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Ascyreta Chois. Prod. Hyp. 



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112. Hyp^ricum elfctvun. 



Derivation, From o, not, and skuros, hard ; that is to say, plants soft to the touch. 

 Sect. Char. Sepals connected at the base, and unequal. Stamens numerous. 

 Styles 3 to 5. Flowers terminal, large, few, sub-corymbose. (Don's Mill., 

 i. p. 601.) 



A. Styles commonly 3. 

 ffi * ] . H. EL.OTUM Ait. The tall St. John's Wort. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2. vol.3, p. 104. ; Don's Mill., 1. 



p. 601. ; Tor. and Gray, 1. p. 166. 

 Engravings, Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 85. ; and our fig. 112. 



Spec. Char., $c. Younger stems reddish. Leaves ovate- 

 oblong, acute, dilated at the base, somewhat emar- 

 ginate, with the margins somewhat revolute. Flowers 

 corymbose. Peduncles bibracteate. Sepals ovate- 

 oblong. (Don's Mil/.) A sub-evergreen shrub. North 

 America. Height 3ft. to 5 ft. Introduced in 1762. 

 Flowers yellow ; July and August. Capsule reddish 

 brown; ripe in October. Decaying leaves yellowish. 



.** - 2. H. HIRCI V NUM L. The Goat-scented St. John's Wort. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1103. ; Don's Mill., i. p. 602. 



Synonymes. TYagium Clus. ; ^ndrosa? v mum fce'tidura Bauh., Park., and 



Ray ; Mille Pertuis a Odeur de Bouc, Fr. 

 Engravings. Schkuhr Handb. 3. t. 213. f. 3. ; Wats. Dend. Brit., t. G. ; 



and our fig. 1 13. 



Spec. Char., $c. Branches winged. Leaves somewhat 

 emarginate at the base, dilated, sessile, acute at the 

 apex, ovate-lanceolate, with glandular margins. Pe- 

 duncles bibracteate. Stamens exceeding the corolla in 

 length. Seeds 2, appendiculated. (Don's Mill.) A de- 

 ciduous or sub-evergreen undershrub. Sea coast of Spain. 

 Heights ft. to 4- ft. Introduced in 1640. Flowers yellow ; 

 July to September. Capsule reddish brown ; ripe in Oc- 

 tober. The leaves of this species, when bruised, have a 

 smell, resembling that of a goat, whence its name. 

 Varieties. 



jtt M. H. h. 2 obtusifolium Dec. Leaves blunter 

 than the species. Found on the mountains of 

 Corsica, on humid rocks. 



-tt t H. h. 3 minus Dec. is a smaller plant than the 

 others, figured in Dend. Brit. t. 87. 



B. Styles commonly 5. 

 .* *. H. KALMJ/WM L. Kalm's St. John's. Wort. 



Identification. Willd. Sp., 3. p. 438. ; Don's Mill., l.p.603. ; Tor. and 



Gray, 1. p. 158. 



Synonymes. H. Bartrammwi Mill. ; Virginia St. John's Wort. 

 Engraving. Our Jig. 114. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Branches tetragonal. Leaves linear- 

 lanceolate. Flowers 3 to 7, in a terminal corymb. Se- 

 pals lanceolate, bluntish. (Doits Mill.) A sub-ever- 

 green undershrub. Canada to Virginia. Height 1| ft. 

 in America ; 2 ft. to 3 ft. in England. Introduced in 

 1759. Flowers yellow ; June and July. Capsule red- 

 dish brown ; ripe in October. 



114. H. K&mianum 



