ST. ANDREWS CROSS 



base, entire, rounded at apex; when full grown, thin, pale 

 green, black-dotted, usually two glands at base. 



/P/„7cu'rs.~)u\y, August. Perfect, regular, yellow, terminal 

 and axdlary, one-half to three-fourths of an inch across. Pedi- 

 cels short, two-bracted. 



C(i/)'x. — Sepals four ; the two outer very broad and Icafdike; 

 the inner much smaller, imbricate in bud. 



Co/v/Ai. — VcVdh four, oblique, bright vellow, hypogynous 

 convolute in bud, oblong-linear, about the length of the outer 

 sepals, approaching each other in pairs in the form of St 

 Andrew's cross. 



Sfamrns. — Many, hypogynous, scarcely in clusters. 

 I'l'sfi/. — Ovary superior, one-celled, styles two. 

 Fna'L — Capsule, one-celled, many-seeded. 



Among the different crosses known in the symbol 

 ism of the Christian church that of St. Andrew is clis 

 tinguished by its oblique 

 arms which are arranged in 

 the form of an X. This little 

 shrub gains its specihc as 

 well as its comnnjn name be- 

 cause its four petals make a 

 very perfect St. Andrew's 

 cross. 



The ])lant is not very gen- 

 erally known, although it is 

 rather common in the pine- 

 barrens of New Jersey, and 

 not rare along the coast. 



Closely related to the St. 

 John's-worts, it differs in having four petals instead 

 of hve; in its four unequal sepals, and its numerous 



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St. Andrew's Cross, - 4scyrinii kvper- 

 icoiJcs. Leaves %' to ij^i' long. 

 Flowers J^' to ,\' across. 



