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HYPERICUM PERFORATUM. PERFORATED St. JOHN's 
V WORT. 
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S TNO NTMJ, Hype r i c u m, Pharm, Lond,- Hype r i c u m 
i 
caule terete. 
ramofiffimo; foliis ovatis perforatis. HaL. St'trp 
Hdv. n. 1037. Hypericum vulgare five perforata, caule rotundo 
* ■ ■ - 
foliis glabris. J, Bauhin III. 382. Hypericum vulgare, Batih 
ifi, 2yg, Rati Sy nop, 2ij\.2,. 
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V 
C/^ Polyadelphia; Ord, Polyandria. L. G^^;?. P/^/;/. 9 
J \ 
EJf. Gen. Ch, Cal 5-pliyllus. Pefala 5.- NeSi, o, Capfula.- Ahons 
Hortus Kewenfts^ 
^ec, Ch. H. Fiorlbus trigynis, caule anclpiti, fol. obtufis pellucido 
pundatis. 
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THIS fpecies of the Hypericum generally grows to tlie height of 
foot and a half; the root is perennial, lip-neous, divided and fubdi- 
many fmall branch 
vided 
Bark 
top fend off many oppofite floriferous branch 
covered with a ftraw-coloured 
with 
the 
a 
the ftalks are round, fmooth, of a light colour, and towards the 
the leaves are with- 
, oval, and befet 
footftalks 
g 
d placed in pairs ; they 
number of minute 
appearance of fmall perforat 
the fpecific name, perforatum. 
iifparent veficl 
which have 
through the difc, and hence 
/- 
The flowers 
are 
yellow 
numerous,, pentapetalous, terminal, of a deep 
and grow in a corymbus, or 
in clufters, upon Ihort 
"Ll^c^ ;L^!^ ^tj::^!^:^'^-^^^ - P-^^-d. p. 668. AncUhef^ 
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peduncl 
a 
