608 : 
and with black ones beneath and at the margins; sepals acute, 
rather unequal, sometimes serrated. h. F. Native of Barbary, 
Spain, and Syria. 
African St.Jobn’s-wort. Shrub 6 feet. 
104 H. perrora tum (Lin spec. 1105.) stem 2-edged ; leaves 
ovate or elliptical, with copious, pellucid dots ; flowers panicled ; 
sepals lanceolate, full of pellucid dots ; anthers with black dots ; 
styles short, erect. 2.H. Native every where throughout 
Europe, north of Africa, Siberia, in groves, hedges, and thickets. 
Abundant in Britain, Smith, engl. bot. t. 295. Curt. lond. fasc. 
1, t. 57. Oed. fl. dan. 1043. Turp. in dict. sc. nat. with a 
figure. Root tufted. Flowers bright-yellow, dotted, and streak- 
ed with purple. This plant has a powerful lemon-like scent 
when rubbed, staining the fingers with dark purple, from the 
great abundance of coloured essential oil lodged in the herbage, 
and even in the petals. As this plant was found to bleed at the 
slightest touch, it was supposed to have a vulnerary quality, and 
became the “balm of the warrior’s wound,” giving a blood-red 
colour to every composition, whether of a spiritous or oily 
nature into which it entered. The essential oil, the seat of this 
colour, is aromatic, and possibly tonic or stimulating, without 
much acrimony. 
Although in the present practice this plant is not much 
regarded as a medicine, yet its sensible qualities, and the re- 
peated testimonies of its virtues, entitle it to further trials. To 
the taste it is astringent and bitter, and it seems to be chiefly 
diuretic. It has been given in ulcerations of the kidneys, and 
has even been supposed to possess virtues as a febrifuge. The 
leaves given in substance are said to destroy worms. The dried 
plant, boiled with alum, dyes wool yellow. 
The common people in France and Germany gather this species 
of St. John’s-wort with great ceremony on St. John’s day, and 
hang it in their windows, as a charm against storms, thunder, and 
evil spirits ; mistaking the meaning of some medical writers, 
who have fancifully given this plant the name of Fuga Demo- 
num, from a supposition that it was good in maniacal and hypo- 
chondriacal disorders. Formerly it was also carried about by the 
people of Scotland as a charm against witchcraft and enchant- 
ment; and they fancy it cures ropy milk, which they suppose to 
be under some malignant influence, by milking afresh upon the 
herb. Kine and goats eat it, but horses and sheep refuse it. 
Var. B, latiglanduldsum (D.C. prod. 1. p. 550.) glands broader 
and fewer;. leaves more crowded at the top; panicles more 
straight and fewer flowered. 
Var. y, elatum (D. C. 1. c.) stem taller, with more distant in- 
ternodes; leaves smaller, with revolute margins; branches 
straighter ; panicles loose, few-flowered. , 
Var. ©, punctàtum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 550.) stem dwarfer ; 
sepals blunter, sometimes with glandular margins ; corolla with 
black dots. 
Var. £, microphyllum (D.C. 1. c.) all parts of the plant are more 
crowded and smaller ; panicles straight, many-flowered. 
Var. ¢, albiflorum (D. C. 1. c.) flowers white. 
Perforated or Common St. John’s-wort. FI. June, Sept. Brit. 
Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
105 H. auinquenr’rvium (Walt. fl. carol. 190.) stem tetra- 
gonal ; leaves somewhat stem-clasping, ovate, obtuse, obscurely 
5-nerved, full of pellucid dots, which are acute on the under 
surface ; corymbs dichotomous ; sepals linear-lanceolate. X.H. 
Native from Canada to Carolina in overflowed places and on 
Mount Quindiu in South America. H. stellarioides, H. B. et 
Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 196. H. parviflorum, Willd. spec. 
3. p. 1456, H, mitilum, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1471. Corolla 
shorter than the calyx. 
Five-nerved-leaved St.. John’s-wort. 
Clt. 
1759. Pl. 1 foot. 
Fl. June, Sept. 
HYPERICINEZ. 
II. Hyrericum. 
106 H. tHymirorium (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5, 
p. 186. t. 455.) stem shrubby; branches dichotomous ; leaves 
oblong, small, bluntish, full of pellucid dots; sepals oblong ; 
styles free ; stigmas peltate. h. G. Native of South America 
near Santa Fe de Bogota ? 
Thyme-leaved St. John’s-wort. Shrub. 
107 H. srevi'stytum (Chois. prod. hyp. p. 51. t. 7.) stem 
prostrate, slender; leaves oblong-lanceolate, rather blunt, full 
of pellucid dots; panicles few-flowered; sepals lanceolate ; 
styles connected, very short ; stigmas capitate. 2.F. Native 
of South America. 
Short-styled St. John’s~wort. Pl. prostrate. 
108 H. Exonca‘tum (Ledeb. ex Spreng. syst. 3. p. 347.) 
branches round; leaves sessile, linear, glaucous, without dots, 
with revolute margins ; peduncles opposite ; sepals blunt, striated, 
entire; petals large, with glandular margins. Yy.H. Native 
of Siberia in the Kirghisean Steppe at Lake Saisan. 
Elongated St. John’s-wort. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
109 H. penticuta’rum (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. 
p. 191. t. 458.) stem ascending; leaves Jinear-lanceolate, with 
retrograde teeth at the margins; flowers decandrous; sepals 
oblong-lanceolate ; petals obovate-cuneated ; styles free, very 
short; stigmas subcapitate. 2%. F. Native of Mexico near 
Guanaxuato. 
Toothletted-leaved St. John’s-wort. P1. 1 foot. 
110 H. Cervantesi (Willd. herb. ex Spreng. syst. 3. p. 
347.) stem erect, 2-edged at the apex, dichotomous ; leaves 
stem-clasping, linear, acuminate, with revolute margins ; flowers 
cymose, leaning to one side; sepals lanceolate, entire. %. F. 
Native of Mexico. 
Cervantes’s St. John’s-wort. Pl. 1 foot. 
111 H. Laza’npu (Chois. mss. D. C. prod. 1. p. 50.) stem 
tetragonal, with black dots ; leaves lanceolate, acute, with revo- 
lute margins, rather stem-clasping, and pressed against the stem; 
panicle few-flowered, dichotomous; sepals linear-lanceolate, 
longer than the corolla; styles 3, free. 4%. G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. 
Laland’s St. John’s-wort. Pl. ? 
112 H. stenor'ves (Juss. ann. mus. 3. p. 162. t. 16. f. 3.) 
leaves lanceolate, with revolute edges ; flowers leaning to one 
side; sepals narrow, acute, glandular. %.G. Native of Peru 
on the Andes. Panicle dichotomous. 
Silene-like St. John’s-wort. Pl. 1 foot. 
113 H. ınpr'corum (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 
193.) stem branched at the base; branches elongated, tetra- 
gonal; flowers usually pentandrous; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 
acute, dotted ; stigmas somewhat capitate. %. F. Native of 
South America near Loxa. - , 
Var. B, paniculatum (D.C. prod. 1. p. 550.) stem straight, 
many-flowered; flowers small, pentandrous or heptandrous ; 
petals linear. %. F. Native of South America near Ario. 
H. paniculàtum, H. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. 5. p. 195. t. 459. 
Indecorous St. John’s-wort. Pl. 1 foot. 
114 H. Caxapr'yse (Lin. spec. 1104.) stem herbaceous, 
straight, 4-winged; leaves linear, bluntish, full of very fine 
pellucid dots, but with black ones beneath ; panicles elongated, 
dichotomous ; sepals lanceolate; styles very short ; capsules 
conical, red. X4. H. Native of North America from Canada 
to Carolina, and of Mexico, in low gravelly places. Flowers 
very small. , 
Var. B, minimum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 550.) much smaller in 
stature; flowers fewer. H. thesiifdlium, pauciflorum and Mo- 
ranénse of H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 5. p. 192 and 193. appear 
to be only varieties of this. plant. %. F. Native of Mexico. 
Canadian St. John’s-wort. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1770. Pl. 
+ foot. ; 
