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Hypericacece or St. John's Wort Family. Herbs or shrubs 

 of temperate climes with opposite (Hypericum perforation) rarely 

 whorled branches and balsamic, resinous juices, which, in the herba- 

 ceous species, are secreted by black or pellucid glands found in the 



PIG. 217. Garcinia hanburii Branch. (Sayre,} 



leaf parenchyma. Leaves entire, opposite, usually sessile, exstipu- 

 late, and dotted. Flowers, regular, hypogynous and arranged in 

 panicles or forked cymes. Petals usually 5. Stamens usually 

 indefinite, rarely definite, often in 3-5 sets, more rarely monadelphous 



