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NAT. ORDER. HYPERICINE^. 
Hypericum elatum. Tall St. John's-wort. The younger stems 
of this plant are somewhat reddish ; leaves ovate-oblong-, acute, dila- 
ted at the base, somewhat emarginate, with the margins somewhat 
revolute, flowers corymbose; peduncles bibracteate; sepals ovate- 
oblong. It is a native of North America, and flowers in July and 
August. 
Hypericum frondosum. Frondose St. John's-wort. The branches 
of this plant are two-edged ; leaves ovate-elongated, blunt at the apex, 
and narrowed at the base ; flowers large, usually solitary ; calyx 
equalling or exceeding the petals in length ; styles united together. 
It is a native of North America, on shady Eocks in Kentucky and 
Tennessee. Flowers in July and August. 
Hypericum amoenum. Pleasing St. John's-wort. This plant 
rises about two feet in height, bearing branches two-edged ; the leaves 
are oblong elliptical, bluntish at the apex, but tapering to the base, 
with curled revolute margins ; flowers terminal, and usually solitary ; 
sepals ovate, acuminated, never equal in length with the corolla ; 
styles connected together. This plant is a native of South Carolina 
and Georgia. The flowers are large, of a bright yellow, and with red 
ovaries. Flowers in July and August. 
Hypericum sessilijlorum. Sessile-flowered St. John's-wort. This 
plant rises about three feet in height, with round branches ; leaves are 
stern-clasping, cordate-oblong, without nerves, dotted ; corymb termi- 
nal ; flowers nearly sessile ; sepals oblong, acute, leafy, and much 
longer than the corolla ; styles joined together. Native of North 
America. Flowers in August and September. 
Hypericum grandijiorum. Great-leaved St. John's-wort. This is 
a shrubby plant rising about three feet in height ; the stem round, and 
of a reddish cast ; leaves ovate-oblong, cordate, somewhat stem-clasp- 
ing, acute at the apex, netted with pellucid veins ; flowei s corymbose ; 
peduncles after flowering' much longer than the corolla. This is a 
native of Teneriffe, and flowers in July and August. 
Hypericum inodorum. Scentless St. John's-wort. This is a 
