Hypericum.] RYPERICINE^E. •''•' 



July. T?.— Two feet high. Leaves large. Cymes of rather large 

 flowers, terminal. Berry black. 



3. H. quadrangulum, Linn. Square-stalked St. John? s-wort. 

 Styles 3; stem herbaceous, 4-angled somewhat branched; 

 leaves ovate with pellucid dots ; sepals lanceolate. Br. FL I. p. 

 335. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 324. E. Bot. t. 370. 



Moist pastures, sides of ditches and rivulets, frequent. Fl. July. %. 

 One foot to two feet high. Panicles terminal. 



4. H. perforatum, Linn. Common perforated St. John" s-wort. 

 Styles 3 ; stem two-edged ; leaves elliptic-oblong, obtuse, with 

 pellucid dots; segments of the calyx lanceolate. Br. Fl. 1. p. 

 335. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 325. E. Bot. t. 295. 



Woods, thickets, and hedges, &c. frequent. Fl. July. %. — One 

 foot to two feet or more high, branched. There are minute dots on 

 the tips of the calyx, corolla, and often on the leaves. This plant 

 was formerly in great repute for its supposed tonic or stimulating qua- 

 lities ; it was also esteemed as a vulnerary, and became the " balm of 

 the warrior's wound." 



5. H. dubium, Linn. Imperforate St. John's-wort. Styles 3 ; 

 stem obsoletely quadrangular ; leaves elliptic-ovate, obtuse, des- 

 titute of pellucid dots ; segments of the calyx elliptical. Br. 

 Fl. 1. p. 336. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 326. E. Bot. t. 296. 



Rather mountainous woods, but no where in great plenty. Ditch 

 banks between Cullenagh and Stradbally ; near Innistiogue, County 

 of Kilkenny, and ditch banks on the road-side between Powerscourt 

 gate and the lower Dargle gate. Fl. July, Aug. %.— Similar in 

 many respects to the last ; for which, perhaps, it is not unfrequently 

 mistaken. Corolla often marked with small black dots. 



6. H. humifusum, Linn. Trailing St. John's-wort. Styles 3 ; 

 flowers terminal, subcymose ; stem compressed, prostrate ; 

 leaves oblong, obtuse, glabrous. Br. FL I. p. 336. E. FL v. 

 iii. p. 326, E.Bot. t. 1226. 



Gravelly, boggy pastures, and road-sides, frequent. Fl. July. 

 %.—Stem slender, about a span long. Corolla with black dots, as 

 well as the calyx, on which they are frequently seen near the edge, 

 but not so distinctly so as in those of the next section. 



* * * Styles 3. Margins of the calycine segments with glandular 

 serratures. 



7. H. hirsutum, Linn. Hairy St. Johns-wort. Styles 3 ; 

 calyx with (black) glandular serratures ; stem erect, rounded, 

 pubescent ; leaves ovate, slightly downy beneath. Br. Fl. 1. p. 

 336. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 328. E. Bot. t. 1 16. 



Woods and thickets. Plentiful at the Salmon-leap, near Leixlip, 

 and at Woodlands. At Macedon Point, near Belfast ; Mr. Templeton. 

 Fl. July. %.~ Two feet high. Leaves rather large, more or less 

 downy, especially beneath. 



8. H. pidchrum. Linn. Small upright St. John's-wort. 



