HYPERICACEAE. 
St. John’s-worts. 
No. 81. 
HYPERICUM PERFORATUM. 
Common St. Joun’s-worr. 
Place—Europe. 
Quality—Balsamic. 
Power—Astringent, anthelminthic, 
Use—Hamoptysis, hypochondriasis, phthisis, and ule 
cers, tumors, &c. 
BOTANICAL ANALYSIS. 
Natural Order. Rotacee—L Hypericaceae.—J. 
Crass XVIII. Polyadelphia. Orvrr Polyandria. 
Linn. Sp. Pl. 1105. Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. 1453. Cullen. Mat. Med.173. ‘Loud. Ency. 
Pl. 658. Raf. Med. Flor. ii. 229. U.S. Disp. 1263. . and G. Flor. i. 160. Gri 
Med. Bot. 156. Beach. Fam. Ph. 682. Lind. Flor. Med. 117. Pursh. Flor. M. A. 
ii. 377. Wood, Class Book,184. 2 = : 
Genus. HYPERICUM. 
A name of unknown meaning. Yrnorxov, Dioscorides. ; 
Synonymes.—Le millepertuis (Fr.) Das Johannis Kraut (Ger.) St. Jans Kruid 
(Dutch.) Pilatro (Z) Corazoncillo (Sp.) Melfurade (Port.) Sweioboi (Russ.) 
THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERS, 
Catyx. Sepals, four—five, distinct or cohering, persistent, 
unequal, dotted. 
Corona. Petals four—five, hypogynous, estivation twisted, 
veins oblique, dotted. a 
Stamens. Hypogynous, indefinite in three or more parcels 
_ Anthers versatile. ee ee 
Ovary. Single, superior. Style slender. Stigma simple. = 
