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Nomenclature
Hypericum ellipticum Hook.
Nomenclature
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Section: sect. MyriandraSubsection: subsect. Suturosperma
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Synonyms: 6
DIAGNOSTIC DESCRIPTION
Perennial herb somewhat woody at base, 0.11-0.3(-0.5) m tall, erect from creeping rhizomatous base, unbranched or occasionally branched below. Stems red-brown, 4-lined, subancipitous above. Leaves sessile, 11-35 x 3-13 mm, rather broadly to narrowly elliptic or oblong-elliptic or oblanceolate, margin plane to subrevolute, paler but not always glaucous beneath, lower ones eventually deciduous above base, apex rounded, base cuneate to shallowly cordate-amplexicaul; venation: 5-7 pairs of main laterals with secondaries almost equally strong and rather dense tertiary reticulation, only midrib prominent; laminar glands rather dense, obscure in direct light, marginal glands dense. Inflorescence ( l-)3-l5-flowered, regularly dichasial, sometimes with flowering branches from 1-2 nodes below, corymbiform; pedicels 1-2 mm long; bracts 4-6(-9) mm, narrowly oblong to linear-lanceolate. Flowers 12-15 mm in diam., buds ellipsoid, rounded. Sepals 5(4), 6-7 x 2-3 mm, persistent, somewhat unequal, oblanceolate, obtuse to rounded, margin plane, basal veins 3, branched. Petals 5(4), pale? yellow, sometimes tinged red, 6-8 x 3.5-1 mm, obovate to oblanceolate, apiculus obsolete or absent. Stamens c. 70-95, longest 4-6 mm, c. 0.7 x petals, persistent. Ovary 3-merous, (0.8-)1.5-3.5 x 1-1.7 mm, narrowly ovoid, acute, 1-locular with intruding placentae; styles 3, 1.5-3 mm, 0.8-1 x ovary, remaining appressed in fruit. Capsule 47 x 3.5-5 mm, ellipsoid to globose, obtuse to rounded. Seeds reddish brown, 0.6-0.7 mm long, carinate; testa scalariform-reticulate.