622 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Hypericum opacum Torr. & Gray, FIN. A. 1: 163. 1838. 
DULL OPaQquE-LEAVED St. JOHN’S-woRT. 
Hypericum cistifolium Wats. Index, 125. 1878. Not Lam. 
Chap. F1. ed. 3, 58. 
Louisianian area, Georgia, and Florida, west to Louisiana. (Hale’) 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Low open pine barrens, borders of ditches and ponds. 
Baldwin and Mobile counties. Flowers July, August; frequent. Shrubby at the 
base; stem simple, erect 14 to 2 feet high. ; 
Flowers of the naked cyme mostly sessile, sepals broadly ovate, half as long as the 
petals, and av remarked by Chapman, the dark reddish brown capsules with thr 
sutures deep. impressed. Elliott’s H. rosmarinifolium can not be referred to this 
species. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘Georgia, Mrs. Miller! Dr. Loomis! Alabama, Dr. (rates!” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Hypericum ellipticum Hook. Fl. Bor. Am.1:110. 1830. 
NorTUERN Sr. JOHN’S-WoRT. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 94. 
Canadian zone, Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Quebec to Lake Winnipeg, 
southern New England, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. 
ALABAMA: Coosa Valley. Low damp pine woods. Etowah County, Gadsden. 
Only a single specimen of this fine species has been collected. July, 1880; rare.. 
Perennial. 
Type locality: “Canada to Lake Winnipeg. Mr. Cleghorn; Dr. Richardson. Lake 
Huron. Dr. Todd.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr, 
Hypericum virgatum acutifolium (Ell.) Coulter, Bot. Gaz.11:106. 1886. 
ANGULAR-STEMMED Sr. JOHN’s-worT. Erect St. JOHN’S-WORT. 
Hypericum acutifolium Ell. Sk. 2:26. 1824. 
AH angulosum Michx. FI. Bor. Am, 2:78, 
Ell. Sk.l.c. Chap. Fl. 41. 
Carolinian area. Georgia and Florida. 
ALABAMA: Coosa Valley. Lower hills. Etowah County, Gadsden, low pine 
woods. Jefferson County, Elyton (i. 4. Smith). Flowers July; rare. Herbaceous. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Sent to me from Milledgeville in Georgia by Dr. Boykin.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Hypericum pilosum Walt. I'l. Car. 190. 1788. Hoary St. Joun’s-wort. 
Hypericum simplex Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:80. 1803. 
Ell. Sk. 2:26. Chap. F141. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. South Carolina to Florida, west to Louisiana 
(Hale). 
ALABAMA: Coosa Valley to Coast plain. Wet sandy or gravelly places in pine for- 
ests. Etowah County, Gadsden. Mobile County. Flowers chrome-yellow. July, 
August; frequent in the Lower Pine region and Coast plain. Perennial. 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Hypericum maculatum Walt. Fl. Car.189. 1788. SporrED St. JOHN’s-wort. 
Hypericum corymbosum Muhl.; Willd. Sp. Pl. 3: 1457. 1805. 
Ell. Sk. 2:27. Gray, Man.ed.6,94. Chap. FI. 40. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Quebec, Ontario; New England west to Minne- 
sota, Missouri, and Arkansas, south to the Gulf, from Florida to Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Borders of woods and fields. Flowers canary-yellow ; 
June to August. Common. Perennial. ; 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Hypericum mutilum L. Sp. Pl. 2:787. 1753. SMALLER St. JoHN’S-worT, 
Hypericum quinquenervium Walt. Fl. Car. 190. 1788. 
Ell. Sk. 2:24. Gray, Man. ed.6,95. Chap. F 1.41. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:35. 
MEXxIco. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Canada, New England, west to Minnesota to 
the Gulf from Florida to Texas. 
ALaBAMA: Over the State. Wet, springy places. Flowers deep yellow; June to 
October. Common. Annual. 
Type locality; ‘Hab. in Virginia, Canada.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
