( 3277.) 
Hypericum nyssopiro.ium. Hyssop-LeAvep 
St. Joun’s Wort. 
ERK EEE RRR 
Class and Order. 
PotyapeteuiA Poryanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.— Hyrericinen. ) 
Generic Character. 
Capsula membranacea. Styli 3—5 in quibusdam nu- 
mero variabiles. Stamina numerosa, basi polyadelpha, 
Faro numero subdefinita. Pet. 5.  Sepala 5, basi plus mi- 
nusve coalita et inaequalia——Herbe aut suffrutices. Folia 
opposita, sepe pellucido-punctata, aut margine nigro-punc- 
tata. Flores varie dispositi. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Hypericum hyssopifolium ; caule herbaceo tereti adscen- 
dente, foliis linearibus glabris subnervosis, pellucide 
punctatis glaucis glaberrimis in axillis fasciculatis, 
calycibus obtusis petalisque contortis ciliato-glandu- 
losis. 
Hypericum hyssopifolium. Vill. Delph. v. 3. p. 50. t. 44. 
Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 3. p. 470. Bieb. Fl. Taur. Cauc. ». 
2. Dp. 9st. De Cand. Prodr. ». 1. p. 362. Spreng. 
Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 349. , . 
Hypericum alpestre. Fischer in Herb. nostr. 
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Of the extensive Genus Hypericum (imtpxoy of Drosco- 
RipEs) upwards of one hundred and twenty species are 
enumerated by Dre Canpotie. Some are employed medi- 
cinally ; but the greater number recommend themselves by 
the liveliness and number of thet blossoms— 
“ Hypericum, all bloom, so thick a swarm 
Of flowers, like flies, clothing its slender rods, 
That scarce a leaf appears’— —* Fe 
