240 ORDER XIX. HYPERICACEJS. 



mous, anoipital branches. Leaves narrow, lanceolate. Sepals foliaceous, 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Petals obovate, longer than the sepals. 

 Capsules 3-celled, ovate-oblong. — Yellow. ^ . June. Middle Geo. 

 and Car. 2 — 8 feet. 



2. II. oalioi'des, (Lam.) Stem terete, slender. Leaves fasciculate, 

 linear-lanceolate, narrowed at the base ; margin revolute, dotted. 

 Flowers axillary, terminal. Sepals linear, rerlexed when mature. Pet- 

 als obovate, with a tooth near the summit. Stamens numerous, scarcely 

 divided into parcels. Pistils 3. — Yellow. *> . June — Aug. Wet 

 places. Geo., Car., and Florida. 2 — 3 feet. 



3. H. fascictla'tum, (Lam.) Stem branching, branches angled. 

 Leaves linear, coriaceous, crowded, sessile, revolute, dotted. Flowers 

 axillary, near the summit. Sepals linear, resembling the leaves. Pet- 

 als oblong, ovate, toothed like the preceding. Filaments slightly co- 

 hering into parcels. Pistils 3, united. Capsule 3-celled, 3-valved. — 

 Yellow. T 2 . June — Aug. Pine barrens. 1 — 2 feet. 



4. II. au'rkum, (Bar.,) amce'num, (Pursh.) Stem much branched, branch- 

 es ancipital. Z<v</e*oval, oblong, with slightly undulated margin, glau- 

 cous beneath. Flowers axillary, solitary. Sepals ovate, acute. Petals 

 ovate, rerlexed. Stamens very numerous. Styles 8, Separating as the 

 fruit matures. — Yellow. *> . June — Aug. On the Ocmulgee, one mile 

 above Macon. 2 — 3 feet. Golden Hypericun. 



5. H. mtetifo'lium, (Lam.,) qlau'cdm, (Mich.) Stem terete, with a 

 few branches near the summit. Leaves cordate-ovate, obtuse, clasping, 

 glaucous, dotted, coriaceous. Flowers in fastigiate cymes, leafy. Sep- 

 als ovate, rerlexed. Petals about as long as the sepals, with a tooth 

 mar the summit. Stamens numerous, nearly as long as the petals. 

 Styles 3, at first united, but separating as the fruit matures. — Yellow. 



': . .May— June. Wet places. Middle Geo. 18 — 24 iucb.es. 



6. H. ambiq'uum, (Ell.) Stem with numerous ancipital, opposite 

 branches, with scaly bark. Leaves linear lanceolate, acute, thin, mu- 

 cronate, with a white point. Flowers axillary and terminal, near the 

 summits of the branches. Sepals unequal, lanceolate, attenuate at the 

 base, l^ctals oblique, obovate, with a tooth near the summit. Styles 

 united. Capsule 3-celled. — Yellow. J j . May — June. On the Conga- 

 ree, near Columbia. 2 — 4 feet. 



7. H. mediflo'bum, (Mich.) Stem branching; branches angled and 

 winged. Leaves sessile, oblong-ovate, obtuse, punctate, with reddish 

 dots, pule. Flowers in a dichotomous panicle. Sepals lanceolate, ob- 



or linear. Petals obovate, double the length of the calyx. Styles 

 8, united al the base. Capsule 3-celled. — Yellow. T <> . Aug. — Sept. 

 Swamps. Car. and Geo. 1—2 feet 



8. 11. opa'oum, (T. & G.) Stem slender, with few, opposite, .-lender 

 branches, nearly Bquare, winged. Leaves narrow, oblong, sessile, punc- 

 tate with minute brown dots, thick, Bomewhat coriaceous. Flowers in 

 a naked cyme. Sepals oblong or obovate, unequal. Petals very ob- 

 lique, double the length of the sepals. Pistils 8, united. — Yellow. §, 

 July — An/. Near Macon. 18 — 21 inches. 



9. H. p-astioia'tom. Stem branching; branches ancipital. Leaves 

 long, narrow-lanceolate, acute, connate, tapering at the base, dotted, 

 paler on the undi Flowers in corymbs, with solitary flowers 

 in the lower divisions of the corymbs. Sepals lanceolate, half the 



