68 " ELA TIM-:.!'. 



unequal. Petals pink, longer than the sepals. DISTRIB. Europe, from 



Holland southwards to Lombardy and Hungary (excl. Spain), Azores. 



2. E. Hydropi'per, L. ; flowers sessile 4-rnerous, capsule subglobose, 



seeds 4 in each cell hooked pendulous. 



Muddy ponds, very rare, Trencham pond, Farnham ; Llyn-Cwm, Anglesea ; 

 Lough Neagh, and Lagan Canal, Ireland ; fl. July-Aug. Extremely similar 

 in general appearance to E. lutxandra. DISTRIB. Euroi>e to S. Russia (excl. 

 Spain, Greece, Turkey, and Denmark). 



ORDER XVI. HYPERICI NE^S. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves opposite, often covered with pellucid 

 glands, entire or glandular-toothed, exstipulate. Flowers terminal, cymose, 

 rarely axillary. Sepals 5, rarely 4, imbricate in bud. Petals as many, 

 hypogynous, usually twisted in bud. Stamens many, rarely few, united 

 in bundles ; anthers versatile. Itisk obscure or of interstaminal glands. 

 Ovary of 3-5 carpels, 1- or 3-5-celled ; styles as many, filiform, stigmas 

 terminal ; ovules few or many, on parietal or axile placentas, anatro]>u>. 

 raphe lateral or superior. Fruit a septicidal capsule, rarely a berry. 

 exalbumiuous ; embryo straight or curved. DISTRIB. Temp, and motmtailu 

 of warm regions; genera 8; species 210. AFFINITIES. Close with Gultiferee 

 and Tcrnstrasmiacce, less close with Elatinece. PROPERTIES. I)rastic pur- 

 gatives, astringents, and tonics. 



1. HYPER'ICUM, L. ST. JOHN'S WORT. 



>s, shrubs, or small trees. Leaves sessile, often gland-dotted. 



-> cymose, yellow. Sepals 5. Petals 5, generally very oblique. Ovary 

 1 -celled with 3 or 5 parietal, or 3-5-celled with axile placentas ; styles 

 distinct or combined ; ovules many in the cells, rarely ftw. Capsule, 

 M-pti'-idal, phrrntiis adhering to the edges of the valves or to tin- a\i>. 

 Meeds oblong ; embryo straight or incurved. DISTKIB. All temp, regions ; 

 . ETYM. obscure. 



SKITIOX 1. Sepals 5, -unequal. Petals deciduous. Stamens cohering in 



5 bundles at the very base only, without intervening glands. o,-/<,-// 



ineompletly 3- or 5-celled. 



L H. Androsae'mum, L. ; shrubby, leaves ovate subcordate, cymes 



corymbose few-flowered, petals very oblique, styles 3 recurved. Tutsan. 



Hedges and thickets, from Ross southwards ; fl. June-Aug. Glabrous. M- , 

 l-'J ft., compressed, 4-angled. Leaves 1-3 in., obtuse or acute, glands very 

 minute, close. . F lovers J-^ in. diam. Sepals obtuse, glandular, but not on 

 the margins, about as long a* the petals and stamens. Jiern/ globose, black, 

 incompletely 3-celled. DISTRIB. Mid. and S. Europe, N. Africa, W. Asia. 

 II. i ALYCI'NUM, L.; shrubby, leaves sessile oblong obtuse, flowers sub- 



solitary, styles 5 straight. 



Hedges and thickets, in various places, undoubtedly naturalized ; fl. July- 

 Sept. Glabrous, extensively creeping. Stem 10-16 in., subsimple, com- 

 pressed, 4-angled. Leaves 2-4 in., coriaceous, glands rather large, scat- 

 tered. Flotren 3-4 in. broad, shortly peduncled. Outer sepals orbicular, 



