96 Order GUTTIFERALES 
GUTTIFERALES. 
None of the petals spurred, stamens usually numerous. 
Sepals 4 or 5, when 5 all nearly equal, styles 2-5. 1. Guttifere. 
Sepals 3 or 5, when 5 the 2 outer much smaller, style single or 
none. 2. Cistacezx. 
Lower petal spurred; stamens 5, two spurred. 3. Violacez. 
1. GUTTIFERX. (HYPERICACE2.) 
Petals 4, sepals 4 in unequal pairs. 1. Ascyrum. 
Petals 5, nearly equal. 
Petals yellow, sometimes mottled. 
Leaves normal. 2. Hypericum. 
Leaves reduced to scales. 3. Sarothra. 
Petals pink or purple. 4. Triadenum. 
1. Ascyrum. 625. 
1. Ascyrum hypericoides L. 
Nebraska, according to Britton and Brown. 
2. Hypericum. 625. 
Styles 5, capsule 5-celled. 1. H. ascyron. 
Styles 3, capsule 1-3-celled. 
Capsule 3-celled, stamens many. 2. H. perforatum. 
Capsule 1-celled, stamens few, not more than 12. 
Leaves lanceolate or ovate, over 4 mm. wide. 
Flowers not over 4 mm. wide, capsule 2-4 mm. long. 
3. H. mutilum. 
Flowers 6-10 mm. broad, capsule 8-10 mm. long. 4. H. majus. 
Leaves linear, 2-4 mm. wide. 5. H. canadense. 
1. Hypericum ascyron L. 
Near streams in eastern part of the state. Nehawka. 
2. Hypericum perforatum L. Common St. John’s-wort. 
In the eastern part of the state. Lincoln; Valentine. 
3. Hypericum mutilum L. 
Low ground in the eastern part of the state. Endicott. 
4. Hypericum majus (A. Gray) Britton. 
In moist soil over most of the state. Bellevue; Dismal river; Long 
Pine; Loup City; Lowell; Mead; Minden; Neligh. 
5. Hypericum canadense L. 
In wet, sandy soil in the western part of the state. Chelsea; Cody’s 
lakes; Minden; Thedford. 
3. Sarothra. 628. 
1. Sarothra gentianoides L. 
In sandy soil. Abundant in a pasture near Franklin. 
4. Triadenum. 629. * 
1. Triadenum virginicum (L.) Raf. Marsh St. John’s-wort. 
In wet soil mostly along streams. Chelsea; Ewing; Grand Rapids, 
Kennedy; Natick; Simeon. 
