Class XVIII. POLYADELPHIA. 



Filaments combined, in more than two 



sets. 



Order I. POLYANDRIA. Sta?nens nume- 

 rous. 



369. HYPERICUM. Cal. inferior, in 5 deep divisions. 

 Pei. 5. Filam. united at the base, into 3 or 5 par- 

 cels. Caps, with many seeds. 



POLYADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 

 369. HYPERICUM. St. John's-wort. 



IAnn.Gen.392. Juss. 255. Fl. Br. SOO. DeCa7id. Prodr. v. \. 543. 

 Tourn.t. 13]. Lam. t. 643. Gcertn. t. 62. 



Androsaemum. Tourn. ^ 128. Gcertn. t.59. DeCand. Prodr. 

 V. 1 . 543. Capsule pulpy. 



Ascyrum. Tourn. t. 131 j not of Linnseus. 



Nat. Ord. Rotacecc. Linn. 20. Hyperica. Juss. 68. Hype- 

 ricineec. DeCand. 34. 



Cal. inferioi', of 1 leaf, in 5 deep, nearly ovate, concave, 

 somewhat unequal, permanent segments. Pet. 5, oblong- 

 ovate, obtuse, spreading, obliquely imbricated. Filam. 

 numerous, capillary, united at the base, more or less ac- 

 curately, into 3 or 5 sets. Anth. small, roundish, tremu- 

 lous. Germ, superior, roundish or ovate. Styles termi- 

 nal, simple, usually 3 or 5, distant, the length of the sta- 

 mens, sometimes only 1 or 2. Stigma simple. Caps. 

 roundish, with as many cells as there are styles. Seeds 



