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XVIII. POLYADELPHIA. 



1. POLYANDRIA. 



IIyferictjm, Col. r)-parfite. Pel. 5, FUcnvents manv, 

 united at the base, in 3 — 5 bundles. Caps, ir.any-seeded, 

 superior. 



1. POLYANDRIA. 



1. HYPERICUM. 



* Styles r>. 



1. H. calycmum {large -flowered St, Johiis-wort), styles 5, 

 flowers solitary, se^^ments of tlie cal. unequal obovate obtuse, 

 leaves oblong, stem shrubby branched square. E. B. I. 2017. 



Hab. Woods above Largs, perfectly indigenous^ Ilopk. Tliis is a 

 native of Greece, not at all of the intermediate country, France ; and 

 I fear not really wild in any part of Britain. Fl. July — Sept. 1/. 



Flowers very large, yellow. Bundles of stam. 5. — A common orna- 

 ment in shrubberies. 



* Styles 3. 



f Cal. segments entire at the margins. 



^. H. Androscemvm (Tutsan), styles 3, capsule pulpy, stem 

 shrubby compressed, cal. leaflets unequal, leaves ovate sessile. 

 Light/, p. 4 1 5 . E. B. t. 1 225. 



Hab. Woods, l?ut not very common. At Inverary, and at Loch 

 Ransa in the Isle of Arran, LigUf. It appears to be not uncommon 

 on the western side of Scotland, though I have no stations indicated 

 in the eastern parts. FL July. 1/ . 



Two feet high. Leaves large. Cymes of rather large, yellow flowers, 

 terminal. Berry black, 



3. H. quadrangulum {square St. JoJm's-ivort), styles 3, stem 

 herbaceous 4 -angular somewhat branched, leaves ovate with 

 pellucid dots, cal. leaves lanceolate. Lightfl. p. 416. E. B. 

 t.370. 



Hab. Moist jxistures, sides of ditches and rivulets. Fl. July. If. . 

 One foot high. Panicles terminal. 



4. H. perforatum {perflorated St. Johu's^rvort), styles 3, stem 

 compressed, leaves elliptico- oblong obtuse with pellucid dots, 

 cal. leaves lanceolate. Light/, p. 416. E. B. I. 295. 



Hab. Woods, thickets and hedges. F/. July. %. 

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

 black glands on the tips of the calyx, corolla, and often in the leaves, 



5. H. duhium {imper/orate St. Joh?i' s-wort) , stem obsoletely 

 quadrangular, leaves elliptical-ovate obtuse destitute of pellu- 

 cid dots, cal. leaves elliptical. E. B. t. 296. 



