HY PERICINEZ., 
h. F. Native of the Levant, and in dry 
A pretty little shrub. 
Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1640, 
linear, bluntish. 
places in the south of Europe. 
Coris-leaved St. John’s-wort. 
Shrub 4 to 2 foot. 
148 H. Lusrra’nicum (Poir. suppl. dict. 3. p. 702.) stem vil- 
lous, round, slender; leaves small, elliptical, obtuse, hispid ; 
sepals linear-lanceolate, mucronate ; anthers with black dots ; 
styles 3, filiform. h. F. Native of Portugal. 
Portugal St. John’s-wort. Shrub 4 to 1 foot. 
149 H. Ericoipgs (Lin. spec. 1104.) stem suffruticose, round, 
twisted, small; leaves linear, acute, much crowded, dotted, 
glaucous, small; sepals acute, hardly glandular. h. F. Native 
of Spain, Portugal, and the Levant. Cav. icon. 2. p. 20. t. 122. 
—Pluk. phyt. t. 93. f. 5. 
Heath-like St. John’s-wort. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1821. Sh. 
ł to 1 foot. 
Sect. V. Bra‘ruys (the Greek name of the savin-tree, which 
is from Bpafw, brazo, to overheat; in allusion to the habit of 
the shrubs, which resemble savin-tree or juniper). Chois. prod. 
p. 58. D.C. prod. 1. p. 553. Calyx of 5 entire equal sepals, 
usually very like the leaves. Stamens numerous, disposed in 
bundles. Styles 3-4, Subshrubs, with axillary, solitary flowers, 
and imbricate, whorled, or crowded leaves, which are usually 
linear-awl-shaped. 
*¥** Styles 3, with simple stigmas. 
150 H. sTRUTHIOLÆFÒLIUM (Juss. ann. mus. 3. p. 160. t. 16. 
f. 2.) stem slender, chinky; branches adpressed; leaves oppo- 
site, with revolute margins, without dots, those at the top of 
the branches imbricate ; sepals lanceolate, without dots ; petals 
lanceolate. h.S. Native of Peru. 
Var. B, minimum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 553.) stature smaller. 
Var. y, strictum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 553.) branches longer, 
gt H. strictum, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. 
Struthiola-leaved St. John’s-wort. Shrub 1 foot. 
151 H. acrro'sum (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p 
187. t. 457 -) branches scabrous, tetragonal ; leaves all imbricate, 
eathery, thickish ; sepals lanceolate-oblong; petals unequal- 
sided, obovate. h. S. Native of South America on the Andes 
, about Quito. 
Feathery-leaved St. John’s-wort. Shrub 1 foot. 
ii H. acicura‘’re (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 
190.) branches scabrous, straight ; leaves needle-shaped, spread- 
mg; flowers monogynous, middle-sized ; sepals lanceolate ; 
Petals pointed. k. S. Native of South America near Loxa. 
Needle-leaved St. John’s-wort. Shrub 1 foot. 
Me * LARICIFO'LIuM (Juss. ann. mus. 3. p. 160. t. 16. f. 1.) 
m round, scabrous, with spreading branches ; leaves lanceo- 
ok a to both ends, crowded ; sepals lanceolate, without 
, S la . . } . . 
ative of Pex nceo ate; styles very long; stigmas thick. k 
Larch-leaved St. John’s-wort. Shrub 1 foot. 
187. t 4 THUyoipEs (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 
bénn t 56.) branchlets scabrous, tetragonal, spreading ; leaves 
elliptical. y-opposite, ovate, acutish ; flowers solitary ; sepals 
tive of SOng; petals obovate ; stigmas obtuse. k . S. Na- 
hui outh America on the Andes about Quindiu. 
1 Ja-like St. John’s-wort. Shrub 1 foot. 
tetragonal ARACCASA'NuM (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1458.) branches 
Somewhat Winged ; leaves ovate-oblong, acute, approximate, 
ick an mbricate; flowers terminal and lateral; stigmas 
“4 Tuncate. h., S. Native of South America, near Caraccas. 
‘accas St. John’s-wort. Shrub 1 foot. 
EXIcA Num (Lin. amoen, 8. p. 322. t. 8. f. 2.) branches 
III. Hypericum. GIL 
somewhat tetragonal, ringed; leaves imbricate, ovate-oblong, 
obtuse, fan-nerved, smooth, viscid, dotted beneath ; flowers soli- 
tary, terminal; stigmas depressed, capitate. h. S. Native of 
South America at Santa Fe de Bogota. H. Mutisiànum, H. B. 
et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 188. 
Mexican St. John’s-wort. Shrub 3 feet. 
157 H. revoLu`rum (Vahl. symb. 1. p.66.) branches wrinkled, 
somewhat tetragonal at the base, but 2-edged at the apex ; 
leaves linear-lanceolate, approximate, revolute at the base ; styles 
joined together. h. F. Native of Arabia Felix on the moun- 
tains. H. scabrum? * Lin. ameen. 4. p. 287. H. Kalmianum, 
Forsk. 
Revolute-leaved St. John’s-wort. Shrub 1 foot. 
158 H. nrrtpum (Lam. dict. 4. p. 160.) stem round ; branches 
rather angular ; leaves very narrow, without dots ; sepals rather 
unequal; styles joined. h. S. Native of? 
Shining-leaved St. John’s-wort. Shrub 1 foot. 
159 H. rascicuLa tum (Lam. dict. 4. p. 160. but not of 
Lapeyr.) stem round, compressed at the top; branches erect ; 
leaves dense, without dots, channelled, with somewhat revolute 
margins; sepals equal, erect; styles joined. k.F. Native of 
Carolina. H. aspalathoides, Pursh, fl. sept. amer. 2. p. 376. 
Branches somewhat dichotomous. Leaves in fascicles, linear, 
acute. Flowers solitary, axillary, almost sessile. Stamens 
shorter than the petals. 
Fascicled-leaved St. John’s-wort. 
Shrub 1 foot. 
160 H. renvurrosium (Pursh, fl. sept. amer. 2. p. 377.) 
branches angular; leaves crowded, as if they were in whorled 
fascicles, filiform, linear, convex, obtuse, sessile ; peduncles ax- 
illary at the top of the branches, 1-3-flowered ; styles connected 
together ; sepals leaf-formed. h.F. Native of Georgia. H. 
fasciculatum, Mich. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 80. H. Michaúxii, 
Poir. dict. suppl. 3. p. 696. H. fasciculatum, var. B, laxifolium. 
D. C. prod. 1. p. 554. | Resembles the foregoing species, but 
differs in the branches being angular, and in the leaves being 
less fascicled. 
Fine-leaved St. John’s-wort. Shrub 1 foot. 
*#** Styles 5, with capitate stigmas. 
161 H. sra tuys (Lam. dict. 4. p. 152.) stem round, with 
adpressed branches ; leaves dense, channelled at the apex, with- 
out pellucid dots ; margins of the sepals somewhat membrana- 
ceous ; styles usually 5, rarely 4. .S. Native of New Gra- 
nada near Santa Fe de Bogota.. Smith, icon. ined. t. 41. 
Brathys junipérina, Lin. fil. 
Var. B, junipérinum (D.C. prod. 1. p. 554.) leaves more 
robust; flowers larger. H. junipérinum, H. B. et Kunth, nov. 
gen. amer. 3. p. 189. Flowers trigynous. 
Savin-like St. John’s-wort. Shrub 1 foot. 
+ Doubtful species. 
162 H. Cocutncntne’nsis (Lour. fl. coch. 472.) flowers tri- 
gynous ; leaves on short petioles, very dense ; stem arboreous ; 
peduncles usually 5-flowered, axillary. h. G. Native of Co- 
chin-china in woods. Flowers red or scarlet. Sepals entire, 
very acute. Stamens disposed in 3 bundles. Capsules 3-celled. 
Cochin-china St. John’s-wort. Clt. 1821. Shrub 16 feet. 
163 H. emaretna'tum (Lam. dict. 4. p. 154.) stem shrubby ; 
flowers trigynous; leaves ovate-oblong, obtuse, stem-clasping, 
emarginate ; sepals lanceolate, somewhat striated. h. G. 
Native of? This species is probably referable to E lodea. 
Emarginate-leaved St. John’s-wort. Shrub 1 foot. 
164 H. verticau (T hunb. prod. 137.) stem herba- 
ceous; leaves 4 in a whorl. R. G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. 
Whorled-leaved St. John’s-wort. 
412 
Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1811. 
Shrub ? 
