32 17. HYPERICACE.E. 



sessile, branches 4-angled. Fl. solitary, on peduncles shorter 

 than the longest sepals, 3 in. across, bright yellow. St. in 5 

 bundles. Cap. 5-celled. 



Very rare. Woods above Largs, Sh. 7 0. 

 B. Styles 3. St. in 5 bundles. 



2. H. ANDROS^E 'MUM, L. Tutsan, Park-Leaves. Stem shrubby 

 at the base; branches compressed, J 3 ft. high Le. ovate, 

 sessile, obtuse. Cymes few-flowered. Sep. unequal. Fl. bright 

 yellow, styles shorter than the stamens. Fr. fleshy, globular, 

 resembling a berry, black when ripe, imperfectly 3-celled. 



Thickets and hedges. (E) Sh. 68. Not uncommon on the coast of Gourock : 

 Ardentinny; Kilmun; Dunoon; Bute; Cumbrae and Arran. 



* 3. H. ELATUM, Ait. Large-flowered Tutsan. Stem shrubby, 

 branched, 2-edged above. Le. ovate, sessile. Cymes few flowered. 

 Sep. unequal, reflexed after flowering. Pet. twice the length of the 

 calyx. ' * Styles nearly straight, about as long as the stamens 

 and petals, and twice the length of the calyx," H. & A. 

 Hills behind Greenock? (H. & A., p. 80). Sh. 8-9. 

 C. Styles 3. Stamens in 3 bundles. 



4. TT. PERFORATUM, L. Perforated St. .Johris-wort. Stem 

 erect, 2-edged, 1 2 ft. high. Le. sessile, oblong, marked with 

 pellucid dots, principal veins pellucid, ultimate ones opaque. Sep. 

 lanceolate, acute. Pet. oblique, generally with black dots. Fl. 

 bright yellow, in compact cymes. Cap. with raised lines on the 

 back. 



Common. Bushy places and hedge banks. (B) P. 70. Banks of Clyde below 

 Govan; Kenmuirbank; Cambuslang glen ; Gourock; Cumbrae and Arran. 



5. H. DUBIUM, Leers. Imperf orate St. Johrfs-wort. Stem 

 erect, slightly quadrangular. Le. sessile, elliptic -ovate, mostly 

 destitute of pellucid dots, or with a few oil the upper le. Veins 

 and reticulations pellucid when held up to the light. Sep. broader 

 than in the last, obtuse, rarely pointed. Fl. yellow. Pet. gener- 

 ally furnished with black dots, very like the preceding. 



Cumbrae, Bute, and Arran. Frequent. (E) P. 78. 



6. H. QTJADRANGULUM, L. Square- stalked St. Johrfs-wort. 

 Stem stout, erect, 4-angled or winged, branched. Le. broadly 

 ovate, with pellucid dots. Fl. numerous in corymbose cymes. 

 Sep. erect, acuminate, with subulale points, entire. With smaller 

 and paler flowers than the former two. 



Frequent. Sides of ditches and wet places. (B) P. 7. Carmyle; Kenmuir; 

 Cambuslang; Paisley Canal bank; Gourock; Cumbrae and Arran. 



7. H. HUMIFUSUM, L. Trailing St. John's-wort. Stems 

 slender, numerous, procumbent or prostrate, compressed, 3 10 

 in. long. Le. oblong, obtuse, sessile, glabrous, with black dots 



