Hypericum lissophloeus W.P.Adams

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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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PLANTS OF FLORIDA, U.S.A.
Clusiaceae
Hypericum lissophloeus P . Adams
Bay County: growing in and out of water in a
ban<d about the periphery of lake, Little Island
Lake (a karst lake) to S of Fla. Rt. 20, 1 mile ‘
E of its crossing of Fla. Rt. 77, S of Crystal
Lake.
Plants 1^4 m tall, loosely branched, the branch-
lets notably limber. Bark smooth, chestnut-
brown, shiny at first, later metallic-silvery,
the latter eventually sloughing as very thin, 4
curled sigments exposing the shiny brown bark
again. Plants that have grown with their bases
in water for a long time commontly form signifi- j
cant arching-descending prop roots.
R. K. Godfrey
83647	25 October 1989
HARVARD UNIVERSITY HERBARIA
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