 capitate : cap.sules ovate to conical, one-celled : small and slender annuals, with very small 

 flowers, and petals shorter than the sei)als. 



H— Procumbent or a.scending, or forming dense mats, diffusely iiranching: leaves rather 

 broad, obtuse, clasping: capsule a line or two long. 



TT . anagalloid.es, Cham. &Sciili;<ht. often forming dense mats: stems an inch to a 

 foot long: leaves oblong to broadly ovate, or even orbicular, very obtuse, 5- or T-nerved at 

 base, 2 to 6 lines long and almost as broad : Howers 3 to 4 lines bniad, in few-flowered naked 

 or leafy cymes : stamens 1.") to 20 : .sei>als foliaceous, unei|ual, lanceolate to broadly ovato, 

 longer than the ovate capsules. — Linna-a, iii. 127 ; Torr. & (Jray, Fl. i. 167. 674. '11. mu- 

 tiliim, Wats. Bot. King Kxp. 46. — Wet grounds, from Lower California to Brit. Columbia, 

 and extending eastward into Montana. The Pacific representative of the next s|M'cie.««. which 

 it approaches too nearly in certain forms. Bi>th are very closely allied t»> the Asiatic //. 

 Jnpnnirum, Thunb., and all three may con.stitute but one specific type. An erect form from 

 a decumbent base, with leaves ei|ualling or exceeding the internodes. and a terminal cyme 

 on a short naked peduncle, has been .set ajiart by Profe,s.sor K. L. (Jreene a.s var. Sfvodrntt 

 (Fl. Francis. 11.'!). 



H. mutilum, L. Like the la,st. but more erect and .liffns. ly branching'. 3 inches to 2 feot 

 high : leaves (.blong or ov.ite, or even orbicular. \ to 1 inch long. 2 to 4 lines l.roail. Snerve*! 

 at base: Howers in very l.K)se leafy cymes: stamens 6 to 12: sepals linear to lanceolate. 

 usually .shorter than the oblong or ovate ca])snle. — Spec. ii. 7S7 ; Torr. & Cray. Fl. i. Ifi4 

 //. ijitinquntrrnum, Walt. Car. 190; Chois. in DC. Pn»dr. i. .'i.'tO; H<v.k. Fl. Iior.-.\m i lio. 



, H. parviflorum, Willd. Spec. iii. 14.56; Pursh, Fl. ii. 377. //. slrll,ir,oi,if», HBK. Nor 



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