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Hypericum Calycinum. Large- 



flower'd St. John's-Wort. 



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C/^/> tf«d Order. 



POLYADELPHIA PoLYANDRIA. 



Generic Charatter. 



Calyx 5-partitus. Petala 5. Filamenta multa, in 5 phalanges 

 bafi connata. Capfula. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



HYPERICUM calycinum floribus pentagynis folitariis termi- 

 nalibus, caule tetragono fruticofo, foliis ob- 

 longo-ovatis coriaceis. Linn. Syft. Vegetal. 

 />. 700. Mant. 106. Hort. Kcw. v. 3. 103. 



ASCYRUM magno flore. Bauh. Pin. 280. Prodr. 130. 



ANDROSiEMUM Conftantinopolitanum flore maxima 

 Whelers Journey into Greece ', p. 205. cum 



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This fpecies of St. John's-Wort, particularly diftinguifhed 

 by the largenefs of its flowers, has very generally been con- 

 fidered as the AJcyron of Linnjeus, owing to his giving to 

 that plant the fynonyms which properly belong to the prefer 

 one : in his Mantijfa, this fpecies is called calycinum, which 

 name is adopted in the 14th edition of the Syjlema Vegetabilu^ 

 and alfo in the Hortus Kewenjis, where the proper iynonyrn 8 

 are applied to it, and from which we learn, that it is a native 

 of the country near Conftantinople, and was introduced into 

 this country by Sir George Wheler, Bart, in 1676. 



It is a hardy perennial, increaflng much by its roots, which, 

 are of the creeping kind, and by parting of which in th e 

 autumn it is moft readily propagated; like the periwinkle, J 

 is a plant well adapted to cover a bank, or bare fpots und £f 

 trees, where other plants will not thrive. 



It flowers from July to September, 



