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HYPERICINEjE. III. HYPERICUM. 



fields near the town of St. Paul. Stamens polyadelphous to 

 the middle. 



Fine-leaved St. Jolm's-wort. Fl. Mar. Shrub f to ^ foot. 



70 H. GLAU'CUM (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 78.) stem round ; 

 leaves cordate, stem-clasping, obtuse, with revolute margins, 

 glaucous, full of pellucid dots ; flowers in very leafy panicles ; 

 sepals ovate, obtuse ; stamens very numerous. Tf. . F. Native 

 of Florida. Flowers large. 



Glaucous-leaved St. John's-wort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1812. 

 PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



71 H NUDIFLORUM (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 78.) stem te- 

 tragonal and winged ; leaves ovate-oblong, obtuse, full of sharp 

 dots ; panicle of flowers naked ; sepals linear-lanceolate, acute ; 

 styles connected together. 1(. . H. Native of North America, 

 particularly in Carolina. Flowers pale-yellow. 



Var. ft, ovatum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 548.) sepals ovate ; leaves 

 stem-clasping. H. laevigatum, Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. 

 p. 425. 



Var. y, ramosum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 548.) stem more branched 

 and leafy. 



Naked-flowered St. John's-wort. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1811. 

 PI. \\ foot. 



72 H. SPH^EROCA'RPON (Mich. bor. amer. 2. p. 78.) stem an- 

 gular, erect ; leaves oblong, obtuse, sessile, without dots ; panicle 

 naked, dichotomous ; sepals linear-lanceolate, acute ; styles 

 connected together ; capsules globose. If. , H. Native of 

 North America in Kentucky and near Philadelphia. 



Nuttall gives the following character : stem 2-edged at the 

 top ; leaves oblong, full of pellucid dots, obtuse ; cymes naked, 

 compact ; calyx foliaceous, at first shorter than the petals ; 

 styles 3, united or distinct ; stamens shorter than the petals ; 

 not very numerous ; capsule globose. 



Round-capsuled St. John's-wort. PL 1-J foot. 



73 H. GRAMI'NEUM (Forst. prod. 53.) stem tetragonal, dicho- 

 tomous ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, stem-clasping, sessile, without 

 pellucid dots ; peduncles terminal, solitary, 1-flowered ; sepals 

 linear-lanceolate; styles short, free; stigmas capitate. Tf.. H. 

 Native of New Caledonia. 



Grassy St. John's-wort. PI. 1 foot. 



74 H. FASTIGIA'TUM (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 

 195.) stem straight, branched at the top ; leaves oblong-lanceo- 

 late, with revolute edges ; sepals linear-lanceolate ; stigmas 

 somewhat funnel-shaped ; branchlets fastigiate. If. . H. Native 

 of Mexico near Pazcuaro. 



Fastigiate-bmnchei St. John's-wort. PI. 2 feet. 



75 H. QOADRA'NGULUM (Lin. spec. 11 04.) stem quadrangular, 

 straight, branched ; leaves ovate, obtuse, full of pellucid dots, 

 and with black dots on the edges ; panicle many-flowered ; 

 sepals lanceolate ; anthers each tipped with dark purple glands. 

 "!(.. H. Native throughout Europe in moist meadows and 

 thickets. Plentiful in Britain. Smith, engl. bot. t. 370. Curt, 

 lond. fasc. 4. t. 52. Fl. dan. t. 640. Petals sometimes dotted, 

 and streaked with dark purple. Root somewhat creeping. 



Var. ft, undulatum (Willd. enum. p. 811.) leaves with wavy 

 edges. Tf.. H. Native of the South of Europe and north of 

 Africa. 



Quadrangular-stemmed St. John's-wort or St. Peter's-wort. 

 Fl. July, Aug. Brit. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



76 H. DU'BIUM (Leers. 162. Willd. spec. 3. p. 1460.) stem 

 obscurely quadrangular, erect, branched ; leaves obtuse, almost 

 destitute of pellucid dots, but commonly with a broken row of 

 coloured ones close to the margin ; sepals elliptical ; panicles 

 many-flowered. If.. H. Native of Europe in rather moun- 

 tainous groves and thickets. In England, about Sapey, near 

 Clifton, Worcestershire ; Luton, Bedfordshire ; North Mimms, 

 Herts ; at Dowton Castle, near Ludlow, and Hafod, Cardigan- 



shire, very abundantly. Smith, engl. bot. t. 296. H. Delphi- 

 nense, Vill. dauph. 3. p. 497. t. 44. H. quadrangulum, ft 

 dubium, D. C. prod. 1. p. 548. The petals and calyx are 

 blotched and dotted with dark-purple. 



Var. ft, maculatum (Crantz. austr. fasc. 2. p. 64.) stems more 

 branched; flowers more numerous; petals with black dots. 

 If.. H. Native of Europe in groves and thickets, particularly 

 in Austria and France. H. maculatum, Vill. dauph. no. 1433. 

 t. 83. f. 1 . 



Doubtful or Imperforated St. John's-wort. Fl. July, Aug. 

 Britain. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



77 H. CONFE'RTUM ; stem almost simple, quadrangular, winged, 

 destitute of black dots ; leaves short, obtuse, nearly destitute of 

 pellucid dots, but with an irregular row of black ones near the 

 margin; sepals acute, with pellucid dots. If.. H. Native of 

 Europe. H. quadrangulum, var. S, confertum, D. C. prod. 1, 

 p. 448. Panicles crowded. Petals without dots. 



Crowded-flowered St. John's-wort. Fl. July, Aug. PL 1 to 

 2 feet. 



78 H. TETRA'PTERUM (Fl. nov. suec. vol. 2. Schlecht. Lin- 

 nsea. 4. p. 413.) stem 4-winged ; leaves ovate, obtuse, some- 

 what mucronulate, full of minute pellucid dots, very much reti- 

 culated ; segments of the calyx lanceolate, mucronate. I/ . H. 

 Native of Europe, Sweden, &c. Flowers small. H. quadran- 

 gulum, Schlecht. fl. berl. 1. p. 397. 



Four-winged-stemmed St. John's-wort. PL 2 feet. 



79 H. TETRA'PTERA-QUADRA'NGULUM (Schlecht. 1. c. p. 414.) 

 stem obsoletely quadrangular ; leaves elliptic, full of pellucid 

 dots, reticulately veined ; calycine segments broad-lanceolate, 

 acute. Tf. . H. Native with the last. There is a variety with 

 less membranous angles, less reticulated leaves, and oblong, 

 blunt, calycine segments, and larger flowers. 



I'our-ninged-four-angled-stemmed St. John's-wort. FL June, 

 July. PL 1| foot. 



80 H. PERFORA'TO-QUADRA'NGULUM (Schlecht. 1. c. p. 415.) 

 stem obsoletely quadrangular ; leaves elliptic, full of pellucid 

 dots, reticulately veined ; calycine segments lanceolate or oblong- 

 elliptic, acutish. "If. . H. Native of Sweden ? Flowers large. 

 There is a variety with dotless leaves. 



Perforated-quadrangular St. John's-wort. Fl. June, July. 

 PL \\ foot. 



81 H. ATTENUA'TUM (Chois. prod. hyp. p. 47. t. 6.) stem 

 round, erect, full of black dots ; leaves ovate-oblong, obtuse, 

 somewhat stem-clasping, full of black dots ; sepals lanceolate, 

 with black dots ; petals with black dots at the apex. Tf. . H. 

 Native of Siberia. 



Tapering St. John's-wort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1822. PL 

 1 to 1| foot. 



82 H. RE'PENS (Lin. spec. 1103.) stem suffruticose, round, 

 purplish, ascending and prostrate ; leaves ovate-linear, obtuse, 

 approximate, scarcely perforated ; corymbs few-flowered ; sepals 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute, with black dots. If. . H. Native of the 

 Levant and of Europe in the region of the Mediterranean. 



Creeping St. John's-wort. Fl. PL prostrate. 



83 H. CONNA'TUM (Lam. diet. 4. p. 168.) smooth; stem 

 nearly simple ; leaves connately-perfoliate, the free part ovate, 

 acutish or obtuse, girded by an elevated margin, glaucous and 

 dotted with black beneath, coriaceous ; flowers cymose, penta- 

 gynous ; bracteas linear-awl-shaped ; segments of calyx ovate, 

 acuminated. 1? . S. Native of Brazil. St. Hil. pi. us. bras, 

 no. 61. This plant is astringent, and a decoction of it is used 

 in Brazil as a gargle for a sore throat. 



Connate-leaved St. John's-wort. Shrub 1| foot. 



84 H. CHLORJEFOLIUM (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 329.) smooth ; 

 stem simple; leaves connately perfoliate, the free part semi- 

 circular, mucronulate, girded by an elevated margin, glaucous 



