400 ‘POLYADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Hypericum, 
1. H. cernuum, Roxb. 
Shrabby, branchlets drooping. Leaves sessile, beads lan- 
ceolate. Flowers terminal, sub-solitary. Styles five. 
Asiat, Res, vi. p. 369. 
A native of the mountains between Hurdwar and Shreena- 
gur, from thence the seeds were sent by Captain Hardwicke, 
to the Botanic garden in 1797, where it blossoms during the 
cold season. It resembles, in many respects, the species des- 
cribed under the name H. monogynum, 
Stems, or rather branches numerous from the same root, ris- 
ing in every direction, soon dividing into numerouslong, slen- 
der, round, smooth, coloured, drooping twigs. Bark brown, | 
and smooth, height of the whole plant about three feet, and 
still more in diameter. Leaves opposite, sessile, decussate, 
broad-lanceolate, obtuse, somewhat nervous, entire, margins 
not revolute, smooth, of a lively green on both sides, from 
one to two inches long. Flowers terminal, at the ends of the 
long, pendulous branchlets, generally solitary, though some- 
times two or even three-fold, large, of a pure yellow. Pedun- 
cles short, with two small, brown, caducous bractes near the 
middle. Calyx five-leaved ; leaflets lanceolate, acute. _Pe- 
zals obliquely-oblong, four times longer than the calyx. 4%- 
laments numerous, from one to two hundred, coalesced into 
five bodies, just at the base only, and about half the length 
of the petals, Germ ovate. Styles five, the length of the sta- 
This is so nearly allied to the plant I have taken for H. 
_ monogynum, No.977, that 1 could scarcely deem them distinct 
species, were it not for the difference in the number of sta- 
mina and styles, In monogynum there are about fifty of the for- 
mer only, and uniformly a single style with a five-cleft apex. 
2. H. monogynim. Willd. iii, 1442. 
Shrubby. Leaves sessile, linear-oblong. Corymbs termi- 
nal, Stamina the length of the petals, Style single. Stigma 
five-cleft. 
Bi a aly at aang sem nN 
