of the petals ; stamens very numerous, nearly as long as the petals; capsule
conic, coriaceous, 3-lobed, subulate with the connate at length distinct styles.
—Lam diet. 4. p. 180; DC. prodr. 1. p. 547. H. glaucum, M ich x .fi.2.
p. 78; Pursh, fi. 2. p. 376; E ll.! ski 2. p. 32; DC. i. c. H. rosmarmi-
folium, Chois, in DC. I c. ? not of Lam. <
Florida, Michaux, Mr. F. Cozzens ! Dr. Chapman ! Dr. Alexander !
Alabama, Dr. Gates! Georgia, Le Conte! and South Carolina, Elliott!
May-June.—A straggling shrub, 1-2 feet high. Leaves very numerous, minutely
punctate with brownish somewhat pellucid dots, about an inch long ;
those of the branches of the cyme much smaller; the floral ones shorter than
the sepals: the midrib conspicuous. Sepals nearly equal, resembling the
leaves. Petals very inequilateral. Styles occasionally 4. Capsule strongly
lobed; the placentae, though much introflexed, not reaching the axis. Seeds
ovoid, smooth.
14. H. dolabviforme (Vent.): suffruticose; stem decumbent at the base,
simpie or branching above; leaves linear-lanceolate^ veinless, spreading or
at length reflexed; the margins revolute when old ; cyme fastigiate, at first
few-flowered, at length divaricate and somewhat compound, somewhatleafy ;
sepals unequal, ovate-lanceolate, acute, about the length of the dolabrilonn
petals ; capsule coriaceous, conoidal, tricarinate, acuminate ; styles united, or
at length distinct above; seeds strongly rugose transversely.— Vent. hort.
Cels. 1. 45 ; Pursh, ft. 2. p. 378 ; DC. prodr. 1. f 547. H. procumbens,
Michx.! ft. 2. p. 81'; Willd. sp. 3. p. 1450 ; Pursh, l. c.; DC. 1. c.
Dry bills, Kentucky, Michaux, Pafinesque ! S hort! July-Aug.—Stem
straggling, 6-20 inches long, with a brownish exfoliating bark, slightly anci-
pital above. Leaves (slightly glaucous) 1-1* inch long, closely sessile, obtuse
or acutish, marked with large pellucid at length brownish dots, with
smaller ones often fascicled in the axils or on short branches. Dichotomal
flowers on very short peduncles. Sepals about the length of the mature
capsule, strongly dotted ; the broader ones often with 3 pellucid nerves at
the base; the others lanceolate.. Petals obovate-cuneiform, but very inequilateral
or falcate. Valves of the capsule not in the least introflexed; but
with a salient ridge opposite the thick and cord-like placentae, giving the capsule,
and particularly the ovary, a somewhat triquetrous appearance. Seeds
oval, in several rows.
15. H. ambiguum (E ll.): branches numerous, compressed; leaves thin,
linear-lanceolate, narrow at the base, acute, mucronate, with a callous
whitish point; flowers solitary and three together in the axils of the upper
leaves; sepals as long as the petals, unequal, linear-lanceolate, attenuated at
the base; petals obliquely obovate, cuspidate on one side; styles slightly
united.—Ell. sk. 2. p. 30. . . , . ,
Banks of rivers. Near Columbia, Georgia, E llio tt; on the Apalachicola,
Dr. Chapman! May-June. Shrub 2-4 feet high. Leaves 1* inch long,
2-3 lines wide. Capsule (immature) oblong, attenuated at the summit,
shorter than the foliaceous sepals.
16. H. nudiflorum (Michx.): stem branching and shrubby below;
branches quadrangular and winged; leaves ovate-lanceolate or nearly oblong,
obtuse pale on both sides, a little veiny, very minutely punctate with reddish
dots; cymes pedunculate, naked, loosely flowered; bracts setaceous; dichotomal
flowers on short but distinct pedicels; sepals oblong-lanceolate or linear,
about half the length of the obovate petals; capsule ovoid-conic, acuminate
with the connate styles.—Michx. fi. 2. p. 78 ; Willd. sp. 3.p. 1456; Pursh,
ft. 2. p. 375; DC. prodr. 1. p. 548 (excl. syn. A it.); Ell. sk. 2. p. 32.
p. leaves (smaller) oblong, somewhat attenuate at the base and often
very slightly petioled, minutely punctate with pellucid dots ; flowers rather
larger; sepals more than half the length of the petals.
Borders of ponds and swamps, Pennsylvania (herb. Scliwemitz!) and
N. Carolina! to Georgia ! and Louisiana. P. Arkansas,D r. Leavenworth
Auo-.-Sept.—Stems much branched below 1- 2-feet high. Leaves 1-2*
inches long, usually obtuse at the base and closely sessi e, occasionally very
slightly petioled, membranaceous, the margins minutely undulate. Cyme
rather few-flowered. Flowers small. Sepals obtuse or acutish spreading
small. Styles (sometimes 4, Ell.) distinct at the summit. e ° ® Jfti.
leaves of this species are reddish purple when viewed by transmitted light
but in the Arkansas Variety (which complete specimens may show to be
distinct) the dots are perfectly colorless.
17. H. sphcerocarpon (Michx.) :• stem obscurely 4-sided, somewhat an-
cipital above; leaves linear-oblong,obtuse, with a minute callous tip, spanngly
pellucid-punctate, almost veinless; cyme nearly naked, compound, pedunculate;
the dichotomal flowers sessile; sepals nearly equal, ovate, acuminate,
with a spinulose callous tip; petals three times as long the calyx; styles
closely united; capsule globose.—Michx.fi. 2. p. 78; DC. prodr. 1. p. 548,
not of Nutt. _ . , T , , 0
Rocky banks of Kentucky River, S hort! Michaux. July—Stem 1-2
feet high shrubby at the base ? (herbaceous, Michaux), branching from the
middle upward. Leaves 1-2* inches long, 2-5 lines wide of neariy/he
same width throughout, closely sessile, without black dots. Cyme at length
many times dichotomous, and rather crowded. Sepals somewhat colored
in the middle and striate with parallel lines. Petals with a minute callous
projection on one side below the summit. Ovary ovate, about one-third the
length of the tapering united styles. Torus indistinct. Capsule exactly globose
coriaceous ; the placentae not indexed. Seeds (immature) fewer than
usual (about 20 ?), corrugated, with a distinct winged raphe.—A rare and
very distinct species.
18. H. opacum: stdms 2-winged; leaves linear-oblong, obtuse, closely
sessile somewhat coriaceous, opaque, punctate with minute brown dots,
veinless; cyme compound, naked; the dichotomal flowers sessile; sepals
very unequal obovate and oblong; petals somewhat dolabnfonn, twice as
long as the sepals; styles united to the summit; capsule globose-ovate,
3-lobed by the inflexion: of the dorsal sutures. . ,
Georgia Mrs. Miller! Dr. Loomis! Alabama, Dr. Gates /—Shrub
about 2 feet high, with slender branches, quadrangular, with 2 of the angles
distinctly winded. Leaves somewhat shining, scarcely an inch long, with a
few smaller ones fascicled in the axils. Flowers one-third as large as in H.
perforatum. Capsule nearly twice as long as the calyx, obtusely 3-lobed,
and with the placentse also slightly introflexed. Seeds oblong, finely striate
* * Herbaceous.
19. H. pilosum (Walt.): scabrous-tomentose; stem simple, virgate, terete;
leaves ovate-lanceolate, usually appressed, closely sessile and somewhat
claspin'* ; cymes few-flowered ; sepals ovate-lanceolate, unequal, acute, much
shorter°than the petals; styles (often 4) distinct, as long as the ovary; capsule
o v a te .- Wall Car. p. 190; Nutt.! gen. 2. p. 25; DC. prodr. l . p .
549 H. simplex, Michx. fl. 2. p. 80; Pursh^Jl. 2.p. 370; Nutt. . 1. c ; E ll.
sk 2 p. 26 VDC. I- c. H. Virginianum, &c. Pink. aim. t. 245. ƒ 6, f
amalth. t. 421. f. 3. Ascyrum villosum, Linn. ; Willd. sp. 3. p. 1474.
Wet pine barrens, South Carolina ! to Florida! west to Louisiana! June-
Sept —(3) Hairs of the pubescence moniliform. Stem 14-24 feet high, perfectly
simple except at the summit, which is somewhat corymbosely branched.
Leaves about half an inch long, sometimes a litue alternate at the base, very