THE ST. JOHN’S-WORT FAMILY 
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Marsh St. John’s-wort. (Hypericum elodes, Linn.)— Flowers \ inch across, few, pale 
yellow. Sepals 5, small, fringed with stalked red glands ; petals 5, three times as long as 
the sepals ; stamens in 3 bundles ; styles 3, shorter than the 3-celled capsule, which opens 
by 3 valves. Stems 6-12 inches, creeping, then ascending, covered with woolly, white hairs, and 
crowded with roundish, heart-shaped leaves, half clasping the stem, of a brilliant soft green, densely 
clothed with woolly, white hairs. [ Plate 27. 
Rather rare. Spongy bogs, moors. July — August. Perennial. 
