HYPERICINE^E. I. VISMIA. II. ANDROS^MUM. III. HYPERICUM. 



601 



calyx somewhat hairy ; berry globose ; branches compressed, f? .S. 

 Native of Guiana. Hypericum acuminatum, Lam. diet. 4. p. 150. 



Var. ft, caparbsa (D. C. prod. 1. p. 543.) branches tetragonal; 

 leaves much more hispid on both surfaces. V. caparosa, H. B. 

 et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 4. p. 182. 



^CMOTz'na/ed-leaved Wax-tree. Tree 25 feet. 



18 V. GUINEE'NSIS (Chois. prod. hyp. p. 36.) stem round; 

 branches divaricating ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, soft, and 

 dotted beneath ; petioles thin ; panicles spreading ; calyx ovate- 

 lancfolate ; corolla smooth. Tj . S. Native of Guinea in low 

 lands, near Freetown, Sierra Leone. Hypericum Guineense, Lin. 

 amoen. 8. p. 32. t. 8. f. 1. 



Guinea Wax-tree. Fl. Feb. April. Shrub 4 feet. 



19 V. LATIFOLIA (Chois. prod. hyp. p. 36.) arborescent; 

 leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, somewhat cordate, full of black 

 dots, and covered beneath with short rufescent down, green 

 above ; petioles short, thick ; calyx irregularly vitiate ; bundles 

 of stamens containing about 15 ; styles short, thick. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of Guiana. Hypericum latifolium, Aubl. guian. 2. p. 787. 

 t. 312. f. 1. Petals dotted. 



Broad-leaved Wax-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 



f Species little known, or doubtful whether they belong to this 

 genus. 



20 V. TOMENTOSA (Ruiz et Pav. syst. fl. per. 183.) leaves 

 ovate, acute, downy beneath ; racemes terminal. J? . S. Native 

 of Peru. 



Tbmentose-leaved Wax-tree. Shrub. 



21 V. ? PETIOLA'TA (Chois. prod. hyp. p. 36.) flowers trigy- 

 nous ; leaves ovate, downy beneath ; stem tetragonal, com- 

 pressed, fj . S. Native of Brazil. Hypericum petiolatum, 

 Lin. spec. 1102. 



Stalked-lea\eA Wax-tree. Shrub 6 feet, 



22 V.? ARBORE'SCENS (Chois. prod. hyp. p. 36.) flowers tri- 

 gynous ; leaves elliptical, a little acuminated ; racemes branched ; 

 calyxes and corollas smooth ; fruit capsular. Tj . S. Native 

 of the East Indies. Hypericum arborescens, Vahl. symb. 2. 

 p. 86. 



Arborescent Wax-tree. Shrub 10 feet. 



Cult. The species of Vismia will thrive well in a mixture of 

 loam and peat, and young cuttings will root in sand under a 

 hand-glass, in heat. 



TRIBE II. 



HYPERI'CE^E (plants agreeing with Hypericum in im- 

 portant characters). Chois. prod. hyp. 37. Fruit a capsule. 

 Flowers terminal or axillary, usually corymbose. Herbs or sub- 

 shrubs, usually with sessile leaves. 



II. ANDROS^MUM (from avtp avSpoc, aner andros, a 

 man, andai^a, aima, blood ; the fresh capsules crushed between 

 the fingers bring out a blood-coloured juice.) All. pedm. no. 

 1440. Chois. prod. hyp. 37. D. C. prod. 1. p. 543. 



LIN. SYST. Polyadelphia,Polyandria. Capsule baccate, usually 

 1-celled. Calyx 5-parted, with unequal lobes. Petals 5. Styles 

 3. Stamens numerous, disposed in 3 sets (Smith). A sufFruti- 

 cose plant, with sessile leaves, and terminal, stalked flowers. 



1 A. OFFICINA V LE (All. pedm. no. 1440.) fj . H. Native of 

 the north of Europe, Caucasus, and Greece, in humid places. In 

 Britain in moist woods, Hampstead, Highgate, Norwood, near 

 Berkhamstead, and in Ashridge woods, Norfolk, Worcestershire, 

 Oxfordshire, and Cornwall. In Scotland, as in the woods of 

 Inverary, and at Loch Ransa. Hypericum Androsae'mum, Lin. 

 spec. Smith, engl. bot. 1225. Blackw. t. 94. Stem 2-edged, 

 Flowers yellow. Fruit an ovate capsule, assuming the appear- 

 ance of a berry; at first yellowish-green, then red or brownish- 

 purple, and lastly almost black when ripe. The juice expressed 

 vot. i. PART VH. 



from the leaves is claret-coloured. The leaves were formerly 

 applied to fresh wounds, and hence the French name it la 

 toute same, and the English tutsan. It is also called park- 

 leaves, from its frequently being found in parks. In Italian, 

 Spanish, and Portuguese, it is androsemo ; in German konrad- 

 skraut or standenartige johanniskraut ; in Dutch groobladig 

 fiypericum, or mansbloed. The leaves when bruised have an aro- 

 matic scent. 



Officinal or Common Tutsan. Fl. July. Sept. Britain. Shrub 

 3 feet. 



Cult. This plant will grow well under shrubs or trees. It 

 is easily increased by dividing the plants at the root early in 

 spring, or by seeds. 



III. HYPE'RICUM (according to Linnaeus this name is said 

 to be derived from virep, uper, under, and einuv, eicon, an image ; 

 that is to say, the superior part of the flower represents a figure). 

 Lin. gen. no. 902. Juss. gen. p. 255. Chois. prod. hyp. p. 37. 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 545. 



LIN. SYST. Polyadelphia, Polyandria. Capsule membran- 

 aceous. Stamens numerous, free or joined at the base into 

 3 or 5 bundles. Petals 5. Sepals 5, more or less connected at 

 the base, unequal, rarely equal. Styles 3-5, rarely connate in 

 one, permanent. Capsule 1 or many-celled, many-seeded, 3-5- 

 valved. Integument of seed double. Albumen none. Embryo 

 with the radicle situated at the umbilicus, and with semi-cylin- 

 drical cotyledons. Herbs or under-shrubs. Leaves opposite, 

 sessile or sub-sessile, usually full of pellucid and black dots on 

 their edges, lodging an essential oil. Flowers variously disposed, 

 solitary, tern, cymose, corymbose panicled, rarely umbellate, 

 usually yellow. 



SECT. I. ASCYRE'IA (from a priv. and aicvpof, hard ; that is to 

 say, plants soft to the touch). Chois. prod. hyp. p. 38. Sepals 

 connected at the base and unequal. Stamens numerous. Styles 

 3-5. Flowers commonly terminal, large, few, sub-corymbose. 



* Styles commonly 3. 



1 H. ELA'TUM (Ait. hort. kew, ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 104.) 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. 

 T2 . S. Native of North America. Juss. ann. du. mus. 3. p. 

 162. t. 17. Wats. dend. brit. t. 85. 



Tall St. John's- wort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1762. Shrub 5 ft. 



2 H. FRONDOSUM (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 81.) branches 2- 

 edged ; leaves ovate-elongated, blunt at the apex, narrowed at 

 the base ; flowers large, usually solitary ; calyx equalling or ex- 

 ceeding the petals in length; styles united together. 1. H. Na- 

 tive of North America on shady rocks in Kentucky and Ten- 

 nessee. 



Frondose St. John's-wort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1806. PI. 5 ft. 



3 H. SESsiLiFLORUM(Willd. herb, ex Spreng. syst. 3. p. 346.) 

 branches round ; leaves stem-clasping, cordate-oblong, without 

 nerves, dotted ; corymb terminal ; flowers nearly sessile ; sepals 

 oblong, acute, leafy, much longer than the corolla ; styles joined. 

 If. . H. Native of North America. 



Sessile-flowered St. John's-wort. PI. 3 feet. 



4 H. AMCE'NUM (Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 375.) branches 2- 

 edged ; leaves oblong-elliptical, bluntish at the apex, but taper- 

 ing to the base, with curled revolute margins ; flowers terminal, 

 usually solitary ; sepals ovate, acuminated, never equal in length 

 with the corolla ; styles connected together. If. . H. Native of 

 South Carolina and Georgia. Flowers large, bright yellow, with 

 red ovaries. 



Pleasing St. John's-wort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1812. PI. 2 ft. 

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