86 HYPERICACE^. Hypericum. 



the solitaTy flowers 1-2 inches long ; the others on short pedicels. Petals naTrowly obovate, 

 marcescent. Styles sometinnes 6 or 7, at first forming a stout column but free at the summit, 

 gradually separating nearly to the base. Capsule ovoid-conical, about an inch long. Seeds 

 terete, slender, with a slight winged raphe. 



Banks of rivers : on the Hudson above Albany, and sparingly in the western part of the 

 State. July. 



§ 2. Stamens very numerous, more or less polyadelphous : capsules 3 - 5-celled by the meeting of the 

 placenta: in the axis: placenta either distinct or cohering more or less with each other, seminife- 

 rous on the side next the valves. — Perennial herbs or undershrnbs. 



* Shruiby; capsule 5-ceUed; styles 5. 



2. Hypericum Kalmianum, Linn. (Plate XII.) Kalm's St. John's Wort. 



Stem very much branched above ; the branches quadrangular, with two of the angles 

 slightly winged ; leaves crowded, narrowly oblanceolate, obtuse ; cymes fastigiate, 3-7- 

 flovvered ; sepals ovate-lauceolate, rather obtuse, about half the length of the petals ; styles 

 connate at the base; stigmas very minute. — Willd. sp. 3. p. 1438 ; Pursh, Jl. 2. p. 374 ; 

 Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 109 ; Torr. ^ Gr. Jl. N. Am. 1. p. 158. 



A shrub 12- 18 inches high, growing in patches. Leaves about an inch long, and 2-3 

 lines wide ; the margins revolute. Flowers usually 3 together at the extremity of the branches, 

 about three-fourths of an inch in diatneter ; the central one on a short pedicel ; the others on 

 pedicels about half an inch long. Petals obovate, very oblique. Styles scarcely longer than 

 the stamens, at first united into a column, and tapering from a broad base to a sharp point, 

 at length distinct but closely approximated. Capsule ovate. Seeds oblong. 



Moist rocks about the Falls of Niagara, particularly on Goat Island and Table Rock. 

 Fl. Early in August. Fr. September. The only shrubby species in the State. 



♦"» Herbaceous : capsule 3-ceUed ; styles 3. — PelaU atul diUhers wilk black dots. 



3. Hypericum perforatum, Linn. Common St. John's Wort. 



Stem slightly ancipital, corymbosely branched ; leaves linear-elliptical and oblong-elliptical, 

 obtuse, with pellucid dots ; petals twice as long as the lanceolate-acute sepals ; styles diverg- 

 ing. — Willd. sp. 3. p. 1453 ; Eng. hot. t. 295 ; Pursli, jl. 2. p. 377 ; Bigel. fl. Bost. 

 p. 279 ; Darlingt. jl. Cest. p. 323 ; Torr. <^ Gr. fl. N. Am. \. p. 160. 



Stem 1-2 feet liigh, marked with two opposite elevated lines, of a yellowish-green color. 

 Leaves about three-fourths of an inch long, and 3-4 lines wide, very strongly punctate 

 with scattered pellucid dots and a few black and opake ones. Flowers numerous. Stamens 

 mostly in three sets. Capsule globose-ovoid. Seeds pitted. 



Fields, pastures and road-sides ; too common in most parts of the State : introduced from 



