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with black glands. The flowers grow in a fhort 

 fpike or clufter, and are but few in number. 

 The fegments of the calyx are lanceolate and fer- 

 rated, each ferrature having a refinous gland 

 upon its apex. The hra^e£ are ciliated with 

 the like glands. The petals are fometimes, but 

 not always, dotted towards the top. The anther<£ 

 have each a black fpot or glandule near the bafe. 

 The Jiamina are divided only into three pha- 

 lanxes. 



hirftitum 6. HYPERICUM floribus trigynis, calycibus ferrato- 

 glandulofis, caule tereti ere6lo, foliis ovatis fub- 

 pubefcentibus. Sp. pi. 1105. (Moris, hijl. f. 5. /. 

 6./. II. Pet. herb. t. 60./. 10.) 

 Hair)' St. John's-Wort. ^nglis. 

 In mountainous woods and thickets not uncommon. 

 n. VII. 



The ftalk is hairy. The leaves hairy and perfora- 

 ted, but not dotted on the edges. The flovv'ers 

 grow in a fpike or panicle, much more numer- 

 ous than in the preceding. Each ferrature of 

 the calyx is tip'd with a gland. The petals have 

 two or three black dots or glandules at the apex. 

 The anthers are without glands. The flyles are 

 of a red color, turning black by age. The 

 flowers of this fpecles clofe together in the night, 

 but thofe of the H. perforatum do not. 



ekdes 7, HYPERICUM floribus tiigynis, caule tereti re- 



E e 2 pentc. 



