256 XXII. HYPERiciNEiE. (W. T. Thiselton Dyer.) [Hypericum: 



simple, leaves oblong or ovate acute firm, sepals with long teeth, petals 

 glandular-striate. H. adenophorum, Wall. Cat. 4812. H. nervosum, Don 

 Frodr. 219. 



Temperate HijIalata; from Sikkim, alt. 7-12,000 ft., to Sirmur, alt. 7-8000 ft. ; 

 K.BASIA Mts., alt. 4-6000 ft. ; Assam and Birma, Griffith. 



Stems 1-2 ft., stolonifevous, glabrous, terete. Leaves 1-1 i in., approximate, stem- 

 clasping, uppermost glafldulaf-friiiged at the base, closely pellucid-punctate. Cymes 

 paniculate ; flowers | in. Sepals { in., lanceolate, acute, with black intramarginal 

 glands. Petals exceeding the calyx. Sti/les 3, i in., at least twice the length of the 

 ovary, spreading, not exoeedins tlie stamens. Capsule J in. — A. very variable plant, 

 allied to the European S. montanum, L., which is puberulrtus with a denser cyme and 

 shorter sepaline teeth. JB. intermedium, Steud., of Abyssinia and Asia Minor, has 

 shorter teeth but a very open cyme. 



15. H. napaulense, Chois)/ in DC. Prodr. i. 552 ; stems weak with 

 numerous branches, leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate obtuse thin, sepals 

 with short teeth, petals eglandular or nearly so. H. pallens, Don Prodr. 219, 

 H. setosum, Wall. Cat. 48U. H. Wightianum, WaU. Cat. 4010 j W. & A 

 Prodr. 99 ; Wight. lU. i. 43. 



Temperate Himalaya; from Sikkim, alt. 10-12,000 ft. to Kashmir, alt. 7-8000 ft. 

 Birma, Griffith. — Western Peninsula, Nilghiri and Pulney Mts., Wight, &c. 



Stems slender, diffuse or prostrate, cylindrio, obscurely 2-edged. Leaves J-| in., 

 sessile and stem-clasping, or slightly petioled, glaucous beneath and closely pellucid- 

 'punotate. Cymes few-flowered, loose ; flowers ^ in. Sepals lanceolate. Fetch longer 

 tlian the calyx. Styles J in., about equalling the ovary, exceeding the stamens. Cap- 

 sule J in. — Perhaps only a variety of S. elodeoides. 



16. K. monanthemum, E.f. & T. ms. ; stems, simple, leaves broadly 

 elliptic or ovate, sepals dark-glaiidular-striate, petals linear twice the length 

 of the sepals, styles half the length of the ovary. 



Sikkim Himalaya; Lachen and Lachoong Valleys, alt. 11-12^000 ft., J.D.H. 



Hems 4 in. -1 ft., erect, 2-edged, reddish brown. Leaves | in., sessile, obtuse, pel- 

 lucid striate-punotate, with a few black marginal dots beneath. Cymes 1-3-flowered; 

 flowers with a pair of glandular fringed bracts. Sepals linear-lanceolate. Syles ^-^ in.,, 

 equalling the stamens. Capsule J in., ovoid. 



Sect. III. Brathydineae, Spach. Sepals 5, Petals persistent. Stamens 

 connate at the base. Ovary 1 -celled. 



17. H. japonicum, Thunh. Fl. Jap. 295, t. 31 ; stems difiiise or ascend- 

 ing, leaves 3-uerved, cyme dichotomous elongated, sepals 3-nerved. WaU. 

 Cat. 4811. Koyle III. t. 24. H. pusillum, Ckoisy in DC. Prodr. i. 549. 

 Brathys nepalensis, Blume Mus. Bot. ii. 19. H. calycatum, Jaai. Herb, (sepals 

 fuliaceous). . ' 



Temperate and Subtropical Himalaya, from Sikkim to Garwhal ; alt. 2-5000 ft. 

 Khasia Mts. ; Assam, Silhet, Bikma ; Eastern and Western Peninsula and Ceylon. 

 — Uisteib. New Zealand, Australia, Japan, China, Java. 



Annual. Stems 1-15 in., tufted or prostrate, glabrous, 4-angled. Leaves \ in. or 

 less, stem-clasping, oval or ovate, pellucid-punctate. Flowers \ in. diam., yellow. 

 Bracts and sepals linear-lanceolate, entire, acute, glandular and pelluoid-pnnctate at 

 the apex. Petafo equalling the calyx, St^es J the length of the ovary. Capsvle^m.. 

 Seeds ribbed and transversely striate. — H. humifusum is distinguished by its 2-edged 

 stems, 3 celled ovary, and leaves with intra-marginal black dots. 



18. K. Zialandii, Ghoisy im DC. Prodr. i. 550; stems slender simple, 

 leaves approximate below appressed with revolute margins 1-nerved, cyme 



