. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . Ascy, Michx. Fl. Bor. An 1803. Erect, simple or with a few upright branches, i°-2° high. Stems and bratiches 2-edged or slightly W'inged; leaves clasping, erect or ascending, oval, or broadly oblong, g'-iS" long, s"-7" wide, ob- tuse, thick; cymes terminal, few-flowered; pedicels 4"-6" long, 2-bracted below the middle; flowers 8"-i2" broad;
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . Ascy, Michx. Fl. Bor. An 1803. Erect, simple or with a few upright branches, i°-2° high. Stems and bratiches 2-edged or slightly W'inged; leaves clasping, erect or ascending, oval, or broadly oblong, g'-iS" long, s"-7" wide, ob- tuse, thick; cymes terminal, few-flowered; pedicels 4"-6" long, 2-bracted below the middle; flowers 8"-i2" broad; outer sepals nearly orbicular, 4"-6" long, cordate, the inner lanceolate, 3"-6" long; petals obovate, longer than the sepals; styles 3 or 4, short; capsule ovoid, about 3" long. In dry sandy soil, especially in pine Island to Pennsylvania, Florida, and Texas. July-Aug. 2. Ascyrum hypericoides L. St. Andrew's Cross. Fig. 2880. Ascyrum hypericoides L. Sp. PI. 788. 1753. Ascyrum Crux-Andreae L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 1107. 1763. Low, much branched from the base, diffuse or ascending, 5-10' high. Stems and branches flat- tened and 2-edged; leaves oblong or obovate, sessile, narrowed and 2-glandular at the base, l'-i4' long, 2"-4" wide, thin, obtuse; flowers terminal or also axillary; pedicels i"-3" long; 2-bracted near the summit; flowers 6"-g" broad; outer sepals oval or ovate, sometimes cordate, 4"-6" long, 2"-4" wide, obtuse, the inner narrower and mainly shorter; petals oblong-linear, about equalling the outer sepals; styles 2; capsule ovoid, about 2" long. In dry sandy soil. Nantucket, Mass., to Florida, Illinois. Nebraska and Texas. Ascends to 2800 ft. in Virginia. Cuba; Jamaica. July-Aug. 2. HYPERICUM [Tourn.] L. Sp. PI. 783. 1753- Herbs or shrubs, with opposite punctate or black-dotted leaves, and mostly cymose yellow flowers. Sepals 5, equal or nearly so. Petals S, mainly oblique or contorted,^ conv
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