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Hypericum Coris. Heat h-Leav'd 



St. John's-Worl 



Clafs and Order, 



PoLYADELPHIA PoLYANDRIA, 



Generic Characler. 

 Cat. 5-phyllus. Petala 5. Necl. o. Capfula. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



HYPERICUM Coris floribus trigynis, calycibus ferrato- 

 glandulofis, foliis fubverticillatis. Linn. 

 Syft. Veget. ed. 14. Murr. p. 702. 



CORIS lutea. Baub. pin. 280. 



CORIS legitima, Ericae fimilis. Hon. Belli, ep. 1. ad Cluf, 

 CluJ. op. V. 1. p. 299. 



CORIS. Matthioli 939. 



There is an elegance and neatnefs in moft of this tribe, and 

 none pofTefs thofe qualities in a greater degree than the pre- 

 fent fpecies, which is a charming little evergreen, admirably 

 adapted for the greenhoufe, as it forms a pretty bulb, and 

 flowers during moft of the fummer. 



It grows fpontaneoufly in the South of Europe, and many 

 parts of the Levant; Honqrius Bellus, in his epiftle to 

 Cxusius (vid. Cluf. op.) defcribes it as growing on the hilly 

 parts of the ifland of Crete. 



Mr. Lee, of Hammerfmith, received it about four years 

 fmce from the Crimea. 



It is propagated by cuttings. 



