Tas. 4949. 
HYPERICUM osptonGirouiuM. 
Oblong-leaved St. John’s-wort. 
Nat. Ord. HypericIneE#—PoLYADELPHIA. 
Gen. Char. Calyx pentaphyllus vel quinquepartitus, laciniis imbricatis sequali- 
bus vel duabus exterioribus majoribus. Corolle petala 5, hypogyna, calycis folio- 
lis equalia, zequilatera vel plus minus inzequilatera, zestivatione imbricato-convo- 
luta. Stamina plurima, hypogyna, in phalanges 3 vel 5 collecta aut irregulariter 
polyadelpha, rarius libera, rarissime definita; fi/amenta filiformia; anthere introrse, 
biloculares, didymz, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovariwm sessile, nunc unilocu- 
lare, placentis ad suturas tribus vel quinque parietalibus, vel in introflexis carpi- 
diorum marginibus porrectis, nunc 3—5-loculare, marginibus introflexis ad axim 
revolutis plus vel minus coalitis. Ovula plurima, rarissime subdefinita, bi-plu- 
riseriata, horizontalia, anatropa. Styli 3 vel 5, filiformes, liberi vel basi plus 
minus coaliti; stigmata capitata. Capsula 1-3-5-locularis, rarissime indehiscens, 
subbaccata, alias septicide 3—5-valvis, placentis suturalibus valvarum marginibus 
adhzerentibus vel solutis, vel centralibus in columnam indivisam vel partibilem 
coalitis. Semina in loculis plurima, rarissime pauca, vel abortu solitaria, cylin- 
drico-oblonga, recta vel ineurva ; ¢esta crustacea, scrobiculata, nucleum arcte ves- 
tiens, vel laxa, reticulato-cellulosa, nucleum multo minorem includens, endopleure 
membranacez strato interiore subcornoso. Embryo exalbuminosus, orthotropus, 
cylindricus ; cotyledonibus brevibus, obtusis, radicula umbilico proxima.—Herbe 
vel suffrutices, in regionibus temperatis et calidioribus totius orbis, maximo numero 
in temperatis calidioribus hemisphere borealis crescentes ; foliis oppositis, petio- 
latis, sessilibus vel amplericaulibus, integerrimis vel interdum subserrulatis, sepis- 
sime pellucido-punctatis, stipulis nullis; floribus solitariis, cymosis, corymbosis, 
paniculatis vel rarius umbellatis, flavis. Endl. 
Hypertcum (§ Ascyria) oblongifolium ; fruticosum, ramosum, ramis_teretibus, 
foliis sessilibus ovatis seu oblongo-ovatis obtusis minute pellucido-punctatis 
subtus glaucis, corymbis amplis di-trichotome divisis multifloris foliosis (fo- 
liis parvis), calycis sepalis basi coalitis obovatis concavis subineequalibus 
denticulatis, petalis magnis inequilateris subrotundatis hine margine denti- 
culatis, staminibus numerosissimis pentadelphis, stylis 5 liberis apice recur- 
vatis. 
Hypericum oblongifolium. Choisy, Prodr. Hyper. p. 42. t. 4. Wall. Plant. Rar. 
Asiat. v. 3. t. 244. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 545. 
A truly lovely hardy shrub, with evergreen foliage, and large 
handsome yellow blossoms; a native of northern India, Nepal, 
NOVEMBER Ist, 1856. 
