Hypericaceae Lixdl. 



Hypericum Ascyron L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1763) p. 1102; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. XI, p. 

 162; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. Ill, p. 363; Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 274; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 446; 

 Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1842) p. 621, no. 263; KpBiJi. Oji. Am. I (1901) p. 188. 



The specimens collected belong to the typical plant, with long petals, 3—3,5 cm. 

 long, and with short sepals, only about 1 cm. long. The plants are generally 3-flowered. 

 Number of styles generally 5, rarely only 4. 



Scattered near Kushabar, in open copse wood of foliage trees, mostly in slightly 

 humid places. Specimens collected about the middle of July in flower, and in part done 

 flowering. 



Distribution: Siberia, from the governments of Tomsk and Semipalatinsk to Kamt- 

 chatka, Manchooria, Corea, northern China, south-eastern Mongolia, Japan, North 

 America. 



Hypericum perforatum L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1763) p. 1104; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. Ill, p. 364; 

 Karel. et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. AU. no. 185; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I p. 447; Kpi,i.i. $.i. Ajit. I 

 (1901) p. 189. 



In dry thickets, on hills and slopes near Karatus and Kushabar. In flower and partly 

 done flowering in the first half of July. Collected with fruits in the middle of August, on 

 dry hills near Ust Sisti-kem, and at Ust Kamsara. 



Distribution: Europe, Caucasia, western and middle parts of Siberia, south-western 

 Asia to the western Himalayas, northern Mongolia, western China, North Africa, North 

 America (introduced). 



Hypericum hirsutum L. Spec. PL ed. II (1763) p. 1105; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. IIL p. 365; 

 Karel. et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. Alt. no. 186; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 449; KpBi.T. $j. A.it. I 

 (1901) p. 189. 



I open brush-wood, on declivities, and the like, in the wooded steppe region about 

 Karatus and Kushabar, scattered on sunny, dry, southern slopes in the Amyl taiga, at Ust 

 Sisti-kem and Ust Kamsara. In full flower in July, partly with fruits in August. 



Distribution: Europe, the Caucasus, Siberia, eastwards to about the Yenisei, Rus- 

 sian Turkestan, north-western Mongolia. 



Hypericum elegans Stephan apud Willd. Spec. PL III, p. 1469; Ledeb. Fl. Alt III, 

 p. 368; Ledeb. FL Ross. L p. 450; KptiJi. $ji. Ajit. I (1901) p. 190. 



On stony declivities and in groves south of Minusinsk. In full flower in the early 

 days of July. 



Distribution: Middle and south-eastern Europe, soutla-western Siberia, eastwards 

 roughly to the YeniseL 



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