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ON HYPERICUM LINEOLATUM. 277 
ing to upwards of 380,000, sent to public and private Herbaria and 
Museums; this is exclusive of the North American Boundary Line 
collections of Dr. Lyall, amounting to upwards of 3000, all named at 
Kew and distributed by himself, at the expense of the Admiralty. 
In conclusion, I would here record our great obligations to the Se- 
cretaries of State for Colonial and Foreign Affairs, the Board of Trade, 
the First Lord of the Admiralty; and to the Peninsular and Oriental 
Steamship and other Companies for essential aid in the transit of cases 
of Plants, etc., free or at reduced rates. 
ON HYPERICUM LINEOLATUM. 
Bx J. G. BAKER, Esa. 
The following is a translation of the descriptions of Hypericum 
perforatum and lineolatum given in the third edition of Boreau’s 
eet vol. ii. p. 123:— 
ill. p. 343.—Rootstock branched, sie 
ewe stem li to 2 feet high, PETI branched at the summit, furnished with 
oblong. oval, charged on the odka with round ganda and on the back with 
k li Capsule bearing on the sides of the yalves somewhat prominent, 
reddish, Eea oblique, genda rugosities. Seeds "brownish-black, 
linear-oblong, almost straight, finely celled 
* H. perforatum, L. Sp. 1105. 3 Boose firm, branched. Stem 1 to 2% 
feet high, straight, branched, glabrous, winged with two prominent lines. Leaves 
rae , oval-oblong, narrowed into an obtuse point, thickly covered with glan- 
ular translucid dots and few. black . Panicle ho 
no bose or pyramidal at the top Mu uj longer than the calyx. 
Sepals lanceolate, gradually narrowe n acute point, © dotted with 
: n 
black on the back. Petals yellow, obovate, Ait tio at the edges, but 
not rayed with black. Capsule oval, bearing on the sides of the valves linear, 
elongated, reddish, glandular rugosities. Styles long, divergent, with red stig- 
Mas. Seeds oval-oblong, finely celled.” 
I have not seen authenticated specimens of the French M. lineolatum, 
but it is stated to be more common in some parts of Belgium than the 
