862 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
North America: Penn. to Minn. and Neb.; S. to Va. 
and Ark. 
* Minn. valley: Ft. Snelling; E. edge and N. EH. dis- 
trict; rare; river banks and shore of lakes. 
LXX. HYPERICACEAE. St. John’s-Wort 
Family. 
Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 1036 (1836-40); Bentham and Hooker, Gen. Plant. 
I, 163 (1862): Baillon, Hist. Pl. VI, 391 (1877). 
Genera; 8; temperate and warmer regions. 
Species: 225+; more abundantly represented in N. 
hemisphere than in 8. 
HYPERICUM Linn. Gen. 606 (1787). 
Elodea, Elodes, Triadsnia, Adenotrias, Drosanthe, Ere- 
mosporus, Webbia, Hypericum, Olympia, Campylopus, Psoro- 
phytum, Androsaemum, Eremanthe, Campylosporus, Norysca, 
Roscyna, Myriandra, Brathydium Spacu, Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. 2, V, 
353 (1836). 
Androsaemum ALL. FI. Ped. II, 47 (1785). 
Brathrys Mur. ex Linn. f. Suppl. 43 (1781). 
Sarothra LINN. Gen. ed. V, 344 (1754). 
Tridia Korra. Hoev. and De Vr. Tijd. III, 17 (1836). 
Receveura VELL. FI. Flum. V, 119, 120 (1826). 
Baillon, Hist. Pl. VI, 391; Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. I, 165; Durand, 
Ind. Gen. Phan. 33; Gray, IU. Gen. I, 213. 
Living species: 175+; 160 (B. and H.); temperate and 
tropical regions; very numerous in N. temperate zone; very 
rare in S. temperate; Russia, 23; Europe, 41; Russian Europe, 
10; N. America, 31; E. Sts., 17; Canada, 11; S. Sts., 25; Pl. 
King, 2; Pl. Wheel, 1; Mid. Calif., 3; Rocky mts., 1; W. Tex. 4. 
Hypericum canadense Linn. Spec. 785 (1753). 
H. thesiifolium HBK. N.G. et. S. V, 192 (1821). 
H. pauciflorum HBK. 1. c. (1821). 
HT. moranense HBK. 1. c. (1821). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 95; Britt., Fl. N. J. 68; Upham, 
Fl. Minn. 31; Chap.. Fl. S. St. 42; Cov., Fl. Ark. 169; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I. 
125; Webb., Appx. Neb. 32. 
North America: N. Y. to Fla.; W. to Wis., Minn., 
Neb. and Ark. 
Minn. valley: N. E district, and probably along N. 
edge; extending doubtfully to Blue Earth Co.; wet or damp 
woods and roadsides. 
Hers.: Ballard 825, Page lake, Carver Co.; Ballard 
856, Page lake; Holzinger 32, Winona Co.; Bailey 428, Long 
lake. 
