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HYPERICINEM. 



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\A. Natural Order, Hype7'icine(2. — The St. John's Wort 



Family. 

 Herbs, shrubs, or rarely trees, with opposite, undivided 

 leaves. Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx imbricate. 

 Type — Hypericum japonicimi. 

 A low, procumbent or ascending, perennial, glabrous 

 herb, with opposite, entire, dotted leaves, and small, 

 yellow, terminal, cymose flowers. 



Fig. 1x1. Vertical section of flower of a species of Hypericum. 



Observe the immersed glands of the leaves, shown as 



