oes POPULAR FIELD BOTANY. 
wort. This species, like the last, has transparent dots on 
its leaves, but it differs in having a two-edged stem, and 
minute black spots on the calyx, corolla, and often on 
the leaves. It is about two feet high, and its bright yellow 
flowers on the top of the stalk are conspicuous in the woods, 
thickets, and hedges where it grows. 
Hypericum uumirusum. Trailing St. John’s-wort. This 
is well named “ trailing,” for it hes flat on the ground, 
spreading out its delicate branches all round the root. Its 
small flowers are very pretty, and it is not uncommon in 
sandy and gravelly soils, or on stone walls. ‘The corolla and 
calyx are spotted with black like the last. 
Hypericum putcurum. Small upright St. John’s-wort. 
Frequent in dry woods and heaths, and distinguished by the 
leaves clasping the stem, and the flowers being very beautiful, 
in a loose bunch, yellow, and tipped with red whilst im bud. 
The anthers are also red. 
SYNGENESIA. /MQUALIS. 
COROLLIFLORZ. ASTERACES. 
CICORIUM. (Wuitp Succory.) 
Generic Character. Jnvolucre of eight scales, surrounded by 
