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115 H. TARQUE'NSE (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 

 1 93.) stem straight, branched, dichotomous, corymbosely-many- 

 flowered ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, dotted, with revolute mar- 

 gins ; sepals lanceolate, acuminate ; styles 3-5 ; stigmas some- 

 what capitate. If. . G. Native of South America in mountainous 

 places of Quito. 



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



116 H. GALIOIDES (Lam. diet. 4. p. 161.) stem suffruticose, 

 round, straight ; leaves linear-lanceolate, tapering to the base, 

 broadest at the apex, acute, with revolute dotted margins ; sepals 

 linear, acute, reflexed after flowering ; styles at first connected, 

 but at length free ; capsules conical, very acute. Tj . H. Na- 

 tive of North America from New Jersey to Carolina in sandy 

 moist places near rivulets. Petals equal in length to the stamens, 

 scarcely longer than the calyx. 



Galium-like St. John's-wort. Fl. July, Sept. Shrub 2 feet. 



117 H. AXILLARE (Lam. diet. 4. p. 160.) stem shrubby, 

 round, diffuse ; leaves lanceolate-linear, narrowed at the base, 

 with revolute margins ; sepals rather unequal ; styles at first 

 joined, but afterwards free. Tj . H. Native of North America 

 in the pine- woods of Georgia and Florida. H. fasciculatum, 

 Willd. spec. 3. p. 1452. exclusive of the synonyme of Mich. 

 Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 376. H. Coris, Walt. fl. carol. 190. 

 Peduncles on the top of the branches, axillary, 3-flowered, with 



- the middle flower sessile. Flowers about the size of those of 

 H. perforation. 



/? angary-flowered St. John's-wort. Fl. Jul. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



118 H. ORIGANIFOLIUM (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1467.) stem ascend- 

 ing, downy ; leaves ovate, blunt, pubescent, full of pellucid dots ; 

 flowers large, few ; sepals linear, acute, smooth, with a few 

 black dots at the apex ; corolla full of black dots ; stamens very 

 numerous. If. . F. Native of the East about Constantinople, 

 Armenia, and Thrace. H. Lusitanicum, Poir. 



Marjoram-leaved St. John's-wort. PI. 1 foot. 



* * Sepals toothed, usually with the teeth glandular. 



119 H. ELODES (Lin. spec. 1106.) stem villous, round, pro- 

 cumbent ; leaves roundish-ovate, blunt, shaggy, tomentose, full 

 of pellucid dots ; panicle loose, few-flowered ; calyx hardly di- 

 vided half-way down into 5 ovate, obtuse segments, fringed with 

 glands ; stamens few ; stigmas capitate. If. . H. Native through- 

 out the north of Europe in marshes. In Britain in spongy, 

 especially mountainous, bogs. Schkuhr. handb. 3. 213. 5. Smith, 

 engl. bot. t. 109. H. tomentbsum, Lob. icon. 400. f. 1. Petals 

 expanding in the sun only, pale-yellow, with green ribs. 



Marsh St. John's-wort. Fl. July, Aug. Brit. PI. prostrate. 



120 H. TOMENTOSUM (Lin. spec. 1106.) stem round, ascend- 

 ing, tomentose ; leaves ovate, blunt, rather stem-clasping, with 

 black-dotted margins ; panicles loose, dichotomous ; sepals acu- 

 minated ; stigmas simple. 1 . H. Native of the south of 

 Europe, particularly in the regions of the Mediterranean, in moist 

 meadows. Clus. hist. 2. p. 181. f. 1. Mor. hist. 2. p. 470. 

 sect. 5. t. 6. no. 5. 



Tomentose St. John's-wort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1648. PI. 

 | to 4 foot. 



121 H. LANUGINOSUM (Lam. diet. 4. p. 171.) woolly; stem 

 suffruticose, round, straight ; leaves stem-clasping, ovate, obtuse, 

 with black-dotted margins ; corymb of flowers large, dichoto- 

 mous, many-flowered ; calyx obtuse ; anthers with black dots. 

 1 . F. Native of the Levant and Greece. 



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



122 H. HIRSU TUM (Lin. spec. 1105.) stem round, hairy, erect; 

 leaves ovate-oblong, downy, ribbed, full of pellucid dots, inter- 

 mixed with a few dark ones ; panicle long, racemose ; calyx 

 lanceolate, somewhat acute ; fringed like the bracteas with nu- 



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rnerous black, viscid glands, on shortish stalks, such as also 

 terminate the petals; styles diverging. !(.. H. Native of most 

 parts of Europe and Caucasus in shady places. In Britain in 

 thickets and hedges, chiefly on a dry chalky soil. Smith, engl. 

 bot. t. 1156. Curt. fl. lond. fasc. 3. t. 49. CEd. fl. dan. t. 

 802. Flowers of a bright-yellow colour ; according to Linnaeus 

 they close at night. 



Hairy St. John's-wort. Fl. June, Aug. Brit. PL 2 to 3 ft. 



123 H. NUMMULA*RiUM(Lin. spec. 1106.) stem round, ascend- 

 ing ; leaves orbicular, stalked ; calyx ovate, obtuse. If. . H. 

 Native of the south of France, Piedmont, &c. on rocky moun- 

 tains. Lam. ill. t. 643. Pluk. phyt. t. 93. f. 4. 



Money-rvort-lenveil St. John's-wort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 

 1823. PL 1 to | foot, rather prostrate. 



124 H. E LEGANS (Steph. in Willd. spec. 3. p. 1469.) stem 

 erect, winged, full of black dots ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, rather 

 stem-clasping, bluntish, full of pellucid dots ; calyx ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, acute, with pellucid dots ; anthers with black dots. 

 y.. H. Native of Siberia, and near Hale in Saxony, also of 

 Bohemia and Moravia. H. Kohlianum, Spreng. fl. hal. no. 864. 

 t. 9. H. anagalidif61ium, Presl. This is an elegant plant. 



Elegant St. John's-wort. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1817. PL 1 ft. 



125 H. GLANDULOSUM (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 3. p. 

 107.) stem shrubby, round, erect, branched; leaves elliptical- 

 lanceolate, acute, with glandular margins, and pellucid dots ; 

 calyx lanceolate, acute. Tj . G. Native of Madeira and Tene- 

 riffe. Corolla pale-yellow, full of brown dots. 



Glandular St. John's-wort. FL May, Aug. Clt. 1777. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



126 H. PU'LCHRUM (Lin. spec. 1106.) stem herbaceous, erect, 

 round ; leaves stem-clasping, cordate, smooth, blunt, full of 

 pellucid dots, with revolute margins ; calyx ovate, obtuse, with 

 glandular serratures, like those of the petals. If. . H. Native 

 of most parts of Europe in shady places. In Britain in woods 

 and bushy heathy places, on a clay soil, frequent. Smith, engl. 

 bot. t. 1227. Curt. lond. fasc. 1. t. 56. CEd. fl. dan. t. 75. 

 no. 73. Flowers golden, tipped externally with scarlet, which, 

 combined with the red anthers, has a very gay appearance. 



Fair St. John's-wort. Fl. July. Brit. PL 1 to \\ foot. 



127 H. ANNULA'TUM (Mor. sard, elench. p. 9.) plant cine- 

 reously-pubescent below but smooth above ; leaves oval-oblong, 

 stem-clasping, full of pellucid dots, and with black dots on the 

 margin ; bracteas glandular, crowded, pedicellate, and annular 

 at the base, and are lanceolate as well as the sepals, which are 

 ciliated with glands. If.. H. Native of Sardinia in the fissures 

 of rocks. Styles 3. Anthers full of black dots. 



^wnu/ar-bracted St. John's-wort. PL 



128 H. ELODIOIDES (Chois. mss. D. C. prod. 1. p. 551.) 

 stem round, smooth, simple, without dots ; leaves oval, obtuse, 

 many-nerved, smooth, stem-clasping, glandular at the base, 

 glaucous beneath ; panicle crowded ; sepals lanceolate, acute, 

 fringed with glands ; petals oval, with glandular margins. 1 . 

 H. Native of Nipaul at Narainhetty. H. nervosum, D. Don, - 

 prod. fl. nep. p. 219. Leaves and calyxes full of pellucid dots. 

 Petals sulphur-coloured, tipped with black dots. 



Elodes-like St. John's-wort. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. 

 PI. to 1 foot. 



129 H. BARBA'TUM (Lin. amoen. 8. p. 323.) stem round or 

 somewhat angular, erect, smooth ; leaves stem-clasping, ovate, 

 smooth, full of black dots ; calyx and petals fringed with pale 

 hairs, and beset with black dots as well as the anthers. If . H. 

 Native of Austria- and many parts of the south of Europe, par- 

 ticularly in the region of the Mediterranean. In Scotland by 

 the side of a hedge near the wood of Aberdalgy in Strathearn, 

 Perthshire. Jacq. austr. 3. p. 33. t. 259. Smith, engl. bot. 

 t. 1986. 



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