604 
quadrangular, erect; leaves distant, elongated, ovate, stem-clasp- 
ing, acute, without dots, margins sinuated; flowers axillary, 
solitary ; sepals lanceolate, acute ; styles connected together. 
Xy. B. H. Native of North America in bogs and cedar swamps 
in New Jersey and Carolina. Flowers beautiful copper-co- 
loured in terminal dichotomous panicles. 
Angular-stemmed St. John’s-wort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1812. 
Pl. 1 foot. 
38 H. uricindsum (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 
194.) stem herbaceous, straight, tetragonal; leaves oblong, acu- 
tish, upper ones lanceolate, dotted; sepals linear-lanceolate, 
acuminate ; styles 3-4; stigmas capitate. 2/.B.S. Native of 
South America near La Vente Grande of Caraccas. 
Var. B, multiflorum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 547.) flowers smaller 
and more copious. Y. B. S. Native of South America on 
mount Saraguru near Loxa. 
Bog St. John’s-wort. FI. July. Pl. 1 foot. 
39 H. runcra‘rum (Lam. dict. 4. p. 164.) stem round, full of 
black dots ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acutish, stem-clasping, also 
full of black dots ; flowers corymbose ; sepals lanceolate, and are 
as well as the corolla full of black dots. 21. H. Native of North 
America in shady woods from New England to Carolina, parti- 
cularly in the range of the Alleghany mountains. H. maculatum, 
Walt. fl. carol. 189. H. corymbésum, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1457. 
Flowers pale-yellow, smaller than those of H. perforatum. Styles 3. 
Dotted St. John’s-wort. Fl. June. Aug. Clt. 1823. Pl. 14 ft. 
40 H. puitondtis (Cham. et Schlecht. Linnea. 4. p. 218.) 
smooth, full of black dots; stem 4-winged or 4-angled, terete 
at the base; floriferous branches compressed, 2-edged ; leaves 
oblong, 3-nerved, quite entire; floral leaves minute, hardly equal 
with the pedicels ; flowers minute, pentandrous, and trigynous ; 
sepals acute, entire ; styles apiculate, pustulate. %. F. Native 
of Mexico near Jalapa. Styles purplish-brown. Petals yellow. 
Water-loving St. John’s-wort. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
41 H. rormosum (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 196. 
t. 460.) stem round, smooth, without dots ; leaves ovate-oblong, 
blunt, somewhat stem-clasping, dotted beneath ; flowers corym- 
bose; sepals ovate-lanceolate, and petals obovate-cuneated, 
both covered with glandular dots. Y%. F. Native of South 
America near Pazcuaro. Scarcely distinct from H. punctdtum. 
Beautiful St. John’s-wort. Pl. 1 foot. ` 
42 H. porasriroérme (Vent. hort. cels. p. 45.) stem erect, 
purple ; leaves linear-lanceolate, reflexed, full of pellucid dots; 
flowers corymbose ; peduncles dichotomous; sepals unequal, 
acute, reflexed, dotted, with revolute edges. 2/.H. Native 
of North America on the dry hills of Kentucky. Flowers golden- 
yellow. Petals hatchet-shaped. Styles 3. 
Hatchet-shaped-petalled St. John’s- wort. 
Clt. 1821. Pl. 14 foot. 
43 H. prate’nse (Cham. ex Schlecht. Linnea. 4. p. 218.) 
plant branched, smooth, but with black dots; stem tetragonal, 
rather winged ; leaves erect, narrow, linear or oblong, tapering 
to the apex, with reflexed or revolute margins, floral ones or 
bracteas awl-shaped; stamens 20-30, icosandrous; flowers 
trigynous. %.F. Native of Mexico at Jalapa. 
Meadow St. John’s-wort. PI. 2 feet. 
44 H. corri num (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnea. 4. p. 219.) 
smooth ; stem purplish, terete, branched, or simple; branches 
forming a cymose panicle ; leaves loose, obovate, rounded at 
the apex, cuneate at the base, full of pellucid dots; flowers 
pedicellate, icosandrous and trigynous ; sepals oblong, obtuse, 
full of pellucid dots, and with a few black glands; capsule egg- 
shaped, acute, twice the length of the calyx. 4. F. Native of 
Mexico. 
Hill St. John’s-wort. Pl, 1} foot. 
45 H. cistirotiuom (Lam, dict. 4. p. 158.) stem angular ; 
Fl. June, July. 
HYPERICINEZ. 
III. Hyrericum. 
leaves ovate-oblong, acutish, stem-clasping, full of black dots 
beneath, with revolute edges ; flowers disposed in dichotomous 
corymbs; sepals ovate; styles connected together. %. H. 
Native of South America. 
Cistus-leaved St. John’s-wort. Fl. June, July. Pl. 1 foot. 
46 H. sonea’ricum (Ledeb. ex Spreng. syst. append. p. 297.) 
stem compressed; leaves elliptical, cordate, obtuse, glaucous, 
with pellucid dots ; sepals acuminated. %. H. Native of the 
Kirghisian Steppe in Siberia. 
Soongarian St. John’s-wort. Pl. 1 foot. 
47 H. pensiriérum (Pursh, fi. sept. amer. 2. p. 376.) plant 
very branchy; branches roundish; leaves _linear-lanceolate, 
bluntish, tapering to the base ; panicle terminal, compound, di- 
chotomous, dense-flowered ; flowers solitary, pedicelled ; sepals 
very short, ovate, deciduous ; styles connected together. h . H. 
Native of North America on the dry ridges and savannahs of the 
Virginian mountains. 
Dense-flomered St. John’s-wort. Fl. June, Jul. Shrub 2 feet. 
48 H. procu’mpens (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 81.) stem 
procumbent, somewhat tetragonal ; leaves linear-lanceolate, ra- 
ther blunt, with revolute edges, full of pellucid dots ; panicle 
terminal, dichotomous: sepals oblong-lanceolate, acute ; styles 
connected together. 2.H. Native of North America on the 
sunny hills of Kentucky. Calyx as large as corolla. 
Procumbent St. John’s-wort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1822. 
Pl. procumbent. 
49 H. ROSMARINIFÒLIUM (Lam. dict. 4. p. 159.) stem round, 
erect ; leaves blunt, stem-clasping, ovate, with revolute edges ; 
sepals linear, obtuse, dotted ; styles connected together. kh. H. 
Native of Carolina. 
Rosemary-leaved St. John’s-wort. 
Shrub 2 feet. 
50 H. virea rum (Lam. dict. 4. p. 158.) stem straight, quad- 
rangular ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, stem-clasping, full of black 
dots; panicle few-flowered, dichotomous ; sepals lanceolate ; 
styles 2-3; stigmas capitate. %. H. Native of North Ame- 
rica. Leaves with revolute margins. 
Twiggy St. John’s-wort. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1820. Pl. 14 ft. 
51 H. nepyorròLIum (Poir. suppl. dict. 3. p. 700.) stem 
straight, quadrangular ; leaves sessile, decussate, lanceolate, 
acutish, pressed to the stem, covered with black dots beneath ; 
sepals linear-lanceolate, full of black dots; styles 3-4, stigmas 
capitate. %.H. Native of North America. 
Hedyotis-leaved St. John’s-wort. Fl. Ju. Aug. PI. 13 foot. 
52 H. myrrirétium (Lam. dict. 4. p. 180.) stem round; 
leaves ovate-cordate, stem-clasping, or lanceolate-cuneated, with 
revolute edges; flowers in dichotomous cymes ; sepals unequal, 
ovate, exceeding the corolla in length; styles connected toge- 
ther. %. H. Native of North America. 
Myrtle-leaved St. John’s-wort. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. 
Pl. 14 foot. 
53 H. Brasiuie’nse (Chois. mss. D. C. prod. 1. p. 547.) 
smooth ; branches tetragonal, ascending ; leaves linear, acutish, 
or bluntish, spreading, 3-nerved, full of pellucid dots ; flowers 
terminal, usually tern; sepals linear-oblong, acuminated, acute ; 
corolla small; styles 5, unconnected, straight. 2/. S. Native 
of Brazil about Rio Janeiro and the province of Minas Geraes. 
Var. B; leaves broader, oblong-lanceolate ; flowers more 
numerous, subcymose ; stamens all fertile. In the province O 
Minas Geraes, near the town called Mantiqueira. 
Brazilian St. John’s-wort. Fl. Oct. Shrub 2 feet. 
54 H. penupa‘rum (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 336.) smooth ; 
stem much branched, lower part naked, upper tetragonal ; leaves 
small, crowded, linear-sublanceolate, acute, full of pellucid dots; 
flowers at the tops of the branches, axillary and terminal, col 
lected into corymbs, 4-5-gynous; segments of calyx linear- 
Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1812. 
