HYPERICINE. 1. Vista. 
ealyx somewhat hairy ; berry globose ; branches compressed. h .S. 
Native of Guiana. Hypéricum acuminatum, Lam. dict. 4. p. 150. 
Var. B, caparosa (D. C. prod. 1. p. 543.) branches tetragonal; 
leaves much mote hispid on both surfaces. V. capardsa, H. B. 
et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 4. p. 182. 
Acuminated-leaved Wax-tree. Tree 25 feet. 
18 V. Guinee’nsis (Chois. prod. hyp. p. 36.) stem round ; 
branches divaricating ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, soft, and 
dotted beneath ; petioles thin ; panicles spreading ; calyx ovate- 
lanceolate ; corolla smooth. h.S. Native of Guinea in low 
lands, near Freetown, Sierra Leone. Hypéricum Guineénse, Lin. 
ameen. 8, p. 32. t. 8. f. 1. 
Guinea Wax-tree. Fl. Feb. April. Shrub 4 feet. 
19 V. ratròrra (Chois. prod. hyp. p. 36.) arborescent ; 
leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, somewhat cordate, full of black 
dots, and covered beneath with short rufescent down, green 
above; petioles short, thick ; calyx irregularly vittate ; bundles 
of stamens containing about 15 ; styles short, thick. h.S. Na- 
tive of Guiana. Hypéricum latifdlium, Aubl. guian. 2. p. 787. 
t 312. f. 1. Petals dotted. 
Broad-leaved Wax-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 
t Species little known, or doubtful whether they belong to this 
genus. 
20 V. romenrésa (Ruiz et Pav. syst. fl. per. 183.) leaves 
ovate, acute, downy beneath; racemes terminal. h.S. Native 
of Peru. 
Tomentose-leaved Wax-tree. Shrub. 
21 V.? perioza‘ra (Chois. prod. hyp. p. 36.) flowers trigy- 
nous; leaves . ovate, downy beneath; stem tetragonal, com- 
pressed. h. S. Native of Brazil. Hypéricum petiolatum, 
Lin. spec. 1102. 
Stalked-leaved Wax-tree. Shrub 6 feet, 
22 V.? arpore’scens (Chois. prod. hyp. p. 36.) flowers tri- 
Synous ; leaves elliptical, a little acuminated ; racemes branched ; 
yxes and corollas smooth; fruit capsular. h. S. Native 
S E East Indies. Hypéricum arboréscens, Vahl. symb. 2. 
Arborescent Wax-tree. Shrub 10 feet. 
ihe The species of Vismia will thrive well in a mixture of 
h and peat, and young cuttings will root in sand under a 
and-glass, in heat. 
Y Trise II. 
HYPERI'CEE (plants agreeing with Hypéricum in im- 
portant characters), Chois. prod. hyp. 37. Fruit a capsule. 
F aeri terminal or axillary, usually corymbose.—Herbs or sub- 
il S, usually with sessile leaves. 
on ANDROS MUM (from avep avdpoc, aner andros, a 
the ‘Gn, atua, arma, blood ; the fresh capsules crushed between 
1440 ngore, bring out a blood-coloured juice.) All. pedm. no. 
* Chois. prod. hyp. 37. D.C. prod. 1. p. 543. 
kedhe on Polyadélphia, Polyéndria. Capsule baccate, usually 
ed. Calyx 5-parted, with unequal lobes. Petals 5. Styles 
cose mens numerous, disposed in 3 sets (Smith).—A suffruti- 
Plant, with sessile leaves, and terminal, stalked flowers. 
t enorth «Pee (All. pedm. no. 1440.) h.H. Native of 
ritain į of Europe, Caucasus, and Greece, in humid places. In 
Berkh in Moist woods, Hampstead, Highgate, Norwood, near 
amstead, and in Ashridge woods, Norfolk, Worcestershire, 
aberar and Cornwall. In Scotland, as in the woods of 
g » and at Loch Ransa. Hypéricum Androsæ'mum, Lin. 
ics pent’ engl. bot. 1225.—Blackw. t. 94. Stem 2-edged. 
ice of N ow. Fruit an ovate capsule, assuming the appear- 
à berry; at first yellowish-green, then red or brownish- 
ms, and lastly almost black when ripe. The juice expressed 
L. L.— Part vit. 
II. AnproszmumM. 
III. Hypericum. 601 
from the leaves is claret-coloured. The leaves were formerly 
applied to fresh wounds, and hence the French name it la 
toute saine, and the English tutsan. It is also called park- 
leaves, from its frequently being found in parks. In Italian, 
Spanish, and Portuguese, it is androsemo; in German konrad- 
skraut or standenartige johanniskraut ; in Dutch groobladig 
hypéricum, or mansbloed. The leaves when bruised have an aro- 
matic scent. 
Officinal or Common Tutsan. 
3 feet. 
Cult. This plant will grow well under shrubs or trees. It 
is easily increased by dividing the plants at the root early in 
spring, or by seeds. 
Fl. July. Sept. Britain. Shrub 
II. HYPE’RICUM (according to Linneus this name is said 
to be derived from vrep, uper, under, and ewy, eicon, an image ; 
that is to say, the superior part of the flower represents a figure). 
Lin. gen. no. 902. Juss. gen. p. 255. Chois. prod. hyp. p. 37. 
D. C. prod. 1. p. 545. 
Lin. syst. Polyadélphia, Polydéndria. Capsule membran- 
aceous. Stamens numerous, free or joined at the base into 
3 or 5 bundles. Petals 5. Sepals 5, more or less connected at 
the base, unequal, rarely equal. Styles 3-5, rarely connate in 
one, permanent. Capsule 1 or many-celled, many-seeded, 3-5- 
valved. Integument of seed double. Albumen none. Embryo 
with the radicle situated at the umbilicus, and with semi-cylin- 
drical cotyledons.—Herbs or under-shrubs. Leaves opposite, 
sessile or sub-sessile, usually full of pellucid and black dots on 
their edges, lodging an essential oil. Flowers variously disposed, 
solitary, tern, cymose, corymbose panicled, rarely umbellate, 
usually yellow. 
Sect. I. Ascyre'ra (from a priv. and oxvpoc, hard; that is to 
say, plants soft to the touch). Chois. prod. hyp. p. 38. Sepals 
connected at the base and unequal. Stamens numerous. Styles 
3-5. Flowers commonly terminal, large, few, sub-corymbose. 
* Styles commonly 3. 
1 H. exa‘rum (Ait. hort. kew, ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 104.) younger 
stems reddish; leaves ovate-oblong, acute, dilated at the base, 
somewhat emarginate, with the margins somewhat revolute ; 
flowers corymbose ; peduncles bibracteate ; sepals ovate-oblong. 
h.S. Native of North America. Juss. ann. du. mus. 3. p. 
162. t. 17. Wats. dend. brit. t. 85. 
Tall St. John’s-wort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt.1762. Shrub 5 ft. 
2 H.¥Fronposum (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 81.) branches 2- 
edged ; leaves ovate-elongated, blunt at the apex, narrowed at 
the base ; flowers large, usually solitary ; calyx equalling or ex- 
ceeding the petals in length; styles united together. %. H 7 Na- 
tive of North America on shady rocks in Kentucky and Ten- 
nessee. 
Frondose St. John’s-wort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1806. Pl. 5 ft. 
3 H. sessizirtorum (Willd. herb. ex Spreng. syst. 3. p. 346.) 
branches round ; leaves stem-clasping, cordate-oblong, without 
nerves, dotted ; corymb terminal; flowers nearly sessile; sepals 
oblong, acute, leafy, much longer than the corolla; styles joined. 
Y.H. Native of North America. 
Sessile-flowered St. John’s-wort. PI. 3 feet. 
4 H. ama’num (Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 375.) branches 2- 
edged ; leaves oblong-elliptical, bluntish at the apex, but taper- 
ing to the base, with curled revolute margins ; flowers terminal, 
usually solitary; sepals ovate, acuminated, never equal in length 
with the corolla; styles connected together. Y%.H. Native of 
South Carolina and Georgia. Flowers large, bright yellow, with 
red ovaries. 
Pleasing St. John’s-wort. 
Fl. July, Aug. Cit. 1812. Pl. 2 ft. 
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