Genus 2. 



ST. JOHN'S-WORT FAMILY, 



5. Hypericum aureum Bartram. Golden St. 

 John's-wort. Fig. 2885. 



Hypericum aureum Bartram, Travels 383. 1791. 



Perennial, shrubby, 2°-4° high, the twigs 4-sided. 

 Leaves oblong, firm in texture, I's' long, obtuse and 

 mucronulate at the apex, narrowed at the base, pale 

 beneath; petioles very short; flowers solitary or 2 

 or 3 together, sessile, i'-2' broad ; sepals unequal, 

 shorter than the obovate oblique petals; stamens 

 very numerous ; styles 3 ; capsules conic, incom- 

 pletely 3-celled, nearly i' long, long-pointed. 



River banks and bluffs, South Carolina to Tennessee, 

 Kentucky and Texas. May-July. 



6. Hypericum galioides Lain. Bedstraw 

 St. John's-wort. Fig. 2886. 



Hypericum galioides Lam. Encycl. 4: 161. 1797. 



Perennial, somewhat woody, branching, i°- 



2i° high, the stems and branches nearly terete. 



Leaves linear, linear-oblong or oblanceolate, 



with smaller ones clustered in their axils, 



obtusish, thick, spreading, narrowed below, 



¥-2¥ long, i"-2" wide, involute in drying; 



flowers short-pedicelled, 3"-s" broad ; sepals 



narrowly linear, foliaceous, resembling the 



uppermost leaves, shorter than the pointed 



oblique petals; stamens numerous, distinct; 



styles 3 ; capsule 2"-3" long, incompletely 



3-ceIled by the projecting placentae. 



In low grounds, Delaware to Florida,, west to 

 eastern Tennessee and Louisiana. July-Sept. 



7. H5rpericum adpressum Bart. Creep- 

 ing St. John's-wort. Fig. 2887. 



H. adpressum Bart. Comp. Fl. Phil. 2: 15. 1818. 

 Stem nearly simple, erect or ascending from 

 a perennial creeping or decumbent sometimes 

 spongy-thickened base, i°-2° high, angled be- 

 low, 2-edged above. Leaves oblong or lanceo- 

 late, l'-2' long, 3"-5" wide, obtuse, ascending, 

 often with smaller ones fascicled in the axils; 

 cyme terminal, several-flowered, leafy only at 

 the base; pedicels i"-3" long; flowers 6"-9" 

 broad; sepals lanceolate, acute, about half the 

 length of the petals ; stamens numerous, dis- 

 tinct; styles 3 or 4; capsule about 2" long, 

 incompletely 3-4-celled by the projecting pla- 

 centae. 



In low grounds, Nantucket, Mass., to New Jer- 

 sey and' Pennsylvania, south to Georgia and 

 Louisiana. Recorded from Missouri and Arkan- 

 sas. July-Aug. 



