TAB. 3a.
HYPERICUM MONTBRETH, Spach.
H Y P E R IC U M , (Tourn.) Spach. — Confer suprà, p. 34.
Sectio DROSOCARPIUM, Spach. — Confer suprà, p. 35.
HYPERICUM MONTBRETH, Spach, Hist, desplantes phan. (in Suites a Buff on), vol. 5, p. 3g5.
Hypericum aoenocarpum, Montbret ! in Herbario Wcbbiano.
Hypericum euphorblefolium , Spach, 1. c., p. 3g4*
Glaberrimum. Caulibus obsoletè 2-marginulatis, siraplicibus, v. apice corymboso-ramulosis. Foliis
tenuibus, glaucis, sessilibus, semi-amplexicaulibus, obtusis, pellucido-et nigro-punctatis : infimis
obovatis, v. oblongis ; cæteris ovalibus, v. oblongo-obovatis, v. ovatis, v. ovato-oblongis, v. ovato-
ellipticis , basi plus minusvè cordatis; summis plerumquè serrulato-fimbriolatis. Calyce fructifero
patente. Sepalis oblongis v. sublanceolatis, acuminulatis, brevè fimbriolatis, corollâ duplo brevio-
ribus. Petalis inæqualibus, obtusis, nigro-punctalis, serrulatis, post anthesin reflexis : alteris cu-
neato-obovatis v. subrhombeis , alteris cuneato-ovalibus. Stylis ovario (sub anthesi) vix dimidio
longioribus. Capsula oblonga, calyce longiore, cartilagineâ, vesiculis subglobosis inordinatis conspicuè
verruculosâ. Seminibus striatulis.
Radix ramosa, demùm multiceps, crassitie pennæ anserinæ. Caudices brèves, plus minusvè ramosi, haud rar b radicantes.
Cauliculi steriles diffusi v. adscendentes, plus minusvè copiosi, graciles, v. ferè filiformes, foliosi, in planta fructiferâ sæpè
pedem longi -, internodia foliis breviora. Caulés-floriferi ereeti v. adscendentes, cæspitosi, herbacei (tandèm basi fruticulosi),
lævigati, subteretes, impunctati, foliosi, stricti, 6-i5 pollices longi : validiores crassitie pennæ corvinæ, ad superiorum folio-
rum axillas modo ramulis-floriferis (pedunculis terminalibus gracilioribus) 2-6- phyllis instructi, modo immediatim pedunculi-
feri, paniculâ cymosâ aphyllâ densiflorâ terminati, cæterùm aut simplicissimi, aut solùm ramillulos steriles filiformes oligo-
phyllos primariis foliis breviores v. vix longiorès gignentes ; màcriores caules simplices v. ramillulis sterilibus instructi,
nonnisiipso apice pedunculiferi; internodia plerumquè foliis subæquilonga, rariùs foliis breviora. Folia lævigata, tenuitèr
venosa, crebrè pellucido-pünctata, modo ubiquè modo nonnisi antè marginem nigro-punctata (vesiculis nùnc approximatis
v. ferè contiguis, nunc parcis, remotis), suprà lucida et glaucescentia, subtils glauca : caulinorum intima minuta, approximata
v. subimbricata, cætera gradatim majora, 6- i 8 lineas longa ; ultima (nonnunquàm parva, ferè bracteis similia) et plerumquè
etiam penultima denticulis minutis plus minusvè remotis (rariùs approximatis) in setulam glanduliferam desinentibus instructa;
caulicularia ramulariaque caulinis minora, plerumquè ovalia, rariùs oblonga v. obovata; ramillularia ovalia v. oblonga,
2-3 lineas longa. Pedukculi adscendentes aut plus minusvè divergentes, subteretes, graciles, subfastigiati, 7- i 5-flori (raro
pluriflori, v. hebetatione 2-5-flori), bifurcati, v. rariùs aut indivisi, aut trifurcati, aut iterùm dichotomi : terminales sæpissimè