PENTANDRIA, TFUGYNIA. [55 



L5& BTAPHYl E v I i SOT. (Bkomni.) 



Calix .v parted, coloured. Petals 0, inserted 

 opon die margin of i pentangular glandu- 

 loufl disk. Capsules % or 3 ; inflated, grow- 

 ing together. . W* about 8, globose with 

 a cicatrice. — A'utt. 



I. S. leaves trifoliate; racemes pendulusj petals trfafiatai 

 below ciliated, fruit ovate. — WUUL 



Icon. Schmidt^ arb. 81. (Pursli.) 



BladJer-Xut. 



\ I - :• -imil), with pendulus white flowers, and very large 

 inflii' resseli the rocks above the building called 



. on the west side Of the Schuylkill above the falls. 

 Also on the W tsaahickon. .Mr. Nvittall. M.iy,.lune. 



154. BABOTHBA. Uonark. (CaryopMBe*.) 



Calix 0-parted, connivent Petals 5, linear- 

 oblong. Capsule oblong, acute, coloured, 

 1 -celled, 3-valvod, margin of the valves 

 seminiferous. — JVWf. 



1, S. liypericoid-.j. 



Sarotlira h ypericoides, Nutt. Gen. Am. pi. vol. 1. 



p. 204*. 



Barothra gentianoides, AVilld. 

 Hypericum Barothra, Mich. 



II. aadicaule, Walt. 



Icon. Pluk. mant. t. 342. f. 2. (Pursh.) 



Ground Pine. 



A small plant with numerous clustered hranches and yellow 



flowers; from tour to eight inches high. Leaves ven minute, 



i is the habit of Hypericum Stamina from 5 



to 6. In exposed situations on sterile soil; generally on road- 

 sides; not uncommon. Annual. June, July. 



