610 



HYPERICINEjE. III. HYPERICUM. 



Far. ft, Caldbricum (D. C. prod. l.p. 551.) leaves more erect, 

 pressed to the stem. H. Calabricum, Spreng. neue. entd. 3. 

 p. 300. 



Bearded St. John's-wort. Fl. Sept. Oct. Scotl. PI. 1 foot. 



130 H. PEHFOLIA'TUM (Lin. syst, 707.) stem 2-edged; leaves 

 ovate, stem-clasping, dotted, and glandular ; sepals and petals 

 fringed, and dotted ; cymes with sessile flowers. I/ . H. Na- 

 tive of Italy. 



Perfoliate-leaved St. John's-wort. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1785. 

 PL 1 foot. 



131 H. DENTA'TUM (Lois. fl. gall. p. 499. t. 17.) stem suffru- 

 ticose, round, ascending ; leaves stem-clasping, oblong, bluntish, 

 full of pellucid dots, upper ones sometimes toothed ; calyx lan- 

 ceolate, acute, and is as well as the corolla and anthers furnished 

 with black dots. 1 . H. Native of the Stcechades Islands. 



Tooled-leaved St. John's-wort. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1820. 

 PL 1 foot. 



132 H. MONTA'NUM (Lin. spec. 1105.) stem round, erect, 

 smooth ; leaves stem-clasping, ovate, acutish, besprinkled with 

 pellucid dots, and marked on the margins with black dots ; 

 calyx lanceolate, with dense, prominent, glandular serratures ; 

 anthers dotted with black. If. . H. Native of the mountainous 

 parts of Europe. In Britain on wild bushy hills on a chalky or 

 gravelly soil. Smith, engl. bot. t. 371. CEd. fl. dan. t. 173. 

 Leaves 1^- to 2 inches long. Bracteas fringed like the calyx, 

 resembling the glands of a moss-rose. Petals pale-lemon co- 

 loured, without spots or glands. 



Mountain St. John's-wort. Fl. July. Brit. PL 2 feet. 



133 H. MJE'SICUM (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 348.) stem round, erect, 

 full of black dots ; leaves lanceolate, stem-clasping, obtuse, full 

 of black dots ; panicle corymbose ; sepals lanceolate, fringed, 

 with glandular teeth. I/ . H. Native of Galacz in Moldavia. 

 Flowers lemon-coloured. 



Mcesian St. John's-wort. FL July, Aug. PL 1 foot. 



134 H. FIMBRIA'TUM (Lam. diet. 4. p. 148.) stem round, pur- 

 plish, simple ; leaves stem-clasping, ovate, with black dots, 

 margins without any pellucid dots ; calyx ovate, acute, fringed ; 

 styles 3-4-5. If. . H. Native of the Alps and the Pyrenees. 

 H. Richeri, Vill. dauph. 3. p. 501. t. 44. 



Var. ft, androscemifblium (Vill. dauph. 3. p. 502. t. 44.) stem 

 more creeping ; leaves more ovate. H. alpinum, Waldst. et 

 Kit. pi. hung. 3. p. 2S4. t. 265. 



Var. y, Burseri (D. C. fl. fr. suppl. p. 630.) stem taller ; 

 leaves blunter ; bracteas longer ; calyx shorter, less fringed. 



Var. S, penlagynum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 552.) stems thicker ; 

 leaves blunter; calyx longer ; flowers all pentagynous. 



Fringed-calyned St. John's-wort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1821. 

 PL 1 to 2 feet. 



135 H. JITHIO'PICUM (Thunb. prod. 1. p% 138.) stem round, 

 smooth, reddish ; leaves ovate, somewhat stem-clasping, full of 

 pellucid- dots, with revolute margins ; panicle terminal, dichoto- 

 mous ; calyx very acute ; corolla and anthers full of black dots. 

 "U..G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Ethiopian St. John's-wort. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1817. PL 1 ft. 



136 H. CILIA'TUM (Lam. diet. 4. p. 170.) stem round, rather 

 2-edged; leaves stem-clasping, somewhat cordate, ovate-oblong, 

 obtuse, full of pellucid dots, and with black ones on the margins ; 

 calyx rather acute, fringed; anthers with black dots. Tf.. H. 

 Native of the south of Europe, particularly in the regions of the 

 Mediterranean. Bocc. mus. 2. t. 127. Column, ecphr. p. 77. 

 t. 78. f. 1. 



Var. ft, acutifolium (D. C. prod. 1. p. 552.) leaves smaller, 

 more acute; flowers on longer pedicels. Bocc. mus. 2. p 117 

 t. 91, 92. 



Ciliated-ca\yxed St. John's-wort. FL July, Aug. Clt 1739 

 PL 1 to 1| foot. 



137 H. SERPYLLIFOLIUM (Lam. diet. 4. p. 176.) stem suffru- 

 ticose, round ; leaves ovate, obtuse, on very short petioles, with 

 revolute margins ; calyx ovate, obtuse, fringed. Tj . F. Na- 

 tive of Persia. Mor. hist. 2. p. 469. sect. 5. t. 6. f. 2. 



Wild-thyme-leaved St. John's-wort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 

 1688. Shrub 1J foot. 



138 H. CONFE'RTUM (Chois. prod. hyp. p. 55. t. 8.) stem 

 round, villous at the base ; leaves lanceolate, acute, villous, full 

 of pellucid dots, and with revolute margins ; calyx lanceolate. 

 If. . F. Native of the Levant. 



CVowrferf-flowered St. John's-wort. PL 1 foot. 



139 H. TRIPLINE'RVE (Vent. hort. eels. t. 58.) stem with 2 

 angles, decumbent at the base ; leaves linear, spreading, obtuse, 

 with revolute margins; calyx ovate, acute, fringed with glan- 

 dular serratures ; petals unequal. I/ . H. Native of North 

 America on the banks of the Ohio. Flowers about the size of 

 those of H. perforaium, pale-yellow. 



Triple-nerved-leaved St. John's-wort. FL July, Aug. Clt. 

 1821. PL Ifoot. 



140 H. HYSSOPIFOLIUM (Vill. dauph. 3. p. 505. t. 44.) stem 

 suffruticose, round, ascending ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, bluntish, 

 tapering to both ends, full of pellucid dots, in fascicles in the 

 axils ; calyx bluntish ; styles 3-4. If. . H. Native of the 

 south of France, particularly in Dauphiny, also of Tauria. 



Var. ft, pauciglandulbsum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 552.) leaves 

 broader ; stem smaller ; calyx more acute, with fewer glands. 



Hyssop-leaved St. John's-wort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. 

 PL 1 foot. 



141 H. LINEARIFOLIUM (Vahl. symb. 1. p. 65.) stem straight, 

 round ; leaves linear, obtuse, with black-dotted margins, with- 

 out pellucid dots ; calyx lanceolate, full of black dots. If.. H. 

 Native of the west and south of France. 



Linear-leaved St. John's-wort. Fl. July, Aug. PL 1 foot. 



142 H. OR'IENTA'LE (Lin. spec. 1103.) stem shrubby, slender, 

 suffruticose, with 2 angles, erect and jointed ; leaves stem-clasp- 

 ing, linear, obtuse, erect, fringed with glandular hairs ; calyx 

 ovate-oblong. If.. F. Native of the Levant. Tourn. voy. 

 lev. 2. t. 220. 



Eastern St. John's-wort. PL \ to 1 foot. 



143 H. PA'LLENS (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 219.) stem round, 

 slender, simple ; leaves elliptical-oblong, blunt, membranaceous, 

 sessile, usually fringed with glandular hairs, full of pellucid 

 dots ; flowers panicled ; calyx lanceolate, acuminate ; petals 

 oval, mucronulate. If. . H. Native of Nipaul. H. Nipaul- 

 ensis, Chois. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 552. Flowers sulphur- 

 coloured. 



Pa/e-flowered St. John's-wort. PL foot. 



144 H. SCA'BRUM (Lin. amoen. 4. p. 287.) stem round, glan- 

 dular, scabrous ; leaves linear, smooth, acutish ; flowers um- 

 belled, terminal ; calyx small, ovate, obtuse, without glands ; 

 styles 3, free. If. . F. Native of Arabia and Barbary. 



<Sca6roMs-stemmed St. John's-wort. PL 1 foot. 



145 H. CAPITA'TUM (Chois. prod. 1. p. 57. t. 9.) stem round, 

 erect ; leaves linear, obtuse, full of pellucid dots, with plaited 

 margins, disposed in fascicles in the axils ; calyx small, obtuse ; 

 petals with black glands. If. . F. Native near Bagdad. 



Capitate-flowered St. John's-wort. PL 1 foot. 



146 H. EMPETRIFOLIUM (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1452.) stem suf- 

 fruticose, round, with subalate branchlets ; leaves linear, tern, 

 with revolute margins ; calyx small, obtuse ; petals without 

 glands, tj . F. Native of the south of Europe, particularly in the 

 regions of the Mediterranean. 



Empetrum-leaved St. John's-wort. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub ^ to 1 foot. 



147 H. C&RIS (Lin. spec. 1107.) stem shrubby, erect" 

 round ; leaves in whorles, linear, with revolute margins ; calyx 



