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~) Eypertcum uratum. M-yrrve-.teavep 
St. JoHn’s-wort. 
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Class and Order. 
PotyapetpHia PoLyannpRiA. 
- Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-partitus. Petala 5. Filamenta in’ 5 phalanges 
basi connata. Capsula supera. , MAS 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Hypericum uralum, fruticosum, 5-gynum ; foliis ellipticis 
mucronulatis glabris nitidis, floribus terminalibus sub- 
corymbosis, foliolis calycinis ovalibus obtusissimis, pe- 
talis limbo orbiculatis, ramis ancipitibus. Don Mss. 
Hypericum uralum. Hamilton Mss. 
Descr. Stem shrubby, upright, branched, round, from 
a foot and a half to two feet high, covered with a rough 
brownish bark. Branches numerous, spreading, two-edged ; 
the younger ones purplish. Leaves oval, or oval oblong, 
opposite, spreading, sessile, mucronulate, smooth, green 
on both sides, shining above, an inch or more in length, 
and seameally half an inch in breadth. Peduncles cylin- 
drical, 1-flowered, 3 or 5 together, arising from the summits 
_ Of the branches, stnooth, and furnished with one or more 
pairs of lanceolate acute bractee. Flowers large, golden, 
about an inch in diameter. Leafits of the calyx oval, 
Siooth, entire, rounded at the top. Petals nearly or- 
bicular, oblique at the base, with the inner margin un- 
ual, twice longer than the calyx. Stamens numerous, 
Collected at the base into 5 bundles, half the length of the 
Petals. Styles 5, erect, shorter than the stamens. Stigmas 
recurved, spreading . 
This elegant species of Hypericum is a native of Upper 
pal, where it was first discovered by Dr. Francis 
. Hamipron 
