4 ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



tribus fulcls per longitudinem decur- 

 rentibus. 

 Semina plurima," parva, obtufe cylindrica, 

 receptaculo proprio per funem umbi- 

 licalem breviiTimum in duobus ordini-^ 

 bus adhaerentia. 



1. Hypericum inter polyadelphia polyan- 

 d?'ia collocat celeberrimas Linn^us j 

 et Optimo quidem jure : nam, in qua- 

 cunque re variant inter fe diverlae hu- 

 jus fpecies, conftanter tamen exiftunt 

 iilamenta numerofa j at in hacce planta 

 femper novem inveniuntur iilamenta, 

 et Temper in tria corpora vel fafciculos 

 concrefcunt. 



2. In hyperico nunquam occurrunt ne5ia- 



rea j at in anonymo femper exiftunt 

 tria, confpicua, et ftamina ab invicem 

 feparantia. 



3. Germen et pericarpium figura fubro- 



tunda donantur ; at in anonymo uter- 

 que triquetra forma gaudet. 



4. In hyperico^ calyx perianth, quinque- 



partitum ; at in anonymo., perianth, 

 pentaphyllum. 



