broadly obovate with an angular tooth near the summit; filaments scarcely
polyadelphous; styles slightly cohering; capsules 3-lobed, oblong-conical,
with a long tapering point; placentae scarcely extending to the axis.— Lam.
diet. 4. p. 154; Willd. sp. 3. p. 1451; DC. jprodr. 1. p. 550. H. fascicu-
latum, Willd. 1. c. (excl. syn.) H. rosmarinifolium, E ll.sk. 2. p. 20.
Damp soils, S. Carolina and Georgia, Elliott; Middle Florida, Dr. Chapma
n ! Red River, Louisiana, Dr. Hale ! June-Aug.'—Stem 2-3 feet high,
slender; the bark smooth and brownish. Leaves about an inch long and
1J wide ; those in the axils nearly as long as the primary ones. Flowers
half as large as in H. perforatum. Torus hemispherical, very distinct.
7. H . fasciculatum (Lam.) : stem shrubby, much branched, the branches
somewhat aneipital; leaves linear and very narrow, crowded, coriaceous,
closely sessile, revolute, fascicled in the axils as if verticillate, with large
pellucid glands; flowers in terminal leafy cymules, or solitary and axillary;
sepals rather unequal, linear ; petals broadly obovate, with an acute angular
tooth near the summit; filaments slightly polyadelphous; styles somewhat
cohering ; capsule oblong-conical, with a long tapering point.—Lam. diet.
4. p. 160; Michx. ft. 2. p. 80? ; Ell. sk. 2. p. 28; DC. prodr. 1. p. 554.
H. aspalathoides, Willd. sp. 3. p. 1451; Pursh,fl. 2. p. 376 H. tenuifo-
lium, Pursh, l. c. H. Coris? Walt. Car. p. 190. H. Michauxn, Poir,
d id V p 696 ? a
0 stem somewhat difluse; leaves very short, in numerous approximated
whorls ; flowers solitary and in threes towards the summit of the branches;
sepals oblong, obtuse, scarcely one-third the length of the petals. H. axil-
iare, Lam. did . 4. p. 160? , , ^ ^
"Wet pine barrens, Georgia! to Florida! Louisiana, Drummond.
Carolina, Curtis! K in ! {in herb. Muhl.) July-Sept—Shrubs 1-2 feet
high. Leaves 6-8 lines long (2-3 in /?.). Flowers as in the preceding species.
Sepals resembling the leaves. Petals in 0. with scarcely any lateral
tooth. Seeds oblong.
* * * Herbaceous: capsule tricarpellary. (Petals and. anthers with black dots!)
8. II. perforatum, (Linn.): stem aneipital, corymbosely branched; leaves
ovate-elliptical, obtuse, with pellucid dots; petals twice as long as the lanceolate
acute sepals; styles diverging.— Willd. sp. 3. p. 1453; Eng. bot.t.
295 ; Pursh, fl'.2. p. 377 ; Bigel. fl. Bast. p. 279; DC. prodr. 1. p. 549;
Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 110. , , t t ■. d c<* . ■ ,
Old fields pastures, &c. throughout Canada and the United States: introduced.
July-Aug — Stem 1-2 feet high. Leaves closely sessile, 6-10 lines
long, with very conspicuous dots. Flowers numerous. Stamens mostly m
3 sets.— St. Johrds-wort.
9. H. Scouleri (Hook.): stem terete below, quadrangular above; leaves
oblong-ovate, closely sessile and somewhat clasping; not dotted; under surface
with numerous prominent veins; cyme somewhat compound; sepals
broadly ovate, rather obtuse, one-third the length of the petals, dotted with
black; styles 3, distinct, erect .—Hook.! jl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 111.
a. leaves pellucid-punctate; sepals somewhat acute.
Drv gravelly soils and limestone rocks, Oregon, Dr. Scouler ! Douglas.
P Rocky Mountains, NuttalU—About 18 inches high, sparingly branched.
Leaves f of an inch long, very obtuse. Flowers one-third smaller than in
H. perforatum. Petals sprinkled with a few black dots near the margin.
10. H. corymbosum (Muhl.): every part of the plant marked with black
dots; stems terete, corymbosely branched above; leaves oblong or ovate,
somewhat clasping; cymes many-flowered,corymbed; sepals^ovate, acute;
petals oblong; styles distinct, about as long as the ovary.—Muhl.! m m ild.
sp. 3. p. 1457, # cat. p. 7 1 ; .Pursh, Jl. 2. p. 377; Bigel. fi. Bost. p. 280.
H. punctatum, Beck, bot. p. 61; Darlingt. fi. test. p. 322. H. micran
July-Aug.—Stem lJ-~ - ,.~0— — -
usually more or less clasping, rarely narrowed at the base, peilucia-punciate.
Flowers small: sepals marked with linear pellucid punctures besides the
black dots. Petals nearly 3 times as long as the sepals, usually thickly dotted
with black. Stigmas capitate, orange-red.
11. II. maculatum (Walt.): every part of the plant marked with black
dots; stem terete, glaucous, corymbosely branched above; cymes many-flowered,
corymbed; leaves cordate-oblong, clasping; sepals lanceolate, acute;
glandularly denticulate on the margin; styles distinct, nearly twice as long
as the ovary.— Walt. Car. p. 189; Michx. fl. 2. p. 80; Ell. sk. 2. p. 27.
H. punctatum, Lam. diet. 4. p. 164; DC.prodr. 1. p. 547. ( H. micranthum,
Chois, prodr. Hyp. p. 4 4 .t . 5. in DC. 1. c. mV JO, ƒ „ ,
Pine barrens, South Carolina, Walter, Ellio tt; Georgia, Le Conte.
Middle Florida, Dr. Chapman! July-Aug.—Stem 2-4 leet high, much
branched above. Leaves 1-1J inch long, sometimes rather acute. Flowers
very numerous, as large as in the preceding species. Petals obovate-oblong.
Styles di ated and divariate at the base : stigmas capitate. Capsule conical-
ovate. 'Seeds roundish-ovate, minutely striate.—Nearly related to the preceding
species, but probably distinct. The black dots in these species, are
minute vesicles filled with an intensely purple coloring matter, which is soluble
in water.
§ 3. Stamens very numerous, more or less polyadelphous: capsule 1-cell-
ed, with 3 (rarely 4) parietal placentae, which are often somewhat
introflexed but do not reach the axis, seminiferous anteriorly (next
the axis). Perennial herbs, or low shrubs.
* Shrubby or suffrnticose.
12. II. aureum (Bartram): widely branched above, the ultimate branches
aneipital; leaves oblong, obtuse, attenuate at the base, glaucous beneath, minutely
undulate-crisped on the margin, somewhat coriaceous ; flowers large,
nearly solitary and sessile; petals (orange-yellow) coriaceous, reflexed, longer
than the ovate unequal sepals and the excessively numerous stamens; capsule
(red) ovoid-conical, almost bony, acuminate with the connate styles.—
Bartr. trav.p. 383. H. amcenum, Pursh, fl. 2.p. 375; Nutt. ! gen. 2. p. 16;
Ell. sk. 2.p. 31; DC. prodr. 1. p. 544. H. frondosum, Michx.fi. 2. p. 8 11 ;
Muhl.! cat.p. 71. .
On the Patse-Liga creek, a branch of Flint River, Georgia; Bartram, Dr.
B o yk in ! Ba ldwin ! In South Carolina and Georgia, Lyon, ex Pursh.
June-Aug.—Shrub 2-4 feet high. Leaves l i- 2 inches long, half an inch or
more wide, yery minutely pellucid-punctate, obscurely veined. Flowers on
very short pedicels, or ordinarily more properly sessile in the upper pair
of bract-like leaves. Petals often nearly an inch in length; somewhat rhom-
boidal-ovate, often with a lateral tooth, persistent. Capsule small, not lobed.
—A splendid, but very local species, not extending eastward beyond, the
Oakmulgee River, according ;to Elliott & Dr. Boykin. H. frondosum, Michx.
which we doubtfully refer to this species, was found in Tennessee.
13. H. myrtifolium (Lam.): stem terete, simple or corymbosely branched
above ; leaves cordate-oblong, clasping, obtuse, coriaceous and almost veinless,
somewhat glaucous ; cymes fastigiate, compound, very leafy-; dichoto-
mal flowers nearly sessile; sepals ovate, at length reflexed, about the length
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