S98 ARBORETUM AND FnUTICETUM. PART HI. 



§ I. Ascyreui Cliois. Prod. Hyp. 



Drrivntion. From a, not, and skuros, hard ; that is to sBjr, plants soft to the touch. 



Sccl. Char. Sepals connected at the base, and unequal. Stamens numerous. 

 Styles 3 to b. Flowers terminal, large, few, subcorymbose. {Dun's Mill., i. 

 p. 601.) 



A. Sitflcs commoiUi/ 3. 

 fit I. //. ela'tum Ait. The tall St. John's Wort. 



Idcntifiration. Ait. Hort. Kew.ed. 2. vol 3. p. 104. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. fiOl. 

 Engravings. Jiiss. Ann. du Mus., 3. p. 162. t. 17. ; Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 8j. 



Sjiec. Char. Sfc. 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 

 Mill., 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. 



fit 2. //. HiRCi^NUM L. The Goat-scented St. John's Wort. 



Identification. Lin. .Sp., 1103. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. fi02. 



Synoni/mes. Trigium Clus. ; ^ndrosae'inuinfoe^tidura Baufi., Park, and Rai/.; Millc Pertuis ^ Odeur 



de Uouc, Fr. 

 Engravings. Schkuhr. Handb. 3. t 213. f. 3. ; Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 87. ; and out fig. 105. 



JSpec. Char. Src Branches winged. Leaves somewhat jq^ 

 emarginate at the base, dilated, ses.sile, acute at the apex, 

 ovate-lanceolate, with glandular margins. Peduncles 

 bibracteate. Stamens e.xceeding the corolla in length. 

 Seeds 2, appendiculated. (Don's Mill., i. p. 602.) A 

 deciduous undershitib, from the shores of the Mediter- 

 rancan in 1640, and producing its yellow flowers from ^l 

 July to September. Height, from 3 ft. 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 Gd. each ; at Boliwylier, 

 50 cents. 



Varieties. H. 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 Dcndrologia 

 Britannica, t. 87. 



fit 3 //. gkandiflo'rum Chois. The large-flowered St. John's Wort. 



Jdentificalion. Chois. Prod. Hyp., p. 38. t. 3. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 602. 



Synonyme. H. canari^nse IV'illd., not of Lin. 



Engravings. Chois. Prod. Hyp.,t. 3. 



Spec. Char., S(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. t'lOS.) 

 A half-hardy evergreen shrub, from Tcneriff'c in 1818, producing its tine large yellow flowers in July 

 and Augiist Height 3 fl. 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. 



j« 4. //. folio' SUM Ait. The leafy St. John's Wort. 



Identification. Ait. Hort Kew., cd. 1. vol.3, p. 104. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 602. 



Synonyme. Shining St. John's Wort. 



Spec. Char., S{c. Branches winged. Leaves sessile, oval-oblong, rather acute, finely perforated. Calyi 

 lanceolate, caducous. (Don's Mill., i. p. dOi.) A deciduous undershrub, introduced from the 

 Arores in 1778, and producing iU yellow flowers in August Height 2 ft. It is commonly treated 

 a« a grecn-housc plant ; but, in a dry sheltered situation, it requires very little protection. 



• 5. //. floribu'ndcm Ait. The abundant-flowered St. John's Wort. 



Identification. Ait Hort Kew., cd. 1. vol. 3 p. 104. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 602. 

 Syntmymcs. H. fruti^scens Comm. Hort. Amst., p. 137. ; many-flowered St John'» Wort 

 Engravings. Comm. Hort. Amst, t.68. 



