118 HYPERICACE.E. 



styles 3 or rarely 5 ; capsule 3-celled. (Name, hypericon, 

 the Greek name of the plant.) 



1. HYP^RICUM (St. John's Wort). 

 5. 



1. H. calycinum (Large-flowered St. John's Wort). 

 Stems single-flowered. A low shrub, with oblong, blunt 

 leaves 'and large yellow flowers, which are very handsome, 

 especially before the anthers have shed their pollen. 

 Common in gardens and shrubberies, and naturalized in 

 several places. Fl. July September. Perennial. 



** Styles 3, sepals not fringed. 



2. H.Androscemum( Common Tutsan). Stem shrubby, 

 two-edged \ leaves egg-shaped, sessile ; sepals unequal ; 

 capsule berry-like. Woods and hedges, but not common, 

 except in Devon and Cornwall. A handsome shrubby 

 plant, 2 3 feet high, conspicuous with clusters of 

 largish yellow flowers, and afterwards with glossy, 

 berry-like capsules. The leaves have a strong resinous 

 smell, which they retain for some time after drying. 

 Fl. July. Perennial. Shrub. 



3. H. quadrdngulum (Square-stalked St. John's Wort). 

 Stem herbaceous, erect, with 4 somewhat winged 

 angles, branched ; leaves oblong, egg-shaped, with pellu- 

 cid dots ; sepals erect, lanceolate. Wet places, common, 

 growing 1 2 feet high, with flat panicles of yellow 

 flowers. July, August. Perennial. 



4. H. perfordtum (Perforated St. John's Wort). . 

 Stem herbaceous, erect, 2-edged ; leaves elliptic-oblong, 

 copiously perforated with pellucid dots ; sepals erect, 

 lanceolate, acute. Woods and hedges, common ; easily 

 distinguished from all the other smaller species of St. 

 John's Wort by its decidedly 2-edged stem ; 2 feet 

 high. Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



5. H. diibium (Imperf orate St. John's Wort). Stem 

 herbaceous, erect, 4-sided, with rounded angles , leaves 



