. 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. --.^s HYPERICACEAE. Vol. II. of 1-7 carpels; styles as many as the carpels; ovules 00, in 2 rows in each cavity, anatropous. Fruit mainly capsular; seeds mainly straight; endosperm none. About 10 genera and over 300 species, mostly of temperate and warm regions. Sepals 4, in unequal pairs; petals 4. i, Ascyrum. Sepals and petals 5. Petals yellow, convolute in t
. 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. --.^s HYPERICACEAE. Vol. II. of 1-7 carpels; styles as many as the carpels; ovules 00, in 2 rows in each cavity, anatropous. Fruit mainly capsular; seeds mainly straight; endosperm none. About 10 genera and over 300 species, mostly of temperate and warm regions. Sepals 4, in unequal pairs; petals 4. i, Ascyrum. Sepals and petals 5. Petals yellow, convolute in the bud. Leaves normal, not reduced to scales. 2. Hypericum, Leaves reduced to minute appressed scales. 3. Sarothra, Petals pink or greenish purple, imbricated in the bud. 4. Triadenum. 1753- Flowers bright yellow. Sepals I. ASCYRUM L. Sp. PI. 787. Leafy glabrous low shrubs, with the aspect of Hypericum. 4, in 2 pairs, the exterior ones broad and round, the interior smaller and narrower. Petals 4, oblique or slightly contorted, deciduous. Stamens <», distinct, or united in clusters. Ovary i-celled, with 2-4 parietal placentae; styles 2-4. Capsule i-celled, 2-4-valved, dehiscent at the placentae. [Greek, not rough.] About 5 species, natives of eastern and southeastern North America, the West Indies and Central America. Type species : Ascyrum hypericoides L. Erect, i°-2° high; leaves clasping; styles 3-4. i. Diffusely branched, s'-io' high ; Jeaves sessile; styles 2. 2. A. hypericoides. I. Asc3rrum stans Michx. St. Peter's- wort. Fig. 2879. Ascyrum stans Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 77. 1803. Erect, simple or with a few upright branches, i°-2° high. Stems and branches 2-edged or slightly winged; leaves clasping, erect or ascending, oval, or broadly oblong, 9"-i8" 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&
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