30 COMMOX CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



Order XIV. DROSERA'CE^. (Sundew Famiiy.) 



Low glandular-hairy marsh herbs, with ciroinate tufted 

 radical leaves, and regular hj'pogynous flowers borne on a 

 naked scape. Sepals, petals, and stamens, 5 each ; anthers 

 turned outwards. Styles 3-5, deeply 2-partod. Pod 1-celled., 

 3-valved. The only genus with us is 



nKOS'EKA, L. Sundew. 



1. D. rotundifoiia, L. (Eound-lea-vhd Sundew.) Flowers 

 small, white, in a 1-sided raceme. Leaves orbicular, ab- 

 ruptly narrowed into the hairy petiole, clothed with reddish 

 glandular hairs. — Bogs. 



2. D. longifo'lia, L. (Longer-leaved S.) has oblong- 

 spathulate leaves gradually narrowed into erect naked 

 petioles. — Bogs ; not common. 



Order XV. HYPERICA'CEjE. (St. John's-wort P.) 



Herbs or shrubs, with opposite intire dotted leaves, and no 

 stipules. Flowers regular, hypogynous, mostly yellow. 

 Sepals 5, persistent. Petals 5, deciduous. Stamens mostly 

 numerous, and usually in 3 or more clusters. Styles 3-5, 

 sometimes united. Pod 1-5-celled. Seeds numerous. 



Syuopsls of llic Ciciiern. 



1. llyper'iciiin. Petals 5, unegual-aided, convolute in the bud, yellow. 



2. Elo'dcs. Petals 5, equal-sided, Imbricated in the. bud, purplish. 



1. IIYPER'ICIIIH, L. St. John's-wokt. 

 * Pod S-celled. Styles 3, separate. Petals with blade dots. 



1. H. perfora'tum, L. (Common St. John's-wort.) Stem 

 much branched, producing runners at the base, slightly 2- 

 edgcd. Leaves linea]>oblong, with transparent dots, easily 

 observed by holding the leaf up to the light. Petals deep 

 yellow. Flowers in open leafy cymes. — Fields, 



2. H. eopymbo'sum, Muhl. (Corymbed S.) {H.. macula- 

 tum, Walt.) Stem rounded, not so branching as No. 1. 

 Leaves with both black and transparent dots, oblong, somewhat 



