126 BRITISH BOTANY. 



H. pulchrum, Sm. Elegant St. John's-wort. — e.b. 1227. 

 L.B.S. 220. 



A. 18. C. 82. Lat. 50-61°. Alt. 0-750 yds. Tern. 52-40°. 



Stems ascending or erect, simple or branched, glabrous, leafy. 

 Leaves ovate, clasping, usually coriaceous, with transparent, nearly 

 marginal dots^ middle nerve only prominent. Flowers in lateral 

 cymes, arranged in a narrow panicle, on pedicels shorter than the 

 calyxes. Sepals obovate, or nearly orbicular, fringed with sessile 

 glands. — The colour of the plant is more or less reddish. 



On heaths, and open dry places. Perennial ; July-Sept. 



Supposed to be the commonest of the species of this genus, as 

 it appears to have the widest range. 



H.hirsutum, L. Hairy St. John's -wort. — e.b. 1156. l.b.s. 221. 

 A. 15. C. 60. Lat. 50-58°. Alt. 0-150 yds. Tern. 51-46 (45 ?)°. 



Stems erect, quite round, hairy, usually branched, leafy. 

 Leaves ovate or oblong, nearly sessile, with several prominent 

 nerves, and with minute, transparent dots, which are scarcely 

 visible to the unassisted eye. Flowers in rather compact tufts, 

 in an elongate, pyramidal panicle. Sepals linear-lanceolate, Avith 

 prominent, blunt nerves^ and fringed by a series of black, shortly 

 stipitate glands. Capsule bluntly 3-angular, twice as long as the 

 calyx, which closely embraces its lower part. 



Hedges and shady places, on a calcareous or cretaceous soil. 

 Perennial ; July, August. 



H. montanum, L. Mountain St. John's-wort. — e.b. 371. 

 L.B.S. 222. 



A. 12. C. 30. Lat. 50-55°. Alt. 0-200 yds. Tern. 50-47°. 



Stems erect, simple, round, tapering, glabrous, without pro- 

 minent lines, leafy. Leaves oblong-ovate or oblong-lanceolate, 

 with prominent nerves, and small pellucid dots, and often with 

 black marginal dots. Flowers in terminal, dense corymbs. Sepals 

 linear-lanceolate, fringed with black, stipitate glands. 



Woods and shady places, on a chalky soil, not uncominon. 

 Perennial ; July-September. 



Sect. II. Stamens in 5 parcels. Capsule l-ceUed, opening at the apex, or not 

 opening. 



H. calycinum, Lin. Large-flowered St. John's-wort. — e.b. 

 2017. 



Alien ? 

 Root creeping extensively. Stems shrubby, with square, leafy 



