HYPERICINE^:. III. HYPERICUM. 



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beneath and full of black dots, coriaceous, distant ; flowers 

 cymose, pentagynous ; segments of calyx ovate, acuminated. 

 1? . S. Native of Brazil in that part of the province of St. Paul 

 called Campos Geraes. Stamens very numerous, nearly free. 

 Stigmas subcapitate. 



Chlora-leaved St. John's-wort. Fl. Feb. Shrub 1 foot. 



85 H. ERE'CTUM (Thunb. fl. jap. p. 296.) stem round, purple, 

 straight ; leaves lanceolate, acute, stem- clasping, with revolute 

 edges ; sepals lanceolate. If. . F. Native of Japan in the moun- 

 tains of Nagasaki. 



Erect St. John's-wort. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



86 H. JAPO'NICUM (Thunb. fl. jap. p. 295. t. 31.) stem weak, 

 tetragonal, smooth, decumbent ; leaves broad-ovate or oval, 

 mucronate, somewhat cordate, obtuse, with revolute edges, 

 full of pellucid dots ; flowers solitary, loosely panicled ; sepals 

 almost equal in length with corolla and stamens ; styles 3, short, 

 diverging. If. . H. Native of Japan and of Nipaul in bogs near 

 the town of Katmandu. H. dichotomum, Hamil. mss. Pedun- 

 cles solitary or tern, 1 -flowered. Stems decumbent. Branches 

 erect. Flowers small. 



Var. ft, ramdsum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 549.) stem branched; 

 leaves and flowers more crowded. 



Japan St. John's-wort. Fl. May. Clt. 1823. PI. 1 foot. 



87 H. DICHO'TOMUM (Lam. diet. 4. p. 167.) stem suffruticose 

 at the base, round, dichotomously branched ; leaves small, linear- 

 elongated, obtuse, tapering to the base, full of obscure pel- 

 lucid dots ; sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute ; stamens 9, free. 

 fy . S. Native of St. Domingo. Perhaps this species belongs to 

 Elodea. 



Dichotomous-}eaveA St. John's-wort. Shrub 2 feet. 



88 H. CRI'SPUM (Lin.mant. 106.) stem round, much branched ; 

 leaves sessile, lanceolate, sinuately waved at the base, full of 

 pellucid dots ; sepals small, blunt. I/ . H. Native of the regions 

 of the Mediterranean. Bocc. mus. 2. p. 34. t. 12. 



CWerf-leaved St. John's-wort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1688. 

 PI. 1 foot. 



89 H. PILOSUM (Walt. fl. carol. 190.) stem twiggy, simple; 

 leaves dilated, ovate, sometimes tapering to the base ; panicles 

 terminal, few-flowered. Tj . F. Native of North America in 

 Virginia and Carolina. H. Virginianum, &c. Pluk. aim. t. 245. 

 f. 6. A'scyrum villosum, Willd. spec. 2. p. 1474. 



Pilose St. John's-wort. Shrub 1 foot. 



90 H. SI'MPLEX (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 80.) pilose; stem 

 simple, round, woolly ;' leaves oblong, pressed to the stem, chan- 

 nelled, pubescent ; flowers few, almost sessile ; sepals ovate, 

 ciliated; styles 3, free; stigmas capitate. Q. H. Native of 

 Lower Carolina and Georgia. 



Smy)/e-stemmed St. John's-wort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1825. 

 PL | foot. 



91 H. NUTTA'LLII; leaves oblong-ovate, partly connate at the 

 base, and always pressed close to the stem. If. H. Native of 

 North America. H. new, Nutt. gen. 2. p. 17. Differs from H. 

 simplex,- Michx. Stem simple. The whole plant is covered 

 with matted, somewhat scabrous pubescence. 



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



92 H. HETEROPHY'LLTJM (Vent. hort. eels. t. 68.) stem suf- 

 fruticose, round ; leaves linear-lanceolate, full of pellucid dots, 

 axillary ones crowded, imbricate, very short, blunt ; sepals acute, 

 somewhat unequal, Tj . F. Native of Persia. 



Various-leaved St. John's-wort. Clt. 1712. Fl. July, Aug. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



93 H. jEoYPiiAcuM (Lin. spec. 1103.) stem round; leaves 

 small, ovate, crowded, without dots ; flowers few, almost sessile ; 

 sepals lanceolate, acute ; styles small, diverging. Jj F. Native 

 of Egypt. Lin. amren. 8. p. 323. t, 8. f. 3. Ker. bot. reg. 196. 

 Leaves glaucous. Flowers small. 



Egyptian St. John's-wort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1787. Shrub 

 | to \\ foot. 



94 H. NA v NUM(Poir. diet, suppl. 3. p. 699.) stem sufFruticose ; 

 leaves ovate-roundish, very blunt, mucronulate, full of pellucid 

 dots ; sepals very thin, acute, lanceolate. T? . F. Native of Syria. 



Dwarf St. John's-wort. Shrub |- foot. 



95 H. AUSTRA'LE (Tenore, fl. neap. app. 5th. ex Linnsea. 3. p. 

 103.) petals and calyx entire, full of black dots ; leaves opaque, 

 dotless, veiny, oblong-elliptic, obtuse, full of black dots on the 

 margins ; stem herbaceous, obsoletely quadrangular at the base ; 

 flowers cymose ; petals 3 times larger than the calyx ; filaments 

 and anthers dotless. If. H. Native of Lucania. H. humi- 

 fusum, Tenore, prod. H. dubium, Mauri, rom. pi. cent. 13. p. 

 27. exclusive of the synonymes. 



Southern St. John's-wort. PI. trailing. 



96 H. CUNEA'TUM (Poir. suppl. diet. 3. p. 699.) branches 

 roundish, smooth ; leaves obovate, cuneated at the base, obtuse, 

 on short petioles, with a few black glandular dots ; flowers few ; 

 sepals linear-lanceolate, longer than the corolla ; stamens 15-20. 

 If. . F. Native of the Levant. 



Cuneated-leaved St. John's-wort. PI. prostrate. 



97 H. HUMIFU SUM (Lin. spec. 1103.) stem compressed, pros- 

 trate ; leaves elliptical, blunt, full of fine pellucid and black dots 

 on the margins ; flowers cymose, terminal ; sepals ovate, longer 

 than the corolla ; stamens 15-20. l/.H. Native of most parts 

 of Europe and Caucasus in sandy, gravelly, heathy, and rather 

 boggy places ; frequent in Britain. Smith, engl. bot. t. 1226. 

 Curt. fl. lond. fasc. 3. t. 50. Oed. fl. dan. t. 141. This species 

 has a lemon-like scent, as well as H. dubium and H. perforatum. 



Trailing St. John's-wort. Fl. July. Britain. PL trailing. 



98 H. CvESPiiosuM (Cham, et Schlecht. Linnoca. 3. p. 126.) 

 stems herbaceous^ prostrate, rising from a woody root, and 

 ascending, tufted ; leaves linear, obtuse, full of pellucid dots ; 

 cymes terminal, leafy, few-flowered, glandless ; calycine segments 

 lanceolate, shorter than the corolla, but longer than the capsule ; 

 stamens about 25, nearly free; styles 3, short, free. 2. S. 

 Native of Chili on dry hills about Talcaguano. 



Tufted St. John's-wort. PL trailing. 



99 H. ANAGALLOI'DES (Cham, et Schlecht. Linnasa. 3. p. 127.) 

 herbaceous, trailing, and creeping ; leaves 5-7-nerved, ovate, 

 obtuse, full of pellucid dots ; cyme terminal, leafy, few-flowered, 

 glandless ; calycine segments obovate, shorter than the corolla ; 

 stamens 15-20, nearly free; styles 3, free. If. H. Native of 

 California. Like H, humifusum. 



Pimpernel-like St. John's-wort. PL trailing. 



100 H. LIOTTA'RDI (Vill. dauph. t. 44.) stem erectish ; leaves 

 oblong, blunt, full of fine pellucid and black dots on their mar- 

 gins ; flowers cymose, sometimes 4-parted, terminal ; sepals 

 linear-lanceolate, longer than the corolla. $ . H, Native of 

 Dauphiny. 



Liottard's St. John's-wort. Fl. July. Clt. 1819. PL | foot. 



101 H. PUSI'LLUM (Chois. prod. hyp. p. 20.) stem weak, 

 prostrate, tetragonal ; leaves ovate, obtuse, full of pellucid dots ; 

 sepals lanceolate ; petals upright ; stigmas capitate. Tf.F. Na- 

 tive of New Holland. A'scyrum humifusum, Lab. ill. nov. holl. 

 2. p. 33. t. 175. 



Small St. John's-wort. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1818. PL trailing. 



102 H. INVOLU TDM (Chois. prod. hyp. p. 50.) stem ascend- 

 ing, 4-winged, slender ; leaves ovate-oblong, obtuse, full of pel- 

 lucid dots ; panicle loose, dichotomous ; sepals lanceolate, acute ; 

 corolla involute ; stigmas capitate. If. , . Native of New 

 Holland. A'scyrum involutum, Lab. ill. nov. holl. 2. p. 32. 1. 1 74. 



/jitWwte-flowered St. John's-wort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1822. 

 PL foot. 



103 H. A V FRUM (Lam. diet. 4. p. 166.) stem suffruticose, 

 round, winged ; leaves oblong, obtuse ; full of fine pellucid dots, 



