. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 18. H5rpericum g3minanthum Engelm. & Gray. Clasping-leaved St. John's wort. Fig. 2898. Hypericum gymnanthnm Engelm. & Gray, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. 5: 212. 1847. Annual, erect, simple or sparingly branched, io'-3° high. Leaves ovate, or the lower oval, cordate-clasping, often distant, 4"-io" long, 2"-4" wide, acute, or the lower obtu
. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 18. H5rpericum g3minanthum Engelm. & Gray. Clasping-leaved St. John's wort. Fig. 2898. Hypericum gymnanthnm Engelm. & Gray, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. 5: 212. 1847. Annual, erect, simple or sparingly branched, io'-3° high. Leaves ovate, or the lower oval, cordate-clasping, often distant, 4"-io" long, 2"-4" wide, acute, or the lower obtuse, 3-7- nerved at the base; cymes terminal, loose, sub- ulate-bracted; flowers numerous, i"-2" broad ; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, equalling or shorter than the petals and generally some- what shorter than the i-celled ovoid capsule; styles 3; stamens 10-12; capsule about 2" long. In low grounds, southwestern New Jersey and Delaware to Ohio, Minnesota, Arkansas, Louisi- ana and Texas. July-Sept. 19. Hypericum majus (A. Gray) Britton. Larger Canadian St. John's-wort. Fig. 2899. Hypericum canadense var. majus A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 86. 1867. Hypericum majus Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5 : 225. 1894. Annual or perennial, stouter than H. canadense, stem erect, i°-3° high, usually branched above, the branches nearly erect. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, sessile or somewhat clasping, io"-2l' long, 3"-6" wide, acute or obtuse at the apex, S-7-nerved ; cymes several-many-flowered; bracts subulate; flowers s's" broad; sepals lan- ceolate, acuminate, about as long as the petals or shorter; styles 3; capsule narrowly conic, acute, 4"-5" long, longer than the narrowly lanceolate sepals; seeds minute, cross-lined and faintly longitudinally striate. In moist soil, Quebec to Manitoba, British Colum- bia, New Jersey, Illinois and Colorado. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been d
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