82 ST. john's-wort family. 



* * Pedicels bractless; styles longer than the ovary; in Ga. and Fla. 



A. amplexicaule, Michx. Shrub 2°-3° high, with cordate-ovate 

 clasping leaves. 

 A. piunilum, Miohx. 6' or less high, with oblong-ovate leaves. 



2. HYPERICUM, ST. JOHN'S- WORT. (Greek : of unknown mean- 

 ing.) Flowers in summer, mostly yellow. (Lessons, Figs. 328, 329, 

 335; 336, 396, 423.) 



* Stamens very numerous, in 5 clusters; styles 6. 2/ 



H. Ascyron, Linn. Great St. John's-Wort. Strong woody herb 

 (2°-6° high) with angled branches; leaves ovate-oblong and somewhat 

 clasping ; petals narrowly obovate, withering before they fall, 1' long, 

 showy. River banks. N. and W. 



H. MoseriA.num, a recent introduction to gardens, said to be a hybrid 

 of the European species H. calycinum and H. patulum, is a very hand- 

 some woody herb, with large golden-yellow flowers 2' across, the petals 

 broad and more or less notched at the end, and the yellow stamens red- 

 tipped. 



» # Stamens very numerous, scarcely clustered; styles 3 (except in the 

 first), more or less united. % 



t- Bushy shrubs, l°-6° high, leafy to the top. 



*+ Leaves deciduous ; Northern and Southern. 



H. Kalmianum, Linn. Kalm's S. Low shrub, with glaucous, linear 

 to oblanceolate leaves, and flowers 1 ? wide; stamens almost distinct;- 

 stigmas not capitate ; pod \< long. Wild at Niagara Falls and northern 

 lakes. Also cult. 



H. prolfncum, Linn. Shrubby S. Like the last, but leaves scarcely 

 glaucous, lance-oblong or linear ; pod £'-£' long. From N. J., west to 

 Minn., and south. 



H. denaifldrum, Pursh. Tall, 6°-6° high, very much branched above ; 

 flowers J'-f ' wide ; pods &'-J' long. N. J. to Tex. 



++ ++ Evergreen or nearly so ; Carolina and S. 



• H. fasciculatum, Lam. Fascicled S. Leaves narrow-linear and 

 small, and with shorter ones clustered in the axils ; pod narrow. Wet 

 pine barrens. 



H. myrtifdlium, Lam. Myrtle-leaved S. Leaves heart-shaped and 

 partly clasping, thick, glaucous ; pod conical. Wet pine barrens. 



H. aureum, Bartram. Golden S. Leaves oblong with a narrow base, 

 glaucous beneath ; thick ; flowers mostly single, very large (2' broad), 

 orange-yellow ; pod ovate. River banks towards the mountains. Also 

 cult. 



H. nudifldrum, Michx. Naked-clustered S. Shrubby and ever- 

 green S., less so in Virginia, etc., has 4-angled branches, oblong pale 

 leaves, and a peduncled, naked cyme of rather small flowers ; pods conical. 



4- h- Herbs, sometimes a little woody at the base. 



•w Pod incompletely S-4-celled. 



H. galioldes, Lam. Leaves linear-oblanceolate, narrowed downward 

 and almost petioled ; flowers small, in terminal and axillary cymes. Del. 

 to Ga. and E. Tenn. 



H. adpre'asum, Barton. 1° high ; leaves ascending, lanceolate, often 

 acute ; flowers few ; stem angled. Low grounds, R. I., Fenn., and Ga. 



