600 
compressed ; leaves elliptical-lanceolate, smooth; petioles short, 
compressed ; buds globose ; sepals obtuse, smooth; panicle loose, 
h.S. Native of Peru. 
Smooth Wax-tree. Shrub 15 feet. 
2 V. sEssILIFÒLIA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 86.) stem angular ; leaves 
elliptical-lanceolate, acute, cordate at the base; petioles very 
short and thick ; buds globose ; calyx ovate-oblong ; panicle mul- 
tifid. h. S. Native of Guiana. Hypéricum sessilifolium, 
Aubl. guian. 2. p. 787. t. 312. f. 2, The resinous juice which 
flows from all parts of the plant when broke or cut, is purgative 
- in doses of 7 or 8 grains. 
Sessile-leaved Wax-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 
3 V. RETICULATA (Chois. prod. hyp. p. 34.) branches rufes- 
cent; leaves elliptical-oblong, very long, somewhat obtuse, 
rathér cordate at the base, netted, rufescent; petioles very short; 
buds ovate-globose ; calyx obtuse, villous on the outside. h.S. 
Native of Guiana. Hypéricum reticulatum, Poir. dict. suppl. 
3. p. 694. 
Netted-leaved Wax-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 
4 V. macropny'tia (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 4. p. 
184.) branches smooth; leaves elliptical-oblong, acuminated, 
cordate, hairy beneath ; petioles 8-lines long ; calyxes clothed 
with rusty down. h.S. Native of South America on the 
banks of the river Cassiquiares. 
Long-leaved Wax-tree. Tree 20 feet. 
5 V. Guiane'nsis (Pers. ench. 2. p. 86.) stem quadrangular ; 
leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong, acuminate, dilated at the base, 
rufescent beneath, smooth ; petioles short ; calyxes ovate, ob- 
tuse, tomentose, with ciliated margins; flowers corymbose ; sta- 
mens numerous; berry ovate. 
Cayenne, and Brazil. Hypéricum Guianénse, Aubl. guian. 2. p. 
784. t. 311. The whole plant abounds in a thick, viscid, saf- 
fron-coloured juice, Leaf-bud rusty tomentose. Androphorus 
woolly. 
Var. B, glabrata (D. C. prod. 1. p. 542.) the whole plant is 
less rufescent, but whiter; leaves more acuminated; buds more 
globose. Perhaps this may be a distinct species. Hypéricum 
bacciferum, Marcgr. bras. 96. f. 1. Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. 
ined, kh. S. Native of Mexico and Surinam. This is also 
abundant in yellow viscid juice. 
Guiana Wax-tree. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1824. Shrub 8 ft. 
6 V. LoxciròLIa (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. $26.) leaves usually 
oblong and acuminated, smoothish above, puberulous beneath, 
as well as furnished with black dots, with the nerves rusty be- 
neath and pubescent ; calyx tomentose ; stamens 20-30; andro- 
phorus smooth ; styles smooth. h.S. Native of Brazil in the 
province of Minas Geraes near Villa Rica. V. laccifera, Mart. 
Leaf-bud rusty-tomentose. Petals whitish-green. 
Long-leaved Wax-tree. Fl. Jan. Shrub 5 feet. 
7 V. rure’scens (Pers. ench. 2. FIG. 102. 
p. 86.) branches quadrangular ; 
leaves oblong-lanceolate, with a 
very long acumen. tapering to the 
base, rather hairy beneath, smooth 
above ; petioles short, channelled ; 
calyx acute, smooth. h.S. Na- 
tive of Guiana. Chois, prod. hyp. 
p- 35. t. 1. (f. 102.) 
Rufescent Wax-tree. Shrub 12 
feet. 
8 V. micra’ntHa (Mart. trav. 
St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 327.) leaves 
usually lanceolate, acuminated, 
smooth above, rusty puberulous 
beneath, and with black dots; 
calyx smoothish; stamens about 
h. S. Native of Guiana,- 
HYPERICINEÆ. I. Visma. 
15; styles pilose. h.S. Native of Brazil in the province of 
Minas Geraes. Leaf-buds rusty. Petals greenish. 
Small-flowered Wax-tree. Fl. Jan. March. Shrub 6 to 8 
feet. 
9 V. pratega'ra (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 4. p. 184. 
t. 454.) branches quadrangular, clothed with a whitish down; _ 
leaves ovate, acuminated, rounded and cordate at the base, 
clothed beneath with white down; petiole 7 or 8 lines long, 
furrowed ; calyx clothed with rusty down ; ovary somewhat glo- 
bose-ovate. h.S. Native of South America on the banks of 
the rivers Niger and Cassiquiares. 
Whitened-leaved Wax-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 
10 V. macnouimronia (Nees ex Schlecht. Linnea. 3. p. 
118.) calyx opaque, vittate ; petals somewhat 5-striped ; bundles 
of stamens containing about 30; styles long ; leaves ovate, rather 
cuneated at the base, full of pellucid dots, canescent. k. S. 
Native of Brazil. This species differs from V. dealbata in the 
leaves being cuneated at the base, not rounded and cordate. 
Magnolia-leaved Wax-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 
11 V. rerrvar'nea (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 4. p. 
183.) branches quadrangular, and are as well as calyxes clothed 
with rusty down; leaves elliptical-oblong, acuminated, rather 
shining above, clothed with very fine golden down beneath ; pe- 
tioles 6 or 8 lines long, channelled ; ovary oblong. h.S. Na- 
tive of South America on the banks of the river Orinoco. 
Rusty Wax-tree. Shrub 12 feet. 
12 V. rauriro’rMis (Chois. prod. hyp. p. 35.) leaves ovate, 
acute, smooth, concave; corolla length of calyx ; bundles of sta- 
mens like hair-pencils; styles filiform. 4 ? S. Native of New 
Granada. Hypéricum lauriférme, Lam. dict. 4. p. 152. 
Laurel-shaped-leaved Wax-tree. Pl. 2 feet. 
13 V. Brastte’nsts (Chois. prod. hyp. p. 35. t. 2.) stem 
terete; branches somewhat compressed at the apex; leaves 
ovate-lanceolate, acute, short-acuminated, rufescent beneath, 
smooth above ; petioles channelled ; flowers corymbose ; berry 
globose. h.S. Native of Brazil. 
Brazilian Wax-tree. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1824. Shrub 8 ft. 
14 V. pecrriens (Cham. et Schlecht. Linnea. 3. p. 116.) 
calyx opaque, vittate ; petals with 9 stripes; bundles of stamens 
containing about 30, a little longer than the calyx ; styles long; 
leaves elliptic-lanceolate or ovate, full of pellucid dots, clothed 
with fine tomentum, at length canescent. h. S. Native of 
Brazil. This species differs from V. Brasiliénsis in the styles 
being long. ; 
Var. a, laurif lia (Cham. et Schlecht. 1. c.) leaves elliptic-lan- 
ceolate, tapering to both ends, with a bluntish acumen, older 
leaves not canescent. h.S. Symplocos pentégyna, Spreng: 
syst. 3. p. 340. 
Var. [3, pyrifolia (Cham. et Schlecht. 1. c.) leaves ovate, OF 
elliptical, rounded at the base, with a short, blunt, oblique acu- 
men at the apex. 
Deceiving Wax-tree. Shrub 4 feet. 
15 V. parvirtora (Cham. et Schlecht. Linnza. 3. p. 119.) 
calyx 3-nerved, with a few pellucid dots; bundles of stamens 
triandrous, shorter than the calyx ; styles long ; leaves elliptica 
full of black dots, and with a few hairs. h. S. Native © 
Brazil. 
Small-flowered Wax-tree. Shrub 6 feet. , 
16 V. Cayenne’nsis (Pers. ench. 2. p. 86.) stem terete; 
leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, with black dots above ; 
petioles channelled ; calyx obtuse; buds globose ; panicles few- 
flowered. h.S. Native of Cayenne. Hypéricum Cayennensé, 
Lin. ameen. 8. p. 321. Petals white. 
Cayenne Wax-tree. Shrub 10 feet. ae 
17 V. acumina‘ta (Pers. ench. 2. p. 86.) leaves hispid be- 
neath, hardly dotted, acuminated at the apex ; buds small, ovate; 
