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Hypericacea or St. John’s Wort Family .--—Herbs or shrubs 
of temperate climes with opposite (.Hypericum perforatum) rarely 
whorled branches and balsamic, resinous juices, which,• in the herba¬ 
ceous species, are secreted by black or pellucid glands found in the 
Pig. 217.— Garcinicfyianburii —Branch. (Sayre.) 
leaf parenchyma. Leaves entire, opposite, usually sessile; exstipu- 
late, and dotted. Flowers, regular, hypogynous and arranged in 
panicles or forked cymes. Petals usually 5. Stamens usually 
indefinite, rarely definite, often in 3-5 sets, more rarely monadelphous 
