POLYADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 4«5 



C L A S S I S XVIIL 



P O L Y A N D R I A^ 



HYPERICUM. Gen.pL 902. 

 Cal. 5-partitus. Petala 5. Filament a multa, In 5- 

 phalanges bafi connata. Caps, loculis numero fty- 

 lorum. 



Trygina omnia. 



HYPERICUM floribus trygynis, pericarpiis bac- 

 catis, caiilc fruticolb ancipiti. Sp. pi. 11 02. {Ger, 

 em. 543./. I. Moris, bijt.'f. 5. /. 6. f. 12) 



Tutfan or Park leaves. Anglis. 



In woods, but not very common. We obfcrved k 

 in the woods at Inverary^ and at Loch-Ranfa^ ia 

 the ifle of Arran. T? . VII. 



The ftalk of this Ihrub is branched, and has two 

 angles : it is commonly about two feet high : 

 the leaves are large, oval, fmooth, oppofite and 

 fefTile, turning to a dark red color in the autumn : 

 the juice exprefs'd from them is claret-color'd : 

 the flowers are yellow, and grow in a thin clufter 

 or umbel of five or fix together, at the fummits 

 of the branches, one, two or three upon a pe- 

 duncle : the fegments of the calyx are oval, green, 

 fomewhat larger than the petals, and remain 

 after the petals are fallen : the pericarpium h a 



fpliserica: 



