398 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 
§ i. Ascyreia Chois. Prod. Hyp. 
Derivation. From a, not, and skuros, hard; that is to say, plants soft to the touch. 
Sect. Char. Sepals connected at the base, and unequal. Stamens numerous. 
Styles 3to 5. Flowers terminal, large, few, subcorymbose. (Don’s Mill, i. 
p- 601.) 
A. Styles commonly 3. 
vz 1. H.eva‘rum Ait. The tall St. John’s Wort. 
identification, Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 104. ; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 601. 
Engravings. Juss, Ann. du Mus., 3. p. 162. t.17.; Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 85. 
Spec. Char. §c. Younger stems reddish. Leaves ovate-oblong, acute, dilated. 
at the base, somewhat emarginate, with the margins somewhat revolute. 
Flowers corymbose. Peduncles bibracteate. Sepals ovate-oblong. (Don’s 
Mil., i. p. 601.) Height 5 ft. A sub-evergreen shrub, native of North 
America, with yellow flowers in July and August. Introduced in 1762. 
Propagated by layers or division, and of the easiest culture in common 
garden soil. 
y 2. H. urrci‘num L. The Goat-scented. St. John’s Wort. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 1103.; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 602. 
ae Clus.; Androse‘mum fee‘tidum Bauh., Park, and Ray.; Mille Pertuis 4 Odeur 
Engravings. Schkuhr. Handb. 3. t. 213. £.3. ; Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 87.; and our fig. 105. 
Spec. Char. §c. Branches winged. Leaves somewhat 
emarginate at the base, dilated, sessile, acute at the apex, 
ovate-lanceolate, with glandular margins. Peduncles 
bibracteate. Stamens exceeding the corolla in length. 
Seeds 2, appendiculated. (Don’s Mill., i. p. 602.) A 
deciduous undershrub, from the shores of the Mediter- WW 
ranean in 1640, and producing its yellow flowers from “(Jy 
July to September. Height, from 3ft. to 4 ft. The 
leaves of this species, when bruised, have a very dis- 
agreeable smell, resembling that of a goat, whence its 
name. Plants, in London, cost 6d. each; at Bollwyller, 
50 cents. 
Varieties. TH. h. 2 obtusifolium Dec. has blunter leaves than the original 
species, and is found on the mountains of Corsica, on humid rocks. H./. 
3 minus Wats. is a smaller plant than the other, figured in Dendrologia 
Britannica, t. 87. 
gv 3 H. GRANDIFLO‘RUM Chois. The large-flowered St. John’s Wort. 
Identification. Chois, Prod. Hyp., p. 38. t.3.; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 602. 
Synonyme. H. canariénse Willd., not of Lin. 
Engravings. Chois. Prod. Hyp., t. 3. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stem round, reddish. Leaves ovate-oblong, cordate, somewhat clasping, acute at the 
apex, netted with pellucid veins. Flowers corymbose. Peduncles bibracteate. Calyx acutish, re- 
| flexed upon the peduncle after flowering, much shorter than the corolla. (Don’s Mill., i. p. 602.) 
A half-hardy evergreen shrub, from ‘I'eneriffe in 1818, producing its tine large yellow flowers in July 
and August. Height 3ft. It is commonly treated as a green-house plant; but, considering its 
native country, there can be no doubt that it would stand very well against a conservative wall. 
« 4, H, rotio‘sum Ait. The leafy St. John’s Wort. 
Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 1. vol. 3. p. 104.; Don’s Mill, 1. p. 602. 
Synonyme. Shining St. John’s Wort. 
Spec. Char., &c. Branches winged. Leaves sessile, oval-oblong, rather acute, finely perforated. rt 
lanceolate, caducous. (Don’s Mill., i. p. 602.) A deciduous undershrub, introduced from the 
Azores ;in 1778, and producing its yellow flowers in August. Height 2ft. It is commonly treated 
as a green-house plant; but, in a dry sheltered situation, it requires very little protection. 
gu 5. H. FLorisu’Npum Ait. The abundant-flowered St. John’s Wort. 
Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 1. vol. 3. p. 104. ; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 602, 
Synonymes. H. frutéscens Comm. Hort. Amst., p. 137.; many-flowered St. John’s Wort. 
Engravings. Comm, Hort, Amst., t. 68. 
