<H} COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



Okdbr XIV. DROSERA'CEiE. (Sundew Family., 



Low glandular-hairy marsh herbs, with circinate tufted 

 radical leaves, and regular hypogynous flowers home on a 

 naked scape. Sepals, petals, and stamens, 5 each ; anthers 

 turned outwards. Styles 3-5, deeply 2-parted. Pod l-celled, 

 3-valved. The only genus with us is 



nROS'EBA, L. Sdsdew. 



1. D. rotundifo'lla, L. (Eotjnd-leavbd Sundew.) Flowers 

 small, white, in a 1-sided raceme. Leaves orbicular, ab- 

 ruptly narrowed into the hairy petiole, clothed with reddish 

 glandular hairs. — Bogs. 



2. D, longifo'lia, L. (LoNOEBrLEAVBD S.) has oblong- 

 spathulate leaves gradually narrowed into erect naked 

 petioles. — ^Bogs ; not common. 



Oedbe, XV. HYPERICA'CE^. (St. John's-wobt F.) 



Herbs or shrubs, with opposite entire dotted leaves, and no 

 stipules. Flowers regular, hypogynous, mostly yellow. 

 Sepals 5, persistent. Petals 5, deciduous. Stamens mostly 

 numerous, and usually in 3 or more dusters. Styles 3-5, 

 sometimes united. Pod 1-5-celled. Seeds numerous. 



Synopsis of tlie Genera. 



1. Hyper'icuni. Petals 5, unequal-sided, convolute in the hni, yellow. 



2. Elo'dcs. Petals 5, equal-sided, imbricated in tlie bud, purplish. 



1. HYPER'ICUM, L. St. John's-WOBT. 

 * Pod 3-celled. Styles S, separate. Petals with black dots. 



1. H. perfora'tum, L. (Common St. John's-woet.) Stem 

 much branched, producing runners at the base, slightly 2- 

 edged. Leaves linear-oblong, with transparent dots, easily 

 observed by holding the leaf up to the light. Petals deep 

 yellow. Flowers in open leafy cymes. — Fields. 



2. H. COPymbo'SUm, Muhl. (CoBrMEBD S.) (H. macula- 

 tum, Walt.) Stem rounded, not so branching as No. 1. 

 Leaves with both black and transparent dots, oblong, somewhat 



