78 DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



shrubby, to 2| feet high. Hooker's IIyi-ekicum (40) — Hy- 

 pericum Ilookeri^num. 



A. Flowers 2 inches broad, stamens with reddish anthers, July, Aug. ; 

 branches erect with pendulous tips ; 2 feet high. Gold Flower 

 — Hypericum Moserianum. 



* Stem -i-angled ; pistil with 5 styles. (B.) 



B. Leaves evergreen, leathery, dark above, whitish below, 2-4 inches 

 long ; flowers 3 inches broad ; low plant 1 foot high, tufted. 

 Aaron's Beard (41) — Hypericum calycinum. 



B. Leaves about linear 1-2^ inches long, bluish above ; flowers ^-1 

 inch broad ; shrub 2-3 feet high with contorted stems. Kalm's 

 St. John's-wort (42) — Hypericum Kalmianum. 



B. Leaves 2-5 inches long, clasping ; flowers 1-2 inches wide ; plant 

 2-6 feet high but not shrubby even at base. Great St. John's- 

 woRT (43) — Hypericum Ascyron. 



* Stem 4-angled ; pistil with 3 styles. (C.) 



C. Fruit berry-like, the size of peas, violet when ripe ; plant very 

 aromatic ; leaves ovate, 4 inches long. Sweet Amber — Hyperi- 

 cum Androscemum. 



C. Fruit a 1-3-celled capsule ; dense low shrub forming rounded 

 tufts ; leaves ^-2^ inches long, bluish ; flowers 1 inch wide. 

 Buckley's Hypericum — Hypericum Biickleyi. 



C. Fruit 3-celled capsules ; erect shrub 4-(3 feet high ; leaves lin- 

 ear, crowded, 1-2 inches long; flowers | inch wide. Bushy 

 St. Johk's-wort (44) — Hypericum densiflorum. 



* Stems, at least in the younger growth, 2-ridged or 2-winged; pistil 



with 3 styles grown more or less together. (D.) 



D. Fully shrubby, 3 feet high ; bark red or brown splitting off in 

 layers ; flowers, li inches broad, showy, July-Sept. (E.) 



E. Leaves somewhat leathery, oblong, 1-3 inches long, whitish 

 beneath ; flowers sessile 1-3 in cluster. Bartram's Hyperi- 

 cum (45) — Hypericum aiireum. 



E. Leaves thinner, more slender, usually pointed, 1-3 inches long, 

 dark glossy green. Shrubby St. John's-wort (46) — Hyperi- 

 cum prolfficum. 



D. Shrubby only at base or herbaceous throughout; flowers small. 

 (F.) 



F. Erect from a creeping base to 2 feet ; leaves lanceolate, 1-2 

 inches long ; flowers about ^ inch wide. Creeping St. John's- 

 wort (47) — Hypericum adpr^ssum. 



F. Erect to 4 feet ; leaves |-1| inches long and somewhat clasping 

 at base ; flowers under | inch wide. Small-leaved Hyperi- 

 cum (48) — Hypericum opacum. 



