HYPERICACEAE. 



Vol. II. 



14. Hypericum pseudomaculatum Bush. Large 

 Spotted St. John's-wort. Fig. 2894. 



Hypericum pseudomaculatum Bush ; Britton, Man. 627. igoi. 



Similar to the preceding species, but the leaves, at 

 least the upper ones, acute, ovate to oblong-lanceolate; 

 flowers larger; sepals lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate; petals pale yellow, three to five times as 

 long as the sepals, sometimes 10" long; capsule com- 

 pletely 3-celled, narrowly ovoid, 3"-4" long. 



Woodlands and lawns, Illinois and Missouri to Texas, 

 east to South Carolina and Florida. May-June. 



15. Hypericum graveolens Buckley. 

 Mountain St. John's-wort. Fig. 2895. 



Hypericum graveolens Buckley, Am. Journ. Sci. 

 45: 174. 1843. 



Herbaceous, perennial, similar to the pre- 

 ceding species. Stem erect, i°-3° high, branch- 

 ed above ; leaves oval, ovate or elliptic-oblong, 

 sessile or clasping, obtuse, l'-3' long, i'-i' 

 wide, sparingly black-dotted; cymes terminal, 

 few-several-flowered; pedicels i"-4" long; 

 flowers usually crowded, i' in breadth or 

 more ; sepals lanceolate, acute, much shorter 

 than the sparingly dotted or dotless petals ; 

 stamens united in sets ; styles 3 ; capsule ovoid, 

 somewhat 3-lobed, 3-celled, 4"-6" long. 



Mountains of southwestern Virginia, Tennes- 

 see and North Carolina. June-Sept. 



16. Hypericum boreale (Britton) Bicknell. Northern St. John's-wort. Fig. 2896. 



Hypericum canadense var. boreale Britton, Bull. Torr. 



Club 18 : 365. 1891. 

 H. boreale Bicknell, Bull. Torr. Club 22: 213. 1894. 



Perennial, sometimes stoloniferous; stem terete 

 or slightly 4-angled, upright from a usually assur- 

 gent base, simple or branched, i'-i8' high. Leaves 

 elliptic, oval, oblong, or linear-oblong, 3"-i6" long, 

 i"-4" wide, sessile or slightly clasping, obtuse, 

 mostly 3-nerved, those of the lower part of the 

 stem commonly much smaller than the upper and 

 closertogether ; cymes few-several-flowered, leafy- 

 bracted ; flowers about 2I" broad ; sepals narrow, 

 obtuse ; capsules oblong, obtuse or obtusish, apic- 

 ulate, 2"-2i" long, purple, cross-wrinkled, longer 

 than the sepals ; seeds 3-5 times as long as wide, 

 pale, longitudinally furrowed and finely cross- 

 lined. 



In wet soil, Newfoundland to Ontario, Vermont, 

 New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Indiana. July-Sept. 



