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ReAUMURIA I1YPERICOIDES. HyPERICOI-UKE 

 REAUMURIA. 



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C7«ss and Order. 



PoLYANDRIA PeNTAGYMA. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 5-phyIluB. Petala 5. Caps. 5-locularis, 5-valvis, 

 polysperma. Sem. lanata. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Reaumuria hypericoides ; foliis ellipticis planis. Willd. Sp. 



PL 2. p. 1250. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 327. Persoon 



Syn. 2. p. 85. Lamarck Illustr. gen. t. 489. f, 2. 



Encycl. Bot. v. 6. p. 85. 

 Reaumuria linifolia ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis lineari-lanceo- 



latisque, acutis, planiusculis ; petalis calyce multo lon- 



gioribus. Salisb. Parad. Lond. 18. 

 Hypericum alternifolium ; floribus pentagynis, calycibus 



foliaceis, caule herbaceo, foliis ovatis alternis acutis. 



Labillard. PL Syria Dec. 2. p. 17. t. 10. 



Descr. Stem suflfruticose, the habit of the plant like a 

 Salicornia. Leaves fleshy, narrow, tongue-shaped, covered 

 with glandular dots ; when chewed they have a somewhat 

 acid briny taste. The leaves grow closer together on the 

 barren than on the flower -bearing branches. Calyx five-cleft : 

 segments ovate-acuminate, much shorter than the petals, but 

 surrounded at the base with several leaf-like bractes, as long 

 as the petals. Nectaries, two ciliated scales at the base of 

 the limb of each petal. Filaments purple, inserted below the 

 germen : anthers blue, curved. Germen superior, globular, 

 smooth, 5-celled, with many ovula attached to the bottom of 

 the cell. Styles 5, purple : stigmas simple. 



Native of Syria. Introduced about the year 1800, by 

 John Bell, Esq. Flowers from May to August. Commu- 

 nicated by Messrs. Loddjges and Sons. 



