HYPERICINE,. III. HYPERICUM. 



611 



linear, bluntish. fj . F. Native of the Levant, and in dry 

 places in the south of Europe. A pretty little shrub. 



Corn-leaved St. John's-wort. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1640. 

 Shrub | to 2 foot. 



148 H. LUSITA'NICUM (Poir. suppl. diet. 3. p. 702.) stem vil- 

 lous, round, slender ; leaves small, elliptical, obtuse, hispid ; 

 sepals linear-lanceolate, mucronate ; anthers with black dots ; 

 styles 3, filiform, tj . F. Native of Portugal. 



Portugal St. John's-wort. Shrub \ to 1 foot. 



149 H. ERICOIDES (Lin. spec. 1104.) stem suffruticose, round, 

 twisted, small ; leaves linear, acute, much crowded, dotted, 

 glaucous, small ; sepals acute, hardly glandular. Tj . F. Native 

 of Spain, Portugal, and the Levant. Cav. icon. 2. p. 20. t. 122. 

 Pluk. phyt. t. 93. f. 5. 



Heath-like St. John's-wort. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1821. Sh. 

 to 1 foot. 



SECT. V. BRA'TIIYS (the Greek name of the savin-tree, which 

 is from ftpau>, brazo, to overheat ; in allusion to the habit of 

 the shrubs, which resemble savin-tree or juniper). Chois. prod, 

 p. 58. D. C. prod. 1. p. 553. Calyx of 5 entire equal sepals, 

 usually very like the leaves. Stamens numerous, disposed in 

 bundles. Styles 3-4. Subshrubs, with axillary, solitary flowers, 

 and imbricate, whorled, or crowded leaves, which are usually 

 linear-awl-shaped. 



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Styles 3, with simple stigmas. 



150 H. STRUTHIOL^EFOLIUM (Juss. ann. mus. 3. p. 160. t. 16. 

 f. 2.) stem slender, chinky ; branches adpressed; leaves oppo- 

 site, with revolute margins, without dots, those at the top of 

 the branches imbricate ; sepals lanceolate, without dots ; petals 

 lanceolate. Tj . S. Native of Peru. 



Var, ft, minimum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 553.) stature smaller. 



Var, y, strictum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 553.) branches longer, 

 straight. H. strictum, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. 

 p. 190. 



Struthiola-leavcd St. John's-wort. Shrub 1 foot. 



151 H. ACERO'SUM (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 

 187. t. 457.) branches scabrous, tetragonal ; leaves all imbricate, 

 feathery, thickish ; sepals lanceolate-oblong ; petals unequal- 

 sided, obovate. I? . S. Native of South America on the Andes 

 about Quito. 



Feathery-leaved St. John's-wort. Shrub 1 foot. 



152 H. ACICULA V RE (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 

 190.) branches scabrous, straight; leaves needle-shaped, spread- 

 ing ; flowers monogynous, middle-sized ; sepals lanceolate ; 

 petals pointed. Tj . S. Native of South America near Loxa. 



Needle-leaved St. John's-wort. Shrub 1 foot. 



153 H. LARICIFO'LIUM (Juss. ann. mus. 3. p. 160. t. 16. f. 1.) 

 stem round, scabrous, with spreading branches ; leaves lanceo- 

 late, tapering to both ends, crowded ; sepals lanceolate, without 

 dots ; petals lanceolate ; styles very long ; stigmas thick. Tj . S. 

 Native of Peru. 



Larch-leaved St. John's-wort. Shrub 1 foot. 



154 H. THUYOIDES (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 

 187. t. 456.) branchlets scabrous, tetragonal, spreading; leaves 

 decussately-opposite, ovate, acutish ; flowers solitary ; sepals 

 elliptical-oblong; petals obovate ; stigmas obtuse, fj . S. Na- 

 tive of South America on the Andes about Quindiu. 



Thuja-like St. John's-wort. Shrub 1 foot. 



155 H. CARACCASA'NUM (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1458.) branches 

 tetragonal, winged ; leaves ovate-oblong, acute, approximate, 

 somewhat imbricate ; flowers terminal and lateral ; stigmas 

 thick, truncate. ^ . S. Native of South America, near Caraccas. 



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



156 MEXICA NUM (Lin. amcen. 8. p. 322. t. 8. f. 2.) branches 



somewhat tetragonal, ringed ; leaves imbricate, ovate-oblong, 

 obtuse, fan-nerved, smooth, viscid, dotted beneath ; flowers soli- 

 tary, terminal ; stigmas depressed, capitate. ^ . S. Native of 

 South America at Santa Fe de Bogota. H. Mutisianum, H. B. 

 et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 188. 



Mexican St. John's-wort. Shrub 3 feet. 



157 H. REVOLU'TUM (Vahl. symb. 1. p. 66.) branches wrinkled, 

 somewhat tetragonal at the base, but 2-edged at the apex ; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, approximate, revolute at the base ; styles 

 joined together. 1} . F. Native of Arabia Felix on the moun- 

 tains. H. scabrum ? Lin. amoen. 4. p. 287. H. Kalmianum, 

 Forsk. 



Revolute-leaved St. John's-wort. Shrub 1 foot. 



158 H. NI'TIDUM (Lam. diet. 4. p. 160.) stem round; branches 

 rather angular ; leaves very narrow, without dots ; sepals rather 

 unequal; styles joined, tj . S. Native of ? 



Shining-leaved St. John's-wort. Shrub 1 foot. 



159 H. FASCICULA'TUM (Lam. diet. 4. p. 160. but not of 

 Lapeyr.) stem round, compressed at the top ; branches erect ; 

 leaves dense, without dots, channelled, with somewhat revolute 

 margins ; sepals equal, erect ; styles joined. ^ F- Native of 

 Carolina. H. aspalathoides, Pursh, fl. sept. amer. 2. p. 376. 

 Branches somewhat dichotomous. Leaves in fascicles, linear, 

 acute. Flowers solitary, axillary, almost sessile. Stamens 

 shorter than the petals. 



Fascicled-leaved St. John's-wort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1811. 

 Shrub 1 foot. 



160 H. TENUIFO'LIUM (Pursh, fl. sept. amer. 2. p. 377.) 

 branches angular ; leaves crowded, as if they were in whorled 

 fascicles, filiform, linear, convex, obtuse, sessile ; peduncles ax- 

 illary at the top of the branches, 1-3-flowered ; styles connected 

 together; sepals leaf-formed. P? . F. Native of Georgia. H. 

 fasciculatum, Mich. fl. bor. amer. 1. p, 80. H. Michauxii, 

 Poir. diet, suppl. 3. p. 696. H. fascicul&tum, var. ft, laxifolium. 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 554. Resembles the foregoing species, but 

 differs in the branches being angular, and in the leaves being 

 less fascicled. 



Fine-leaved St. John's-wort. Shrub 1 foot. 



* * * * Styles 5, with capitate stigmas. 



161 H. BRA'THYS (Lam. diet. 4. p. 152.) stem round, with 

 adpressed branches ; leaves dense, channelled at the apex, with- 

 out pellucid dots ; margins of the sepals somewhat membrana- 

 ceous ; styles usually 5, rarely 4. Tj . S. Native of New Gra- 

 nada near Santa Fe de Bogota. Smith, icon. ined. t. 41. 

 Brathys juniperina, Lin. fil. 



Var. ft, juniperinum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 554.) leaves more 

 robust ; flowers larger. H. juniperinum, H. B. et Kunth, nov. 

 gen. amer. 3. p. 189. Flowers trigynous. 



Savin-like St. John's-wort. Shrub 1 foot. 

 } Doubtful species. 



162 H. COCHINCHINE'NSIS (Lour. fl. coch. 472.) flowers tri- 

 gynous ; leaves on short petioles, very dense ; stem arboreous ; 

 peduncles usually 5-flowered, axillary. Tj . G. Native of Co- 

 chin-china in woods. Flowers red or scarlet. Sepals entire, 

 very acute. Stamens disposed in 3 bundles. Capsules 3-celled. 



Cochin-china St. John's-wort. Clt. 1821. Shrub 16 feet. 



163 H. EMARGINA'TUM (Lam. diet. 4. p. 154.) stem shrubby; 

 flowers trigynous ; leaves ovate-oblong, obtuse, stem-clasping, 

 emarginate ; sepals lanceolate, somewhat striated. Tj . G. 

 Native of? This species is probably referable to Elodea. 



Emarginate-leaved St. John's-wort. Shrub 1 foot. 



164 H. VERTICILLA'TUM (Thunb. prod. 137.) stem herba- 

 ceous ; leaves 4 in a whorl. ^ G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



JYhorled-leaved St. John's-wort. Shrub ? 

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