HYPERICINE. 
beneath and full of black dots, coriaceous, distant; flowers 
cymose, pentagynous ; segments of calyx ovate, acuminated. 
h.S. Native of Brazil in that part of the province of St. Paul 
called Campos Geraes. Stamens very numerous, nearly free. 
Stigmas subcapitate. 
Chlora-leaved St. John’s-wort. Fl. Feb. Shrub 14 foot. 
85 H. erx’crum (Thunb. fl. jap. p. 296.) stem round, purple, 
straight ; leaves lanceolate, acute, stem-clasping, with revolute 
edges ; sepals lanceolate. 2). F. Native of Japan in the moun- 
tains of Nagasaki. 
Erect St. John’s-wort. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
86 H. Javo’nicum (Thunb. fl. jap. p. 295. t. 31.) stem weak, 
tetragonal, smooth, decumbent; leaves broad-ovate -or oval, 
mucronate, somewhat cordate, obtuse, with revolute edges, 
full of pellucid dots ; flowers solitary, loosely panicled; sepals 
almost equal in length with corolla and stamens ; styles 3, short, 
diverging. %.H. Native of Japan and of Nipaul in bogs near 
the townof Katmandu. H. dichotomum, Hamil. mss. Pedun- 
cles solitary or tern, 1-flowered. Stems decumbent. Branches 
erect. Flowers small. 
Var. B, ramdsum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 549.) stem branched; 
leaves and flowers more crowded. 
Japan St. John’s-wort. FI. May. Clt. 1823. Pl. 1 foot. 
87 H. picno'romum (Lam. dict. 4. p. 167.) stem suffruticose 
at the base, round, dichotomously branched ; leaves small, linear- 
elongated, obtuse, tapering to the base, full of obscure pel- 
lucid dots ; sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute; stamens 9, free. 
K A Native of St. Domingo. Perhaps this species belongs to 
a. 
Dichotomous-leaved St. John’s-wort. Shrub 2 feet. 
88 H.crr’spum (Lin. mant. 106.) stem round, much branched; 
leaves sessile, lanceolate, sinuately waved at the base, full of 
pellucid dots ; sepals small, blunt. 2. H. Native of the regions 
of the Mediterranean.—Bocc. mus. 2. p- 34. t. 12. 
Curled-leaved St. John’s-wort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1688. 
Pl. 1 foot. 
89 H. rrròsum (Walt. fl. carol. 190.) stem twiggy, simple ; 
monies dilated, ovate, sometimes tapering to the base; panicles 
Vaal, few-flowered. h.F. Native of North America in 
mga and Carolina. H. Virginianum, &c. Pluk. alm. t. 245. 
_A’scyrum villdsum, Willd. spec. 2. p. 1474. 
Pilose St. John’s-wort. Shrub 1 foot. 
hee H. si’‘mptex (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 80.) pilose; stem 
nel. rý round, woolly ;'leaves oblong, pressed to the stem, chan- 
silt ?, pubescent ; flowers few, almost sessile; sepals ovate, 
ed; styles 3, free; stigmas capitate. ©. H. Native of 
Sin Carolina and Georgia. 
a ec stemmed St. John’s-wort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1825. 
91H, Nurra’txu; leaves oblong-ovate, partly connate at the 
North AS always pressed close to the stem. 2%.H. Native of 
simplex Me H. new, Nutt. gen. 2. p.17. Differs from H. 
With me ichx. Stem simple. The whole plant is covered 
Nut atted, somewhat scabrous pubescence. 
tall’s St. John’s-wort. Pl. 1 foot. 
fruticose HĦETEROPHY'LLUM (Vent. hort. cels. t. 68.) stem suf- 
a > round; leaves linear-lanceolate, full of pellucid dots, 
ny ones crowded, imbricate, very short, blunt ; sepals acute, 
at unequal. h.F. Native of Persia. 
arious-leaved St. John’s-w 
m 1 to 2 feet. ohn’s-wort. Clt. 1712. 
evrt acum (Lin. 1103 round ; leaves 
Small (Lin. spec. .) stem ; 
h ovate, crowded, without dots ; flowers few, almost sessile ; 
of Manes tee acute ; styles small, diverging. h.F. Native 
Leaves i n. ameen. 8. p. 323. t. 8. f. 3. Ker. bot. reg. 196. 
&iaucous. Flowers small. 
Fl. July, Aug. 
III. Hypericum. 
607 
Egyptian St. John’s-wort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1787. Shrub 
4 to 14 foot. 
94 H. na'num (Poir. dict. suppl. 3. p. 699.) stem suffruticose ; 
leaves ovate-roundish, very blunt, mucronulate, full of pellucid 
dots ; sepals very thin, acute, lanceolate. h .F. Native of Syria. 
Dwarf St. John’s-wort. Shrub 4 foot. 
95 H. ausrra‘re (Tenore, fl. neap. app. 5th. ex Linnæa. 3. p. 
103.) petals and calyx entire, full of black dots; leaves opaque, 
dotless, veiny, oblong-elliptic, obtuse, full of black dots on the 
margins; stem herbaceous, obsoletely quadrangular at the base ; 
flowers cymose ; petals 3 times larger than the talyx; filaments 
and anthers dotless. %. H. Native of Lucania. H. humi- 
fùsum, Tenore, prod. H. dùbium, Mauri. rom. pl. cent. 13. p. 
27. exclusive of the synonymes. » 
Southern St: John’s-wort. Pl. trailing. 
96 H. cunea`rum (Poir. suppl. dict. 3. p. 699.) branches 
roundish, smooth ; leaves obovate, cuneated at the base, obtuse, 
on short petioles, with a few black glandular dots; flowers few ; 
sepals linear-lanceolate, longer than the corolla ; stamens 15-20. 
Y.F. Native of the Levant. 
Cuneated-leaved St. John’s-wort. Pl. prostrate. 
97 H. numtrv'sum (Lin. spec. 1103.) stem compressed, pros- 
trate; leaves elliptical, blunt, full of fine pellucid and black dots 
on the margins; flowers cymose, terminal; sepals ovate, longer 
than the corolla; stamens 15-20. Y.H. Native of most parts 
of Europe and Caucasus in sandy, gravelly, heathy, and rather 
boggy places ; frequent in Britain. Smith, engl. bot. t. 1226. 
Curt. fl. lond. fasc. 3. t. 50. Oed. fl. dan. t. 141. This species 
has a lemon-like scent, as well as H. dubium and H. perforatum. 
Trailing St. John’s-wort. Fl. July. Britain. Pl. trailing. 
98 H.cxspitésum (Cham. et Schlecht. Linnea. 3. p. 126.) 
stems herbaceous, prostrate, rising from a woody root, and 
ascending, tufted ; leaves linear, obtuse, full of pellucid dots ; 
cymes terminal, leafy, few-flowered, glandless ; calycine segments 
lanceolate, shorter than the corolla, but longer than the capsule ; 
stamens about 25, nearly free; styles 3, short, free. Y. S. 
Native of Chili on dry hills about Talcaguano. 
Tufted St. John’s-wort. Pl. trailing. 
99 H. anacattorpegs (Cham. et Schlecht. Linnza. 3. p. 127.) 
herbaceous, trailing, and creeping; leaves 5-7-nerved, ovate, 
obtuse, full of pellucid dots ; cyme terminal, leafy, few-flowered, 
glandless; calycine segments obovate, shorter than the corolla ; 
stamens 15-20, nearly free; styles 3, free. 2%. H. Native of 
California. Like H. humifisum. 
Pimpernel-like St. John’s-wort. Pl. trailing. 
100 H. Liorra’rv1 (Vill. dauph. t. 44.) stem erectish ; leaves 
oblong, blunt, full of fine pellucid and black dots on their mar- 
gins; flowers cymose, sometimes 4-parted, terminal ; sepals 
linear-lanceolate, longer than the corolla. &. H. Native of 
Dauphiny. 
Liottard’s St. John’s-wort. Fl. July. Clit. 1819. Pl. 3 foot. 
101 H. pusi’trum (Chois. prod. hyp. p. 20.) stem weak, 
prostrate, tetragonal ; leaves ovate, obtuse, full of pellucid dots ; 
sepals lanceolate ; petals upright; stigmas capitate. 2%. F. Na- 
tive of New Holland. A’scyrum humiftsum, Lab. ill. nov. holl. 
2. p. 33. t. 175. 7 
Small St. John’s-wort. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1818. Pl. trailing. 
102 H. ınvorv rum (Chois. prod. hyp. p. 50.) stem ascend- 
ing, 4-winged, slender ; leaves ovate-oblong, obtuse, full of pel- 
lucid dots ; panicle loose, dichotomous ; sepals lanceolate, acute; 
corolla involute; stigmas capitate. 2. F. Native of New 
Holland. A’scyrum involùtum, Lab. ill. nov. holl, 2. p. 32. t. 174. 
Involute-flowered St. John’s-wort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1822. 
Pl. 4 foot. i , 
103 H. A‘rrum (Lam. dict. 4. p. 166.) stem suffruticose, 
round, winged ; leaves oblong, obtuse ; full of fine pellucid dots, 
