ST. JOHN'S-WORT FAMILY. Hyperlcaceae. 



shaped. The flowers in small terminal clusters, with 

 deep golden yellow stamens. 1-2 feet high. In low 

 ground, Nantucket, Mass., to N. J. and Pa., south to 

 Ga. and La. , and west to Mo. and Ark. 

 Hypericum A common St. John's-wort blooming in 



ellipticum the same season, with a simple, slightly 

 Lighter gold four-angled stem. Leaves dull light green, 

 yellow thin, elliptical (often perfectly so) or oval, 



obtuse, and stemless, sometimes narrowed at the base. 

 Flowers pale gold yellow, about ^ inch broad ; stamens 

 numerous and golden yellow. The pointed pods succeed- 

 ing the flowers are pale terra-cotta color. 8-20 inches 

 high. In wet places and along streams from Me., south 

 to Conn., northern N. J., and Pa., west to Minn. 



. A slender-stemmed species generally 



virgatwn 1 branched above, the stem somewhat four- 

 Bright ochre angled. Leaves oblong lance-shaped, 

 yellow acute, and stemless. Flowers numerous, 



July ~ deep bright ochre yellow, coppery in tone ; 



^eptemuer 



stamens numerous, blossom same size as 



the preceding. 1-2^ feet high. In low grounds, pine 

 barrens of central N. J., Del., south, and west to 111. 



This is, generally speaking, the com- 

 Jolrrrs-wort mones t species. A perennial naturalized 

 Hypericum from Europe, and a native of Asia. Stem 

 perforutum simple or much-branched. Leaves dusky 

 Deep golden green, stemless, small, elliptical, or oblong- 

 Ju| l0 -^e - linear, more or less brown-dotted. Flowers 

 u- m her shiny, deep golden yellow, with numerous 



stamens ; the clusters terminal, on several 

 branchlets. 1-2 feet high. Common everywhere. 

 Spotted St. A. species with the same season of bloom, 



John's-wort remarkable for its spottiness ; its stem 

 Hypericum slender and round, often tinged with dull 

 maculatum re( j rpj^ j eaveg ova t e pointed, or oblong, 

 thickly dotted with sepia brown, stemless or nearly so, 

 and often flushed with a ruddy color. The golden yel- 

 low flowers marked with thin blackish lines, more con- 

 spicuous upon the back of the petal than on its face. 

 1-3 feet high. In moist places and damp thickets from 

 Me., south, and west to Minn, and Tex. 

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