420 POLYADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 



pente, follifq -, villofis fubrotundis. Sp.pl. 1106. 

 {Pel. herb. t. 60. f. 12. Mentz. pig. t. 7. /. 3. 

 an?) 

 Marfh hoary St. Peter's-Wort. Anglis. 



In bogs, but not very common. Dr. Parfons. It 

 was obferved in the iOand of /%, by that cele- 

 brated naturaliit, Jofeph Banks, Efq-, ^. VII. 

 VIII. 



The ftalk is five or ^\x inches long, branched, 

 weak and trailing, and together with the leaves 

 covered with hoary hairs. The leaves when 

 view'd with a microfcope, appear to be finely 

 perforated. The flowers grow in a thin panicle 

 at the top of the Italks, upon fmooth branched 

 peduncles. The calyces arc fmooth, and their 

 fegments edged with very fmall glandules. The 

 hra^e^ are oval, acute, oppofite, and edg'd with 

 the like glandules. The petals are of a pale 

 yellow, and feldom expand, but are commonly 

 twilled together in adiredlion, from left to right, 

 or with the fun's diurnal motion. 



i>ulchrum 8 HYPERICUM floribus trigynis, calycibus fcrrato- 

 glandulofis, caule tereti, foliis amplexicaulibus 

 cordatis glabris. Lin. mantifs. fecund, p. 456. Sp. 

 pi. nob. Pet. herb. t. 60./. 6. Oed. Dan. t. 75. 

 opt.) 

 Elegant St. John's Wort. Juglis. 



In dry woods and heaths, bur aIOC verv frequent. 



We 



