HYPEHICACE*:. 3^ 



clasping. Flowers sviall, pale yellov, crowded, cori/mbea. — 

 Damp woods and wet places generally. 



**Pod 5-celled. Styles more or less united. Stamens very many, in 5 

 clusters^ if clustered at all. 



3. H. pyramida'tum. Ait. (Great St. John's-wort.) 

 Stem 3-5 feet high. Leaves 2-3 inches long, someVhat 

 clasping. .Flowers very large, the petals about an inch long, 

 and narrowly obovate. Stamens showy. Pod conical, 

 large. — Along streams ; not common. 



4. H. Kalmia'num, L. (ICalm's S.) Shrtibby, a foot or 

 more in height ; leaves linear-lanceolate, crowded, revolute 

 on the margins, thickly punctate, and sessile. Flowers 

 about 1 inch across, in clusters. — ^Niagara Falls and west- 

 ward. 



♦ • * Pod ^-celled, purple. 



5. H. ellip'ticum, Hook. (Ellipticai^leaved S.) Stem 

 about 1 foot high , not branched. Leaves spreading, ellip'tical- 

 oblong, obtuse, thin. Flowers rather few, showy, in a iiearly 

 naked cyme. Pod purple, ovoid, obtuse. Petals pal^ yel- 

 low. — Banks of streams, eastward. 



6. S. mu'tilum, L. (Small S.) Stem slender, branching 

 above, hardly a foot high. Leaves 5-nerved., Cymes leafy 

 at the base. Flowers small, not J of an inch across. — Low 

 grounds. 



7. H. Qanadense, L. (Canada S.J Stem upright, 6-15 

 inches high, with branches erect. Leaves linear or linear- 

 lanceolate, 8-nerved at the base, the upper ones acute, sessile. ' 

 Cymes naked. Pod much longer than the calyx. Flowers 

 small, deep yellow.^Wet, sandy places. 



2. ELO'DES. Adana. Maksh St. John's-wokt. 

 E. Virgin'iea, Nutt. (JE. campantUata, Pursh.) Stem 

 smooth.Leaves oblong or oval, clasping, often purple- veined, 

 obtuse, conspicuously dotted beneath. Flowers flesh- 

 coloured, in the axils, and at the summit of the stem. The 

 whole plant is of a purplish hue. — Marshes. 



