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half as long as the petals. Capsule ovoid, 5-celled towards the base. 

 DISTRIB. S.E. Europe. 



SECTION 2. Sepals 5, connate at the base. Petals persistent. Stamens 

 cohering in 3 bundles at the very base only, without intervening glands. 

 Ovary completely 3-celled. Capsule septicidal. 



* Margins of sepals entire or toothed, eglandular. 



2. H. perfora'tum, L. ; stem erect with 2 ridges, leaves oblong ob- 

 tuse with pellucid glands, secondary nerves opaque, sepals erect lanceolate. 

 Woods, copses, and hedgebanks ; ascends to near 1,000 ft. in Yorkshire ; fl. 



July-Sept. Glabrous. Stems 1-3 ft., branched above, slender, strict, light 

 brown. Leaves f-1 in., obtuse; glands black. Cymes corymbose, many- 

 flowered. Flowers 1 in. diam. Sepals acute, entire or slightly serrate. 

 Petals much longer. Capsule transversely wrinkled ; valves with 2 glandular 

 lines on the back. DISTRIB. Europe (Arctic), N. Africa, Siberia, W. Asia 

 to the Himalaya ; introd. in U. States. 



3. H. quadrang'ulum, L. ; stem erect with 4 lines or ridges above, 

 leaves ovate-oblong, cauline subamplexicaul with pellucid glands, 

 primary and secondary nerves transparent. 



Copses and moist places ; fl. July-Sept. Very variable, habit of H. perfora- 

 tum. DISTRIB. Europe (Arctic) to the Caucasus (excl. Turkey), N. Africa, 

 Siberia, W. Asia. 



Sub-sp. DU'BTUM, Leers (sp.) ; leaves with few pellucid glands, sepals patent 

 and recurved with black glands on the back, petals oblong obtuse quite 

 entire, style as long as the capsule. VAR. macula'tum, Bab. ; sepals oblong- 

 lanceolate acute slightly toothed. 



Sub-sp. 2. TETRAP'TERUM, Fries (sp. ) ; leaves with many pellucid glands, 

 sepals erect lanceolate acuminate quite entire, styles half as long as the 

 capsule. Ascends to 1,200 ft. in Yorkshire. 



Sub-sp. 3. TTNDULA'TUM, Schousb. (sp. ) ; leaves with many pellucid glands and 

 black glands beneath, sepals ovate-lanceolate acuminate often crenate, 

 styles not half as long as the capsule. H. bceticitm, Boiss. Bogs, Plymouth 

 and Cornwall. 



4. H. humifusum, L.; stems many procumbent with 2 raised lines, 

 leaves oblong without pellucid glands, margins often revolute with black 

 glands, cymes forked, sepals unequal. 



Roadsides, commons, &c.; ascends to near 1,000 ft. in Yorkshire ; fl. July- 

 Aug. Perennial, glabrous. Brandies 4-10 in., very many, compressed, 

 curving upwards, leafy. Leaves -^ in. Flower %-% in. diam. DISTRIB. 

 Europe from Denmark southwards (excl. Turkey), Canaries, and Azores. 

 ** Margins of sepals with glandular teeth. 



5. H. linarifo'lium, Vahl ; stems ascending terete, leaves linear ob- 

 tuse, margins revolute, sepals lanceolate acute. H. Knearifolium, DC., &c. 

 Rocky banks, Cape Cornwall, and on the Teign, Tamar and Tavey, Devon ; 



Channel Is.; fl. June-July. St&ns 6-15 in., many from the roots, leafy. 

 Leaves ^-1 in. Cymes few-flowered. Flowers \ in. diam. Petals twice as long 

 as the sepals, with black marginal glands. Stamens few. Styles short. 

 DISTRIB. S.W. and S. Europe, Canaries. Syme finds in Jersey the H. de- 

 ciiin/ifiix (Petermann) growing with this, intermediate between it and 

 H. I, un, if us am. 



