254 xxri. HYPERICINEJ3. (W. T. Thiselton Dyer.) [Hypencum. 



Centeal Himalaya; Nipal, Wallich; Kumaon, at Eamari, alt. 4500 ft., Straeh. 

 & Wint. 



A glabrous shrub, 1-2 ft. ; branches long, slender, brown ; branchlets subtetragonous. 

 Leaves 1-2 in., coriaceous, opaque with translucent line.'i, penninerved with one or two 

 lateral veins and midrib darkly marked below. Cymes many-flowered ; flowers 14 in. 

 diam. Sepals ^-^ in. Petals obliquely obovate. Stamens equalling the styles, | the 

 length of the petals. Styles 1 J times as long as the ovary. 



5. K. lysimachloides, WaU. Cect. 481 7 ; leaves ovate subsessile glau- 

 cous beneath ■with dark veins, sepals linear-lanceolate. H. coriaceum, Royle 

 III. 131. 



Western Temperate Himalaya ; from Kumaon, alt. 8-9000 ft., to Wardwan, 

 alt. 5-6500 ft., Stewart. 



A glabrous shrub, branchlets subtetragonous. Leaves |-1| in., acute or rather 

 obtuse, penninerved, the veins connected marginally, pale and blaok^dotted beneath. 

 Cymes loose, leafy, 2-3-chotomous ; flowers 1 in. diam. Sepals 3 in. Petals lanceo- 

 late. Styles slightly longer than the ovary, not exceeding the stamens. Capsule 

 about \ in. 



** Styles not longer than the ovary. 



6. K. Koofcerianum, W. <(: A. Prodr. 99; branches terete, leaves 

 ovate to ovate-oblong, sepals obovate, styles recurved exceeding the stamens. 

 wight Ic. 949. H. oblongifolium, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4949. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 8-12,000 ft., J. D.H.; Mishmi, Griffith; Khasia Mts., alt. 

 4^6000 ft., Lobh., &o. ; Nilghikis, Wight, &c. 



A glabrous shrub 6-8 ft. ; branches red-brown. Leaves 1-4 in., sessile or very 

 shortly stalked, obtuse, mucronate, firm, glaucous or rusty beneath, faintly pellucid- 

 punctate. Cymes few-flowered or corymbose, leafy-braoteate ; flowers about 2 in. diam., 

 golden-yellow. Sepals J-J in. Petals obliquely-obovate, longer than the stamens. Styles 

 ^ in., shorter than the ovary. Capsule | in., jjbtusely conical to egg-shaped. 



Vak. Leschenaultii, Choisy in DC. Prodr. i. 145 (sp.) ; Deless. Ic. Sel. iii. t. xxvii. ; 

 sepals acute. H. trifiorum, Blume, Ft Ned. Ind. 142. H. oblongifolium, Wall. Cat. 

 4810 (not of Choisy). H. Choisianum, Wall. Cat. 4805. — Nipal, Wallich; Sikkim, 

 alt. 8000 ft., /. il. ir.— DisTEiB. Java. 



7. K. patulum, Thunh. Fl. Jap. 295,.^ t. 17; branches spreading pyra- 

 midally 2-edged, leaves elliptic-lanceolate, sepals elliptic obtuse, styles ex- 

 ceeding the stamens. Wall. Cat. 4809 ; Uooh. Bot. Mag. 6693 ; Don Prodr. 

 218. H. Uralum, .ffam. ex Dm, I.e.; Bot. Mag. t. 2375; DO. Prodr. 218. 

 H.' oblongifolium, WaU. PI. Adat. Ear. t. 244 (not of Choisy in Wall. Cat). 



Throughout the Temp. JIimalaya (Sikkim excepted) ; alt. 3-7000 ft., from Bhotan, 

 Griffith, to Simla, Lady Dalhovsie, and Chamba, Stewart. Khasia Mis., alt. 5-6000 ft.; 

 YuNAK, /. Anderson. — Disteib. Japan, Formosa. 



A, glabrous shrub, 1-3 ft., with brownish bark and numerous red, stifSy patent 

 branches. Leaves 1-2^ in., distichous, very shortly petioled, acute, black-dotted and 

 glauce,scent or rusty beneath, pellucid punctate and striate, margins reflexed. Cymes 

 few-flowered, terminal ; peduncles 2-bracteate ; flowers 1 in. diam. Sepals i in. Petals 

 orbicular, twice the length of the stamens. Styles equalling the ovary. Capsule { in., 

 obtusely conical.— Nearly allied to II. HooTceriamum but smaller, more rigid, and with 

 smaller flowers. 



Vae. attenvMum, Choisy in DC. Prodr. i. 545 ; more slender in every part. 



8. K. tenuicaule, H.f. & T. ms.; branches diffuse slender terete, 

 leaves elliptic or ovate pellucid striate, flowers solitary or geminate, sepals 

 elliptic, styles not exceeding the stamens. 



Temperate Sikkim Himalaya ; Lachen valley, alt. 8000 ft., /. D. H. 



A glabrous shrub, Leaves I-14 in.',taperiug below, subacute, pale and glandular-dotted 



