Class XVIII. Order IV. 177 



HYPERICUM VIHGINICUM. L. Virginian St. John's wort. 



Flowers with three styles, enneandrous, ter- 

 minal; leaves elliptical, obtuse, somewhat heart- 

 shaped, clasping ; stem herbaceous, compressed, 

 Willd. 



This plant has much larger leaves than the preceding spe- 

 cies. They are opposite, oblong, smooth, entire, heart-shaped 

 at base, closely sessile or clasping, very obtuse, paler on the 

 under side. Flowers in terminal bunches, their colour partak- 

 ing of a mixture of yellow and purple. Stamens nine, united 

 in three parcels. In low ground. August. Perennial. 



