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138. HYPERICUM. 



A. Capsule pulpy ! 



1. Androsaeiuum. Styles 3. Divisions 

 of Cal. unequal, quite entire. Stem shrabby, 

 compressed. L. ovate, ■w. 7. Thickets. 



3. Divisions of Calyx very unequal. 



2. calycinum. Styles 5. M. solitary. Di- 

 visions of Cal. obovate, permanently spread- 

 ing. L. oblong, sessile. Stem brancbed, 

 sbrubby, 4-edged. w. 7-9. near Cork. Woods 

 above Largs ? 



3. hircinum. Styles 3-4. Fl. in cymes. 

 Stalks Avitb 3 bracts. Divisions of Cal. lan- 

 ceolate, acute. L. ovato-lanceolate, somewhat 

 amplexicaul. Stem branched, winged, ■w. 5. 

 Moist shade. Cors. Naples. 



C. Sepals nearly equal. No hypogynous 

 Scales. 



i. Sepals without fringe or glands. 



4. quadrangulum. Stem 4-edged, some- 

 what winged, erect. L. ovate, with pellucid 

 dots, and black glands on the margin. Sepals 

 lanceolate, acuminate, quite entire, p. 7- Moist. 



5. maculatuxn. Sepals ovato-lanceolate, 

 denticulate, obtuse, mucronate, reflexed. Pan. 

 ovate. Stem 4-edged, erect. L. elliptic- ovate, 

 with a few peUucid dots. p. 7j 8. 3Ioist banks. 



6. dubiuKa. Stem obscurely and unequally 

 4-edged, erect. L. elliptic, obtuse, generally 

 without peUucid dots, but witB black dots on 

 margin. Sepals elliptic, obtuse, often toothed 

 at end. p. 7, 8. Thickets, occ. 



7. perforatum. Stem 3 -edged, erect. 

 Pan. fastigiate. L. eUiptic-oblong, obtuse, with 

 numerous peUucid dots. Sepals lanceolate, 

 finely acute, twice as long as germen. p. 

 6-8. Shade. 



8. veronense. Sepals lanceolate, some- 

 what acute, as long as ovary. Pan. ovate. 

 Stem 2-edged, erect, branched. L. lineari- 

 oblong, with nimierous pellucid dots. p. 7, 8. 

 Open dry. Istr. s. Tyr. Pays de Vaud. 



9. crispuiu. Stem erect, roimd, vsath 

 numerous long, very spreading branches. L. 

 lanceolate, nndulato-sinuate at base, with pel- 

 lucid dots. Sepals obtuse, denticulate, equalling 

 germen. p. 7-9. Dry fields, s. It. 



10. htrniifusum. Stem round, or some- 

 what 2-edged below the L. ; procumbent. L. 

 oblong, with pellucid and black dots. Sepals 

 unequal, 2 lanceolate, 3 oblong, obtuse, much 

 exceeding germen, sometimes glandular. Sta- 

 mens about 15. p. 7. Gravel and sand. 



11. repens. Stem terete, decumbent. Co- 

 rymb few-tlowered. Sepals ovato-lanceolate, 

 acute, with black dots. L. ovato-Mnear, obtuse, 

 approximate, hardly dotted, p. 5. Dry. 

 Cannes. Mte. CirceUo. 



ii. Sepals fringed. 

 a. Glands nearly sessile. 



12. linariifolium. Sepals somewhat un- 

 equal, lanceolate, acute. Stems ascending, 

 terete. L. linear, obtuse. Margin revolute. 

 Stamens about 30. p. 6, 7. Barren, w. F. 

 Jersey, s. w. Eng. rare. 



13. hirsutum. Sepals lanceolate. Glands 

 on very short stalks. Stem herbaceous, terete, 

 erect, hairy. L. oval, on short stalks, peUucido- 

 punctate, pubescent. Pan. racemose. Pet. 

 tipped with stalked glands. (Seeds velvety, 

 Koch, — papUlose, Leighton.) Styles diverg- 

 ing, p. 6, 7- Woody hills. 



14. ntiontaninni. Sepals lanceolate. Glands 

 on very short staUiS. Stem herbaceous, erect, 

 round, smooth. L. sessile, ovato-oblong, obtuse, 

 with pellucid dots, and black marginal dots. 

 Pet. without dots or glands. Seeds finely 

 dotted, p. 7. Dry thickets, occ. 



15. pulchrum. Sepals obtuse, broadly 

 ovate, ciliate with sessile glands. Pet. fringed 

 with glands. El. in lax, axillary and terminal 

 panicles. L. amplexicaul, cordate, with pellucid 

 dots. Margin somewhat revolute. Stem erect, 

 terete, p. 7. Dry woods and heaths. 



16. nummular ium. Sepals ovate, obtuse. 

 Stems numerous, procumbent, terete. L. cor- 

 dato-orbicular, on short stalks, w. 8. Rocky 

 hills. Pyr. Dan. 



17. hyssopifolium. Sepals somewhat 

 obtuse. Stem woody, round, ascending. L. 

 oblongo-lanceolate, peUucido-punctate, oppo- 

 site, and in axillary bundles. Styles 3 or 4. 

 ■w. 7- Mountains. Dan. Prov. 



18. Coris. Sepals somewhat obtuse. Stem 

 woody, ascending, round. L. in whorls ! linear. 

 Margin revolute. w. 6, 7. Calc.mns. Prov. 

 Nice. Carrara. 



b. Glands on stalks longer than themselves, 

 but not equalling width of Sepals. 



19. ciliatum. Sepals somewhat acute. 

 Stem herbaceous, somewhat 2-edged. L. on 

 short stalks, somewhat cordate or ovato-oblong, 

 obtuse, with pellucid dots, and black dots on 

 the margin. Seeds with wavy stripes, p. 5. 

 Dry woods. Naples. 



