Eyperieum.] xxii. hypericinejE. (W. T. Thiselton Dyer.) 255 



l)?neath. Flowers li in. diam., usually exceeded by lateral leafy shoots. Sepals about 

 i in., obtnge. Petals obliquely obovate, twice the length of the stamens. Styles 

 soavcely J in., about as long as the ovary. Capsule J in. — Perhaps a variety of H. 

 fatdwm, but distinct in habit. 



9. K. reptans, H. f. <fc T. ms. ; stems shrubby prostrate diffase root- 

 ing, flowers terminal solitary. 



Temperate Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 9-11,000 ft., J. D. H. 



Branches slender, two-edged, reddish- brown. Leaves J-J in., approximate, elliptic- 

 oblong, obtuse, with short pellucid strise. Flowers 1| in. diam. Sepals about 4 in., 

 elliptic, obtuse. Petals obovate. Stamens hardly exceeding the ovary. Styles i in., 

 eijualling the ovary, tips recurved. Capsule 4 in., globose. Seeds minute, apiculate at 

 both ends. 



Sect. II. Kyperineee, Spach. Sepals 5, connate at the base, equal or 

 unequal. Petals persistent. Stamens 3-adelphous at the base. Ovhry- 3-celled, 



* Margins of the sepals eglandvlar. 



10. K. perforatum, Linn, ; stem erect 2-edged, leaves oblong or ovate 

 peUucid-punctate. sepals linear acute. 



Tbmpeeate Westekk Himalaya ; from Kumaon, alt. 6-9000 ft., to Kashmir, alt, 

 3-6500 ft. — DiSTEiB. Europe, N. Africa, N.W. Asia. 



A perennial herb. Stems 18 in., -with slender stolons, branched above. Leaves f in.,, 

 obtuse, with radiating veins, paler beneath with black dots. Cymes corymbose, 3-cho- 

 tomously branched; flowers 1 in. Sepals Jin. Petals with' black-glandular edges. 

 S%Ze» twice the length of the ovary, equalling the stamens. Capsitle ^ in., egg-shaped. 



Vab. debile, Eoyle, ms. ; stem weak, leaves oblong-linear. 



11. K, Sampsoni, Hance in Seem. Journ. of Bat. iii. 378 ; stems erect 

 cylindric, leaves oblong connate pellucid-punctate, feepals oblong obtuse. 



Khasia MorsTAiNS, Nowgong, Simons. — Distbib. S. China, Formosa. 



A perennial herb. Stems 1 ft. ieoTOS 1^-2 in., obtuse, glaucesoent beneath. Cymes 

 lax ; flowers J-J in. diam. Sepals black-punctate. Petals about equalling the sepals. 

 Styles very short. Capsule ovoiJ, covered with oval resinous vesicles. — ApprDadies 

 B. erectum, Thb., of Japan, which is destitute of vesicles and has the leaves am- 

 plexicaul. 



12. K. petiolulatum, S. f. & T.ms.; stems erect slender cylindric, 

 leaves shortly petioled ovate elliptic, flowers small, sepals linear unequal, 

 styles very short exceeded by the stamens. 



Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 9000 ft., J.D.S. . , , 



Stems 9-15 in., branched from the base ; branches weak, simple. Leaves \-\ in., 



rather distant, obtuse, glaucescent beneath with dark pellucid dots, margins wavy. 



G^iMS 3-flowered ; flowers J in. long. Sepals y^i i°-> a<='^'s> °°* pellucid-punctate. 



Capsule with numerous glandular lines. 



,13. K. humifusum, XiMW. ; stems procumbent 2-edged, leaves sessile 

 elliptic to ovate approximate, sepals lanceolate unequal, styles 4 the length 

 of the ovary. H. rubrum, Wight ms. 



Nn,aHiRis, Wight.— DisTRiB. Kurope, Atlantic Isles, S. Africa. 



A glabrous perennial herb. Stems about 6 in., numerous, red. Leaves j-4 in., 

 pellucid-punctate and as well as the sepals with black intramarginal glands. Cymes 

 terminal, few-flowered. Flowers J-4 in. diam. 



** Margins of the sepals with gland-tipped teeth. 



14. K. elodeoides, Chcnsy in DC. Prodr.i. 552; stems Stout usually 



