ST. JOHN'S=WORT FAMILY. Hypericaceac. 



ST. JOHN'S-WORT FAMILY. HyperiGcicem. 

 A small family of shrubs and herbs, with opposite, 

 toothless leaves generally stemless, and dotted with black- 

 ish jpots. The flowers perfect, with five (or four) parts, 

 and often with numerous stamens. Fruita capsule. 

 St.Peter's=wort ^ plant familiar in the pine barrens of 

 Ascyriim stans New Jersey, with oval, stemless, thickish 

 ^^"^'^ leaves and four-petaled lemon yellow flow- 



u y- ugus gj.g^ closely resembling the next species. 

 The stem conspicuously two-edged. 1-2 feet high. In 

 sandy soil, Long Island, N. Y., N. J., and Pa., south. 



^^ ^ ^ , A low, branching, smooth plant with 



St. Andrew's , ui 



Qfoss small deep green leaves, oblong or narrowly 



Ascyrum Crux- obovate, stemless and thin, growing op- 

 Andrecp positely. The lemon yellow flowers with 



Yellow four petals arranged in pairs in the form 



September of an X, in a final cluster, or at the leaf- 

 angles ; petals numerous ; flower | inch 

 broad. 5-10 inches high. Sandy soil, Nantucket, Mass., 

 south, west to Neb., and Tex. 



^ ^^ An erect and showv perennial with tall 



Great St. , , . , ^ ^ n ■, -, 



John's=wort branching stem, the branches four-angled. 



Hypericum Leaves ovate-oblong, pointed, stemless 

 Ascyron and slightly clasping the plant-stem. The 



Deep yellow flowers large and showy, 1-2 inches broad, 

 July-August , , * ,, .^^' ^ , 



deep lemon yellow, with five narrow petals; 



stamens numerous. 2-6 feet high. River-banks and 



meadows, Vt. to Conn., N. J., Pa., Iowa, and Minn. 



^. . . ^ A shrubby species with stout, branching 



Shrubby St. ^ ^1 u 1 1 . . 1 1 11 i- 



John's=wort stem, the branchlets two-edged, and leafy. 



Hypericum Leaves deep green, lighter beneath, linear- 



prolificum oblong, and very short-stemmed ; several 



Jul^^^Au^^i's't'^ smaller leaflets^ at the junction of leaf 

 with the stem. Flower-clusters thick, 

 loose, and flat. The flowers golden yellow, with numer- 

 ous deep golden yellow stamens. 1-3 feet high. In 

 sandy soil N. J., south to Ga., and west to Minn. 



A simple-stemmed species blooming in 



^l. „„„..«, the same season and with similar golden 



aapressuni ® 



yellow flowers. The deep green leaves 

 (rather closely set upon the plant-stem) oblong or lance- 



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