. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Botany. STUDIES IN THE GENUS HYPERICUM L. lanceolate, deciduous. Flowers 35-65(-75) mm, in diam., stellate; buds ovoid, obtuse to rounded. Sepals 5-8 x 2-5-5 mm, free, imbricate, subequal to somewhat unequal, erect in bud, ± ascending in fruit, narrowly ovate to elliptic-oblong, acute to rounded, margin entire or sometimes minutely denticulate near apex; midrib obscure but apex sometimes incrassate, other veins not prominent; laminar glands numerous, linear. Petals bright yellow to bright yellow-orange, not tinged red, spreading, 20-30 x 10-16
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Botany. STUDIES IN THE GENUS HYPERICUM L. lanceolate, deciduous. Flowers 35-65(-75) mm, in diam., stellate; buds ovoid, obtuse to rounded. Sepals 5-8 x 2-5-5 mm, free, imbricate, subequal to somewhat unequal, erect in bud, ± ascending in fruit, narrowly ovate to elliptic-oblong, acute to rounded, margin entire or sometimes minutely denticulate near apex; midrib obscure but apex sometimes incrassate, other veins not prominent; laminar glands numerous, linear. Petals bright yellow to bright yellow-orange, not tinged red, spreading, 20-30 x 10-16 mm, c. 4 x sepals, obovate to oblanceolate, with apiculus lateral, rounded, margin entire, eglandular. Stamen fascicles each with c. 30 stamens, longest 15-20 mm long, c. 0-7 x petals, anthers yellow. Ovary 4-7 x 3-5-5 mm, ovoid-pyramidal to broadly ovoid; styles 9-14 mm long, c. 2-3 x ovary, free, erect or slightly apically outcurved; stigmas small to subcapitate. Capsule 9—17 x 7-11 mm, ovoid to ovoid-conic. Seeds dark reddish-brown, 1-1-2 mm long, cylindric or cylindric-ovoid, narrowly carinate, very shallowly linear-foveolate to ribbed- scalariform. 2n = 24, 44, 46, 48. In damp or sheltered cliff crevices, in thickets or Quercus forest, or on grassy or stony hillsides; (600)750-2700 m. Pakistan (north), India (Kashmir to Kumaun), Nepal (west, central). Map 12. PAKISTAN. Kurram: Kurram Valley near Kurram, , Aitchison 65 (DD, K). Swat: Swat, , Herb. Stewart. 70 (RAW), Hazara: Kagan, Malkandi, 1350 m, , Duthie (K, RAW). Rawalpindi: Murree, Brewery Estate near Octroi, , Dar, Amin & Safraz Khan 494 (BM). Jhelum: Shahpur, Salt Range, Sakesar, , Drummond 13820 (E, K). Azad Kashmir: above Palan- dri, 1440 m, 1969,/!// & Nasir 5481 (RAW). INDIA. Kashmir: Jelum Valley, Uri, 1200 m, Ludlow & Sherriff 7588 (BM). Himachal Pradesh: Kangra, Bhadwar, 600 m, 1933, Koelz 4405(A); Simla, Ushan Valley, 1260 m, 1888, Wat
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