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6. H. NUDIFLORUM, Michx. Naked St. John's Wort. 

 Stem shrubby at base, 4-angled, winged above; leaves orato-obloivr or lance-ova2 



obtuse, sessile: cymes compound leafless; sepals linear-oblong, shorter than the 

 ovate petals; styles united. 



Wet grounds, rare. Aug. Stems 1 to 2 feet high, with numerous 4-sided branches. 

 Leaves thin, about 2 inches long, with minute reddish dots. Flowers small, and 

 rathor loose in the cyme. 



7. II. PROLIFICUM, L. Shrubby St. John's Wort 



Stem shrubby, smooth, branching; branches 2-angled; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 mostly obtuse, narrowed at base, revolute on the margin pellucid-punctate; 

 flowers numerous in simple or compound clusters. 



Banks of streams. July. A highly ornamented shrub 2 to 4 feet high, with 

 much compresssd branches. Leaves 2 inches long, y 2 inch wide. Flowers large, 

 orange-yellow ; peduncles generally 3-flowered, the intermediate one nearly sessile. 



* * * Stamens 5 to 20 rarefy 30. Styles short, distinct. Lcio and slender annuals. 



8. H. MUTILUM, L. Small St. John's Wort. 



Stem erect, much branched, smooth, square ; leaves ovate-oblong, obtuse, heart- 

 Bhaped, clasping, 5-ncrved; cymes leafy ; petals shorter than the lanceolate sepals; 

 capsides ovate, conical. 



Damp sandy soils. June — Aug. Stem 6 to 12 inches high, leafy to the top. 

 Floivcrs very small pale-yellow, solitary in the divisions of the stem. 



9. II. Canadense, L. Canadian St. John's Wort. 



Stem, square, erect. branched; leaves linear, or narrowly-lanceolate, attenuate to 

 the base, rather obtuse; panicle elongated, forked; sepeds lanceolate, very acute, 

 longer than the petals. 



Low grounds, common. June — Aug. Stems G to 12 inches high. Leaves pellu- 

 cid, and dotted with black. Flowers small, yellow. Capsule longer than the calyx 

 and of a reddish color. 



10. H. Sarothra, Michx. Orange-grass. 



Stem and branches filiform, square; leaves minute, awl-shaped, scales appressed;. 

 flowers mostly sessile and scattered along the erect branches ; pods slender, vc ry 

 acute, 1-celled. 



Sandy fields and hills. June— Aug. Stem 4 to 8 inches high, much branched. 

 Leaves very small. Flowers very small, yellow. Stameiiso to 10. Capside browiu 



2. ASCYRUM. Linn. St. Peter's Wort, 



Gr. a. privative, and skuros, roughness; the plant being smooth to the touch. 



Calyx 4-sepalled, 2 outer ones smaller. Petals 4 cadu- 

 cous. Stamens many, scarcely united at base. Styles 2 to 

 4, mostly distinct. Capsule strictly 1-celled, 2 to 3 (rarely 

 4) valved. — Low, rather shnibby plants with pale black-dotted 

 leaves and nearly pale-yellow flowers.. 



I. Crux Andrew, L. St. Andrew's Cross. 



Slens much branched at base and decumbent: Zeaves narrowly obovate-oblong, 

 contracted at the base ; flowers solitary or cymulose, on short pedicels; outer sepals 

 ovate, inner ones very minute : peteds linear-oblong ; styles 2, at length distinct. 



Sandy fields. July. Stems 8 to 24 inches high, 2-edged above, thickly clothed 



