Hypericum.'] xxi. hipericinea: (oliver). 155 



A large genus, widely spread in the northern temperate zone and frequent in the 

 mountain ranges of intertropical countries. Of the tropical African species, 5 appear to be 

 peculiar to Abyssinia. It is not improbable that future gatherings may render it necessary 

 to reduce some of the following as forms of variable species. 



Procumbent wiry herb. Leaves elliptical, £ in. Flowers solitary 



with leafy sepals. Styles 5 I. S. peplidifolium. 



Uespitose herb of ]-2 ft. Leaves 1-1$ in., puberulous. Styles 3 2. H. intermedium. 

 Uspitose herb of 2-10 in. Leaves \-\ in., glabrous. Styles 3 . 3. H. Lalandii. 

 ahrubs or arborescent. Flowers large. 

 Flowers solitary. Leaves oval, ^-1 in. Sepals %-\ in. . . . 4. H. lanceolatum. 

 llowers in few- or many-flowered cymes. 

 Styles united throughout ; stigma capitate. Leaves oblong- 

 elliptical, 1-3 in. Sepals i-£ in 5. H. Quarlinianum. 



Styles united nearly to the 5-fid apex. Leaves oblong-ellip- 

 tical, narrowed to the base, l$-3 in. Sepals -jL-£ in. . . 6. J?. Schimperi. 

 Styles 5, united three-quarters or more. Leaves oval-lanceo- 

 late, 1-1$ in. Sepals i-^ in 7. H. gnidiafolium. 



Styles 3, divaricate. Leaves oblong, obtuse, apiculate, gla- 

 brous. Virgate undershrub 8. H. chrysoslictum . 



1- H. peplidifolium, Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 95. A procumbent, glabrous, 

 ff iry herb, with elongate terete branches. Leaves small, subsessile or very 

 shortly petioled, elliptical, obtuse, entire at the base, punctate, paler and glau- 

 cous beneath, \ in. long or less, \ in. broad. Flowers small, terminal, soli- 

 kry, on short pedicels (£-£ in. or less), with unequal foliaceous sepals; 

 «■> outer ovate obtuse, inner narrower, with intraraarginal dots. Styles 5, 

 free from the base. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Billon and Petit ! 



*• H. intermedium, Steud. ; Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 95. Herb of 1-2 ft, 

 with erect, caespitose, puberulous or glabrate, terete stems, from a woody or 

 ^wy stock. Leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong-elliptical, obtuse or the upper 

 J^ther acute, sessile, with a slightly cordate, clasping, more or less rounded 

 Ui, se, puberulous on both sides or glabrous above, with numerous translucent 

 dots, 1-li j n i on ^ i_i in broad. Flowers numerous, in terminal panicu- 

 late cymes, less than 1 in. diam. Sepals linear-lanceolate, nearly i in., with 

 Prominent, marginal, black-tipped glands. Styles 3, free from the base, as 

 ^ng or longer than the ovary. Seeds oblong- or cylindric-clavate terete— 

 «• atomarium, Boiss. Diag-. Ser. i. 8. 114. H. gracile, Boiss. Diag. Ser. 2. 

 MO. 



f * le Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Roth! Dillon! 



* "ave no hesitation in identifying with H. intermedium the plants of Asia Minor de- 

 scribed by Boissier under the names above quoted. It is nearly allied to H. lanvginosum, 

 m -> ^ well as to the Indian H. adenophorum. 



3. H. Lalandii, Chois.; DC. Prod. i. 550. A more or less tufted 

 pbrous herb of 2 or 3 to 8 in. ; flowering branches erect of decumbent bc- 

 0w , slender, angular, leafy. Leaves lanceolate- or linear-oblong, rather ob- 

 juse or acute, ascending or appressed, 1 -nerved, glandular-dotted, 3-4 lines 

 j! n g- Flowers in dichotomous cymes ; sepals lanceolate, entire. Styles 3, 

 ai stmct. 



