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HYPERICUM. 



Stamens in 3 bundles, 194 



Stamens in 5 bundles, 193 . . H. Androsaemum. 



194 Margins of sepals without glands, 195 



194 Margins of sepals with glandular teeth, 196 



195 Stem erect with 2 ridges, ... H. perforatum. 



195 Stem erect 4-angled, . . 197* 



195 Stem weak prostrate, .... H. humifusum. 



196 Stem hairy, j ^^^^^' glabrous above, . . . . H. hirsutum. 



■"I Leaves woolly, H. Elodes. 



196 Stem glabrous, 197 



197 Leaves cordate. Buds tipped with red, . . H. pulchrum. 



197 Leaves oblong, margins with black glands, H. montanum. 



i97*Sepals obtuse, ........ H. dubium. 



i97*Sepals acute, ....... H. quadrangulum. 



HYPER'ICUM DUB'IUM (76). Imperforate St. John's Wort. 7—8. 

 (264) Stem erect wiih 4 ridges, leaves ovate oblong without transparent dots. 



HYPER'ICUM PERFORA'TUM (97). St. John's Wort. 7—9. 



(263) Stem erect with 2 ridges, leaves oblong obtuse with transparent dots, 

 secondary nerves opaque. Thickets. Fig. p. 42. 



HYPER'ICUM QUADRANG'ULUM (71). Square-stalked St. John's 



(264) Wort. 7 — 9. Stem erect with 4 ridges, leaves ovate oblong with 

 transparent dots, secondary nerves transparent. Moist places. 



HYPER'ICUM PUL'CHRUM (III). Small St. John's Wort. 7—8. 



(269) Stem round glabrous erect, leaves cordate obtuse with transparent 

 dots, upper leaves oblong. Coitwioiis. 



HYPER'ICUM HUMIFU'SUM (95). Trailing St. John's Wort. 7—8. 

 (267) Stems many procumbent leafy 4 — 10 inches long, leaves oblong with- 

 out transparent dots. 



HYPER'ICUM HIRSU'TUM {,Z(>). Hairy St. John's Wort. 7—8. 



(270) Stems erect hairy, leaves ovate shortly stalked with transparent dots. 



Hyper'icum monta'num (44). Mountain St. John's Wort. 7 — 8. Stem 



(271) erect glabrous, leaves ovate sessile, margin with black glands. 



[G. {Malham Cove, Gordaky Ingleton), CI. 



HYPER'ICUM ANDROSiE'MUM (74). Tutsan. 6—8. Shrubby 

 (259) glabrous, stem i — 2 ft., leaves ovate, sepals 5 unequal without 



glandular teeth, petals deciduous, stamens cohering at the base only 



in 5 bundles. Hedges and Thickets. 



HYPER'ICUM ELO'DES (60). 7—8. Stem 3—8 in. many creeping, 



(272) leaves woolly orbicular semiamplexicaul, sepals equal fringed with 

 glandular teeth, petals pale-yellow persistent, stamens 15 in 3 bundles 

 alternating with bifid hypogynous scales. Bogs, ditches, and zuet moors. 



H. Calycinum, with flowers 3 — 4 in. diameter, is cultivated in gardens, as 

 well as several other species. 



