322 POLYANDUIA DI-PEXTAGYM A 



256. HYPERICUM. L. Mttt. Gen. 476. 

 [A name of unknown derivation and meaning.] 



Calyx of 5 sepals, or deeply 5-parted. Petals 5. Stamens polya- 

 delphous, in 3 to 5 sets. Ovary superior ; styles 3 to 5. Capsule 

 membranaceous, 3 to 5-ccllcd, many-seeded. 



Herbaceous, or svjfrutlcase\ leaves opposite, mostly sessile, entire, often purus 

 tate ; flowers mostly terminal and corymbose. Nat. Grd. oC. Lindl. Hyperici- 



neje. 



1. H. viTic.-ixicr^r, /,. Stem terete ; loaves ovato-elliptic, obtuse, so- 

 mi-amplexicaul, subeordate at base, pcllucid-punctato ; peduncles axil- 

 lary and terminal, few-flowered ; stamens 9 ; filaments united at base in 

 8 sets, with an ov^id gland between each set. Heck, Hot. p. 60. 

 Elodea cam] anulata. Piush, .!m. 2. />. 379, Not El odea of Mx. nor 

 Torr. Com J). 



B. virginica. Nutt. Gen. 2. /;. 17. Bart. Phil. 2. p. 17. Ell. Sk. 2. 

 p. 33. 



Viroixiax HrrEiucurvr. 



Whole plant mostly of a purplish hue. Root perennial. Stem IS inches t > *J feet 

 high, herbaceous but firm and inclining to sutTruticcse, terete, emouth, with a 

 few opposite-axillary branches. Leaves I to 2 inches longr, and half an inch to an 

 inch wide, glaucous beneath, marked with numerous pellucid \ tinctures. Pedun- 

 des terminal and axillary, mostly trichotomous or deflowered, the terminal one 

 with the flowers corymbose-clustered ; pedicels bracieate at base. Sepals lin« ar- 

 lanceolate, smooth, o to 7-ncrved, not punctate. Petals dill i fringe-*] urple, w ith 

 numerous parallel purple veins, pellucid-punctate, about twice as long as the 

 calyx. Stamens 9; filaments in .'1 parcels, connate at base, with a large reddish- 

 orange gland between each parcel. Styles 3, distinct, about as long as the stamens. 

 Capsule ovoid-oblong, 3-celled. 



ILib. Wet, lgw grounds ; Wynn's meadows: rare. Fl. July— Aug. FY. Sept.— Oct. 



Obs. Collected in Uwchlan, near the Red Li n. by Mr. Jcslpii Jacobs,— 'and 

 subsequently at, Wynn's mead ws, by .Air. Joshua Ik :•. .. . 



2. H. puxctatcx, Lam. Stem terete, dotted with Mack ; leaves el- 

 liptic-oblong, obtuse, scmi-a;nple:vieaul, pellucid-punctate, and dotted 

 with black; corymbs terminal, brachiate, dense-flowered ; petals dotted 

 with black. Beck, Bot. p. Gl. Not ! of WUld. 



H. corymbosum. mild. Sp. 3. p. 1457, Muhl. Catal.p. C8. Purs/i, 



Am. 2. p. 377. Nut*. Gen. 2. /;. 16. Bart. Phil. 2./;. 16. BigeJ. Post. 



p. 280. Florul. Cestr. p. 58. Eat. Man. p. 182. Also, Pcrs. Sin. 2. 



p. 89. 



H. maculatum. Mob. Am. 2. /;. 80. Ait. Kem 4. p. 426. Ell. Sk. 2. 



p. 27. Also, Per*. Syn. 2. p. 90. 



J!so? H. micranthum. DC. Prodr. I. p. 540. Hook. .1m. I. p. 109. 



Eat. Man. p. 184. 



PtfXCTATK, OR DoTTftJ) Hr^KHTCUH. 



Root perennial. Stem IS Inches to 2 feet high, brachiatcly 1 ranched ab 

 (often nearly simple) ; branches erect, corymb se. Leaves 1 to 2 inches long, and 

 half an inch to 3 quarters wide, m s:ly obtus \. FUnecrs in denso terminal ca- 

 rymbs; pedicels with lance-linear i r si 1 t.l.ite brads at base. Sepals lanceolate, 

 united at bus:, marked with bla:!v J is, a:: I a Is > with linear pellucid junctures. 



