606 HYPERICINEZ. 
fields near the town of St. Paul. 
the middle. 
Fine-leaved St. John’s-wort. Fl. Mar. Shrub 4 to 4 foot. 
70 H. etav’cum (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 78.) stem round ; 
leaves cordate, stem-clasping, obtuse, with revolute margins, 
glaucous, full of pellucid dots; flowers in very leafy panicles ; 
sepals ovate, obtuse ; stamens very numerous. %4. F. Native 
of Florida. Flowers large. 
Glaucous-leaved St. John’s-wort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1812. 
Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
71 H wupiriorum (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 78.) stem te- 
tragonal and winged ; leaves ovate-oblong, obtuse, full of sharp 
dots; panicle of flowers naked ; sepals linear-lanceolate, acute; 
styles connected together. %.H. Native of North America, 
particularly in Carolina. Flowers pale-yellow. 
Var. B, ovdtum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 548.) sepals ovate; leaves 
stem-clasping. H. levigatum, Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. 
p. 425. 
Var. y, ramosum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 548.) stem more branched 
and leafy. 
Naked-flowered St. John’s-wort. 
Pl. 14 foot. 
72 H. spuz#roca’rpon (Mich. bor. amer. 2. p. 78.) stem an- 
gular, erect ; leaves oblong, obtuse, sessile, without dots ; panicle 
naked, dichotomous; sepals linear-lanceolate, acute; styles 
connected together; capsules globose. 2%. H. Native of 
North America in Kentucky and near Philadelphia. 
Nuttall gives the following character: stem 2-edged at the 
top; leaves oblong, full of pellucid dots, obtuse ; cymes naked, 
compact; calyx foliaceous, at first shorter than the petals ; 
styles 3, united or distinct; stamens shorter than the petals ; 
not very numerous; capsule globose. 
Round-capsuled St. John’s-wort. Pl. 14 foot. 
73 H. crami’neum (Forst. prod. 53.) stem tetragonal, dicho- 
tomous ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, stem-clasping, sessile, without 
pellucid dots; peduncles terminal, solitary, 1-flowered ; sepals 
linear-lanceolate ; styles short, free ; stigmas capitate. %4. H. 
Native of New Caledonia. 
Grassy St. John’s-wort. Pl. 1 foot. 
74 H. rasticia rum (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 
195.) stem straight, branched at the top; leaves oblong-lanceo- 
late, with revélute edges ; sepals linear-lanceolate; stigmas 
somewhat funnel-shaped; branchlets fastigiate. %.H. Native 
of Mexico near Pazcuaro. 
Fastigiate-branched St. John’s-wort. Pl. 2 feet. 
75 H. avapra’neutum (Lin. spec. 1104.) stem quadrangular, 
straight, branched ; leaves ovate, obtuse, full of pellucid dots, 
and with black dots on the edges; panicle many-flowered ; 
sepals lanceolate ; anthers each tipped with dark purple glands. 
u. H. Native throughout Europe in moist meadows and 
thickets. Plentiful in Britain. Smith, engl. bot. t. 370. Curt. 
lond. fasc. 4. t.52. FI. dan. t.640. Petals sometimes dotted, 
and streaked with dark purple. Root somewhat creeping. 
Var. B, undulatum (Willd. enum. p. 811.) leaves with wavy 
edges. %. H. Native of the South of Europe and north of 
Africa. 
Quadrangular-stemmed St. John’s-wort or St. Peter’s-wort. 
Fl. July, Aug. Brit. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
76 H. vvu'sium (Leers. 162. Willd. spec. 3. p. 1460.) stem 
obscurely quadrangular, erect, branched ; leaves obtuse, almost 
destitute of pellucid dots, but commonly with a broken row of 
coloured ones close to the margin; sepals elliptical ; panicles 
many-flowered. 2. H. Native of Europe in rather moun- 
tainous groves and thickets. In England, about Sapey, near 
Clifton, Worcestershire ; Luton, Bedfordshire; North Mimms, 
Herts; at Dowton Castle, near Ludlow, and Hafod, Cardigan- 
Stamens polyadelphous to 
Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1811. 
III. Hypericum. 
shire, very abundantly. Smith, engl. bot. t. 296. 
nénse, Vill, dauph. 3. p. 497. t. 44. H. quadrangulum, £ 
dùbium, D. C. prod. 1. p. 548. The petals and calyx are 
blotched and dotted with dark-purple. 
Var. B, maculatum (Crantz. austr. fasc. 2. p. 64.) stems more 
branched; flowers more numerous; petals with black dots. 
4%. H. Native of Europe in groves and thickets, particularly 
in Austria and France. H. maculatum, Vill. dauph. no. 1433. 
t. 83. f. 1. 
Doubtful or Imperforated St. John’s-wort. 
Britain. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
77 H.con¥e’RtTuM; stem almost simple, quadrangular, winged, 
destitute of black dots; leaves short, obtuse, nearly destitute of 
pellucid dots, but with an irregular row of black ones near the 
margin; sepals acute, with pellucid dots. 2%. H. Native of 
Europe. H. quadrangulum, var. ò, confértum, D. C. prod. 1, 
p. 448. Panicles crowded. Petals without dots. 
Cronded-flowered St. John’s-wort. Fl. July, Aug. Pl. 1 to 
2 feet. 
78 H. rerra’pterum (FI. nov. suec. vol. 2. Schlecht. Lin- 
nea. 4, p. 413.) stem 4-winged ; leaves ovate, obtuse, some- 
what mucronulate, full of minute pellucid dots, very much reti- 
culated ; segments of the calyx lanceolate, mucronate. X. H. 
Native of Europe, Sweden, &c. Flowers small. H. quadran- 
gulum, Schlecht. fl. berl. 1. p. 397. 
Four-winged-stemmed St. John’s-wort. P1. 2 feet. 
79 H. TETRA'PTERA-QUADRA'NGULUM (Schlecht. 1. c. p. 414.) 
stem obsoletely quadrangular; leaves elliptic, full of pellucid 
dots, reticulately veined ; calycine segments broad-lanceolaté, 
acute. %.H. Native with the last. There is a variety with 
less membranous angles, less reticulated leaves, and oblong, 
blunt, calycine segments, and larger flowers. 
Four-ninged-four-angled-stemmed St. John’s-wort. Fl. June, 
July. Pl. 14 foot. 
80 H. PERFORA`TO-QUADRA'NGULUM (Schlecht. 1. c. p. 415.) 
stem obsoletely quadrangular ; leaves elliptic, full of pellucid 
dots, reticulately veined ; calycine segments lanceolate or oblong- 
elliptic, acutish. 4%. H. Native of Sweden? Flowers large. 
There is a variety with dotless leaves. 
Perforated-quadrangular St. John’s-wort. 
Pl. 14 foot. 
81 H. arrenva‘rum (Chois. prod. hyp. p. 47. t. 6.) stem 
round, erect, full of black dots; leaves ovate-oblong, obtuse, 
somewhat stem-clasping, full of black dots; sepals lanceolate; 
with black dots; petals with black dots at the apex. %. H 
Native of Siberia. 
Tapering St. John’s-wort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1822. Pi. 
1 to 14 foot. F 
82 H. repens (Lin. spec. 1103.) stem suffruticose, roune, 
purplish, ascending and prostrate ; leaves ovate-linear, dat 
approximate, scarcely perforated ; corymbs few-flowered ; wee 
ovate-lanceolate, acute, with black dots. 2/.H . Native of the 
Levant and of Europe in the region of the Mediterranean. 
Creeping St. John’s-wort. Fl. Pl. prostrate. m 
83 H. conna‘tum (Lam. dict. 4. p. 168.) smooth; ste 
nearly simple ; leaves connately-perfoliate, the free part ovate, 
acutish or obtuse, girded by an elevated margin, glaucous an 
dotted with black beneath, coriaceous; flowers cymose, pen 
gynous ; bracteas linear-awl-shaped ; segments of calyx ova e» 
acuminated. .S. Native of Brazil. St. Hil. pl. us. bra : 
no. 61. This plant is astringent, and a decoction of it is us 
in Brazil as a gargle for a sore throat. 
Connate-leaved St. John’s-wort. Shrub 1} foot. th: 
84 H. cutormrorivm (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 329.) agora 
stem simple; leaves connately perfoliate, the free part se si 
circular, mucronulate, girded by an elevated margin, glauco 
H. Delphi- 
FI. July, Aug. 
Fl. June, July. 
