Tas. 6764, 
~ HYPERICUM empetrirotium. 
Native of Greece. 
Nat. Ord. HypericinEx.—Tribe HYPERICEZ. ' 
Genus Hyrrricum, Linn. ; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. i. p. 165.) 
Hyprricum (Coridia) empetrifolium; glaberrimum, a basi ramosissimum, ramis 
fruticosis erectis ramulosis tenuibus, foliis ternis anguste linearibus obtusis mar- 
ginibus revolutis integerrimis pellucido-punctatis, cymis paucifloris paniculatis, 
sepalis oblongis obtusis marginibus glandulosis fructiferis patulis, petalis 
sepalis 2-3-plo longioribus ovato-rotundatis deciduis, carpellis dorso 2-vittatis 
lateribus vesiculosis, seminibus brevibus papillosis. 
H. empetrifolium, Willd. Sp. Pl. vol. iii. p. 1452; Boiss. Fl. Orient. vol. i. p. 792; 
Sie Fl. Gree. t. 774; DO. Prodr. vol. i. p. 553; Watson Dendrolog. 
rit, t. 141. 
"BL multicaule, Lamk. Dict. vol. iv. p. 178. 
H. Coris, Sibth. Fl. Grae. t. 777, non L.; Bot. Mag. t. 178. 
At Tab. 178 of this work a representation of Hypericum 
empetiifolium is given under the wrong name of H. Coris, 
and it is so insufficient a one that a repetition is unavoid- 
able. These two species would, indeed, at first sight be 
Supposed to be closely related, but, as stated under the 
description of the true H. Ooris (Tab. 6563), the resem- 
blance is confined to both being erect, with linear whorled 
leaves; whilst the points of difference are that H. Coris 
has herbaceous branchlets, narrow sepals which are erect 
in fruit, and narrow persistent petals. H. empetrifoliwm, 
on the other hand, has woody branchlets, small almost 
rounded sepals which are spreading in fruit, and much 
_ Smaller broad deciduous petals. The geographical ranges 
of the two are also quite wide apart, H. Coris extending 
from the South of France to Italy and the Tyrol, whilst 
H. empetrifolium has its headquarters in Greece, extending 
westwards to the Island of Zante, eastwards to the hills 
around Smyrna, and the Hellespont, and southwards to the 
Islands of Crete, Rhodes, and Paros. 
_ AL. empetrifolium has been long cultivated at Kew; it 
JULY Ist, 1884, 
