400 POLYADELPHiA POLYANDRTA. Hypericum. 



1. H. cernuum. Roxb. 



Slirubby, branchlets drooping-. Leaves sessile, broad-lan- 

 ceolate. F/o?cers terminal, sub-solitary. Styles five. 



Asiat. Res. vi. p. 3G9. 



A native of the mountains between Hurdvvar and Slireena- 

 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 6r«wc/ie5 numerous from the same root, ris- 

 ing in every direction, soon dividing into numerous long, 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. Floicers 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- 

 tals obliquely-oblong, four times longer than the calyx. Fi- 

 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- 

 mens. 



This is so nearly allied to the plant I have taken for II. 

 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. monogynum. Willd. iii. 1442. 



Shrubby. Leaves sessile, linear-oblong. Corymbs termi- 

 nal. Stamina the length of the petals. Style single. Stigma 

 five-cleft. 



