POLYADELPHIA. POLY ANDRIA. Hypericum, 
ar-shaped, ending ina taper ‘point... Peta/s ribbed 
~~ a of ike with dark purple gr one-of the sides very” 
entire at the edge, the other serrate Stam. 30 or more... Ane 
thers with a globular black gland at the top ‘between. the lobes. 
Germ. egg-shaped, Styles thread-shaped, yellow. Suskeice some. 
times crim: 
te aes St. Fobun’s-wort. 'T. hickets, woods, hedges, dty 
: banks. [Wick Clifts. Mr. Swayne. ] P. July.* 
H. Stem imperfectly 4-edged: leaves blunt: svithiont pel- 
lucid dots: calyx leaves elliptical. “E. bot. 
E. bot. 296, 
Stems several, 2 to 3 feet high; upright, imperfectly 4-cor- 
nered ; sprinkled with black dots. Leaves large, embracing the 
stem, egg-shaped, very thin and skin. ee at the edge, with black 
dots underneath. Ca/yx leafits re blunt, yellow green, marked 
with short black lines. Petals large, very entire, yellow, 
with black lines ge ne: a few eres spots underneath the 
edge. Leers. Mr. Bourne observes that the petals in the, plants 
1. Sewakp of are growing plentifully a A 
A od diganshire, and in Mr. 
Knight’s woods at Downton Castle, near Ludlow, - Dr. 
Smita. See E, bot. In Mr. Digby’ s sisteatien. at Meriden, 
Warwicksh, P. July, Aug. 
649 
du’bium, 
H, Flowers axillary, na stems 2-edged, prostrate, humifu'sum. 
_ thread- ooth. : 
ead-shaped: leaves s 
Curt, 162—F/. dan. 141~Clus. ii. 181. 3—Dod. 76. 2—Lob. ic. 
i. 400. 1-Ger. em. 541. 4—Pet. 60. 8-Trag.72. 2-F. B. 
iii. 386. 1-H, ONe Ve 6. i 
* This plant has long held a place i in the rar medica, but its use 
is very much undetermined. The semi-t t dots on the leaves, 
are the mn tail ofan essential oil. The leaves given in Siretance, # are 
Said to destro . Thefl 
colour, which is probally derived from the little glands upon Bi sate, 
and upon t ges of the petals. Cows, goats, and sheep ea 
th Wales fix sprigs of this plant’over their doors, and sometimes over 
ely windows, in order to purify their houses, and by that means —_ 
away all fiends, on evil spirits, in the same manner as the Druids wer 
accustomed.to do rvain. Birdley' Te 
