620 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Ascyrum stans Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:77. 1803. STANDING ASCYRUM. 
Ascyrum hypericoides L. Sp. Pl. 2: 788. 1753. In part. 
EL Sk. 2:22. Gray, Man. ed.6,92. Chap. Fl. 39. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:34, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey and Pennsylvania to Florida, west 
to Louisiana, eastern Texas, and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Cullman County, low woods. Wash- 
ington, Escambia, Baldwin, and Mobile counties. In flat damp pine barrens. 
Flowers yellow. July to August; frequent. Undershrub. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Ascyrum pumilum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:77. 1803. Dwakr ST. PETER’S-WORT. 
Ell. $k.2:21. Chap. FI. 39. 
Louisianian area. Georgia and Florida, west to Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Dry light soil, open woods, Wash- 
ington, Baldwin, and Mobile counties. Flowers sulphur-yellow, March, April; fre- 
quent. Shrubby at the base. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Georgia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
HYPERICUM L. Sp. Pl. 2: 783. 1753.! St. JOHN’s-worr. 
About 160-species, chiefly in the north temperate zone. North America 35, Atlan- 
tic 31. Shrubby or herbaceous perennial more rarely annuals. Mostly shrubby 
and yellow-flowered. 
Hypericum prolificum L. Mant. 1:106. 1767. SuRuBBy St. JOHN’s-WoORT. 
Ell Sk. 2:30. Gray, Man.ed.6,93. Chap. F1. 39. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New Jersey west to Michigan, Minnesota, Mis- 
souri, and Arkansas, south to Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Rocky banks. Lauderdale County (M. C. Wilson). 
Flowers golden yellow. June, July. Rare. Two to 3 feet high. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in America septentrionali.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Hypericum aureum Bartram, Travels, 383 (ed. 2,381). 1791. 
GOLDEN-FLOWERED ST. JOHN’S-WORT. 
Hypericum amoenum Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2:375. 1816. 
Ell. Sk. 2:31. Chap. FI. 40. 
Carolinian area. South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region. Exposed limestone hills. Law- 
rence County, Moulton. Madison County, Montesano, 800 feet, Clay County, Shin- 
bone Valley, July 28, with mature capsules. Flowers golden yellow, May, June. 
Local, infrequent. Shrubby at the base, 8 to 12 inches high. : . 
Type locality: ‘‘On the steep dry banks” of a ‘large and deep creek, a branch of 
the Flint [Patse-Liga Creek, Ga.]” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Hypericum myrtifolium Lam. Encycl. 4:180, 1796. PALE ST. JOHN’S- WORT, 
Hypericum glaucum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:78. 1803. 
Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi. 
ALaBAMA: Coast plain. Borders of pine-barren ponds. BaldwinCounty. Mobile 
oan Dauphin Island. Flowers June, July; not infrequent in the flat pine 
arrens. 
Type locality not given. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Hypericum fasciculatum Lam. Encycl. 4: 160. 1797. 
TALL NARROW-LEAVED ST. JOHN’S-WORT. 
Hypericum nitidum Lam. Encycl. 4: 160. 1797. 
Ell. Sk. 2:28. Chap. Fl. 40. 
Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida, west to Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Inundated margins of pine-barren streams. Baldwin 
County, Rock Creek. Flowers July. Shrub 3 to 5 feet high, not rarely the stem 
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