POLYANDRIA DI — PENTAGYNIA* 
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Stem about 2 feet high, sparingly branch ed near the s ummit, with 
the young branches conspicuously compressed“¥!toc* lMgt ^'lo 1 1-2 
inches long) entire, dotted. Flowers solitary, axillary, frequently opposite. 
Peduncles 1 to 1 1-2 inches long. The exterior leaves of the calyx large, 
cordate-ovate, nearly round, dotted, nerved. Corolla yellow. Petals 
obovate, as long as the calyx. Filaments very numerous (60 to 100) 
shorter than the corolla. Germ pyramidal, 3 sided. Styles 3, slightly 
recurved. Capsule 3 valved. 
Grows generally in damp soils. 
Flowers the whole summer. 
4. Amplexicaule. Mich. 
A', erectum, parce- 
ramosum ; ramis anci- 
pitibus; foliis ovato- 
oblongis, amplexicau- 
libus, foliolis calycinis 
exterioribus cordatis; 
floribus 3-4-gynis. 
Erect, sparingly 
branched with the 
branches compressed; 
leaves ovate, oblong, 
amplexicaule; exteri- 
or leaves of the calyx 
cordate; flowers 3-4 
gynous. 
Mich. 2. p. ft. Pursh" 2. p. 374. 
Stem 1 to 2 feet high, branching towards the summit. Leaves cordate, 
obtuse, closely sitting, and with the calyx conspicuously dotted. Corolla 
yellow. Petals obovate. Stamens very numerqn^ abou t half long as 
the corolla. Styles frequently 4. 
Grows in the southern parts of Georgia, near St. Mary’s. 
Flowers through the summer. 
HYPERICUM. 
Gen. Pl. 1224. 
Calyx 5-partitus, 
laciniis subaequalibus. 
Petala 5. Filamenta 
vix basi connata. 
Capsula ovata; locu- 
lis numero stylorum, 
1 -2-3-5. 
% Trigyna, herha - 
cea. 
Calyx 5-parted, with 
the segments nearly 
equal. Petals 5. Fi- 
laments slightly con- 
nected at base. Cap- 
sule ovate, 1-2-3-5 
celled. 
% Trigynous, her-- 
baceous. 
