HYPERICINE, 
without dots; flowers large, solitary; sepals acutish; styles 
connected together. h.S. Native of the Island of Bourbon. 
Narrow-leaved St. John’s-wort. Shrub 3 feet. 
23 H. pa’tutum (Thunb. jap. p. 295. t. 17.) stem round, pur- 
plish ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, tapering to the base, with 
revolute margins, without dots; flowers corymbose ; styles re- 
curved at the apex, scarcely longer than the stamens ; peduncles 
bibracteate ; sepals suborbicular, very obtuse. h.H. Native of 
Japan and Nipaul. 
Var. B, attenuatum (D.C. prod. 1. p. 545.) all parts of the 
shrub are shorter, slenderer, and more crowded. 
Spreading St. John’s-wort. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1823. 
Shrub 6 feet. 
24 H. Java’nicum (Blum. bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnea. 1. p. 
667.) stem terete, shrubby ; leaves membranous, ovate-lanceo- 
late, bluntish, tapering a little to the base, with reflexed margins, 
glaucous beneath, full of fine pellucid dots; flowers corymbose ; 
pedicels bibracteate ; bracteas linear-aw]-shaped ; sepals lanceo- 
late, acuminated ; styles exceeding the stamens, but shorter than 
the corolla. h.S. Native of Java. Allied to H. patulum. 
Flowers yellow. 
Java St. John’s-wort. Shrub. 
25 H, coriaceum (Blum. bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnea. 1. p. 
667.) stem terete, shrubby ; branches fastigiate ; leaves coria- 
ceous, crowded, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, glaucous beneath, full 
of pellucid dots ; peduncles tern, 1-3-flowered, bracteate in the 
middle ; bracteas lanceolate ; sepals oval, obtuse or acute ; styles 
5, exceeding the stamens, but equal with the corolla. h. S. 
Native of Java. Allied to H. Javanicum. 
Coriaceous-leaved St. John’s-wort. Shrub 6 feet. 
26 H. ce’Rnuum (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 59. D. Don, prod. fl. 
nep. p. 218.) branches round ; leaves elliptical-oblong, mucro- 
nulate, glaucous ; peduncles solitary or in threes; sepals ellip- 
tical, acute ; petals unequal-sided, oblong, obtuse; styles and 
stamens very long. h. G. Native of Sirinagur, where it is 
called Peoalee. Branches purplish, suffused, with glaucous pol- 
len. Flowers very large. 
Drooping St. John’s-wort. Shrub 3 feet. 
27 H. Kazmta‘num (Lam. dict. 4. p- 148.) branches tetra- 
gonal; leaves linear-lanceolate; flowers 3-7, in a terminal 
corymb ; sepals lanceolate, bluntish. .H. Native of North 
merica in Pennsylvania and Virginia. 
Kalm’s St. John’s-wort. Fl. June, July. 
2 to 4 feet, 
Sra H. vexòsum (Lam. dict. 4. p. 146.) stem tetragonal, red- 
sh, simple; leaves ovate-oblong, stem-clasping, bluntish ; 
isthe ne large, terminal ; peduncles bracteate; sepals ovate-round- 
; Styles exceeding the stamens in length. h. G. Native? 
erhaps this plant is sufficiently distinct from H. calycinum. 
Veiny St. John’s-wort. Shrub | foot? 
667, H. rrtrrérum (Blum. bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnea. 1. p. 
blun stem terete, shrubby ; leaves membranous, ovate-oblong, 
clas ish, full of pellucid dots, younger ones somewhat stem- 
mingle the base; peduncles usually tern, 1-flowered, ter- 
oe? with 2 lanceolate bracteas in the middle ; Sepals oval-ob- 
then” acute ; styles 5, exceeding the stamens, but shorter than 
nai corolla, h.S. Native of Java. Allied to H. Lesche- 
aultii, 
Var. B, 
lanceolate. 
Three-flowered St. John’s-wort. Shrub. 
eee ie Lescnenav’ir1 (Chois. mss. D. C. prod. 1. p. 545.) 
pe Meld de suffruticose : leaves oblong-elliptical, obtuse, full of 
styles ots; sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute; stamens very short; 
corolla. eens the stamens in length, but shorter than the 
> R.S. Native of Java. Very like H. oblongifdlium. 
Clt. 1759. Shrub 
angustatum (Blum. l. c.) leaves and sepals oblong- 
lII. Hypericum. 
6038 
Leschenault’s St. John’s-wort. Shrub 2 feet. 
31 H. Ura‘ium (Hamilt. mss. in D. Don, prod. nep. p. 218.) 
branches compressed, 2-edged ; leaves elliptical, mucronulate, 
smooth, shining ; flowers terminal, somewhat corymbose ; sepals 
oval, very blunt; petals orbicular; styles shorter than the sta- 
mens. h. H. Native of Nipaul at Narainhetty. Called 
Urala Swa in the Nawar language. Sims, bot. mag. t. 2375. 
Urala St. John’s-wort. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1823. Shrub 2 ft. 
32 H. oproneirorium (Chois. prod. hyp. p. 42. t. 4.) stem 
round ; branches compressed ; leaves elliptical-lanceolate, crowd- 
ed, with the margins a little revolute, full of fine pellucid dots ; 
sepals oblong, bluntish ; styles exceeding the stamens in length. 
h.G. Native of the East Indies and Nipaul. 
Oblong-leaved St. John’s-wort. Fl. July, Sept. 
Shrub 2 feet. 
33 H. catycr num (Lin. mant. 106.) stem tetragonal, dwarf ; 
leaves ovate, coriaceous, broad, full of pellucid dots; flowers 
large, terminal, solitary ; sepals large, obovate, spreading ; cap- 
sule nodding. kh. H. Native of the Levant and on Mount 
Olympus, &c. In Ireland 3 miles from Cork, on the way to 
Bandon. Wood above Largs, on the western coast of Scotland. 
Curt. bot. mag. t. 146. Smith, engl. bot. t. 2017. Jacq. fragn. 
10. t. 6. f. 4. Root creeping. This plant is a great ornament 
to shrubberies and parks, and excellent as a shelter for game. 
Var. B, acutifdlium (D. C. prod. 1. p. 546.) the leaves at the 
base of the branches are more acute. 
Large-calyxed St. John’s-wort or Tutsan. 
Ireland. Shrub 1 foot. 
34 H. Barea’ricum (Lin. spec. 1101.) stem quadrangular, 
warted ; leaves ovate, obtuse, rather stem-clasping. h. F. 
Native of the island of Majorca. Curt. bot. mag. t. 137. Leaves 
small, glaucous. 
Majorca St. John’s-wort. Fl. March, Sept. Clt. 1714. Shrub 
1 to 2 feet. 
Clt. 1823. 
Fl. June, Sept. 
Secr. II. Tripe’smos (from rpec, treis, three, and decpe, 
desme, a bundle ; in allusion to the stamens being disposed into 
3 bundles). Chois. mss. D. C. prod. 1. p. 546. Calyx of 5 
equal, entire sepals, Stamens connected together in 3 bundles, 
each bundle having the appearance of a hair-pencil. Styles 3. 
—An undershrub, with axillary, long stalked flowers. Perhaps 
a species of Elodea or Eliea. 
35 H. sirrorum (Lam. dict. 4. p. 170.) stem smooth, round- 
ish, grey; leaves ovate-elliptical, smooth, acutish, stalked, veiny ; 
sepals ovate, blunt; styles equal in length with the stamens. 
h. G. Native of China near the Straits of Bouton. H. Ghi- 
nénse, Retz, obs. bot. 5. p. 27. 
Two-flowered St. John’s-wort. Shrub 2 feet. 
Secr. III. Perrora‘ria (from perforatus, perforated ; because 
the leaves are full of pellucid dots, which gives them the appear- 
ance of being perforated). Chois. prod. hyp. p. 44. D.C. prod. 
l. p. 546. Calyx of 5 equal sepals, toothed in some, but entire 
in others, or with glandular teeth, connected at the base. Sta- 
mens numerous, free or disposed in 5 sets. Styles commonly 3. 
—Herbs or undershrubs. Flowers axillary, or in terminal pa- 
nicled corymbs. Leaves rarely linear. 
* Sepals entire. 
36 H. micra’ntHum (Chois. prod. hyp. p. 44. t. 5.) stem 
round, dotted, purplish; branches straight; leaves oblong, ob- 
tuse, full of black dots ; flowers crowded, terminal ; calyx small, 
obtuse ; corolla full of black dots, as well as the anthers. %. H. 
Native of Carolina. 
Small-flowered St. John’s-wort. Pl. 1 foot. 
87 H. ancurésum (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 78.) stem 
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