XJI. i/YPERICAVEiE : //YPE'rICUM. 



i. Ascyreia Chois. Prod. Hyp. 



7ft 







112. Hypericum elatum. 



2. /T. HiRCi^NUM L. The Goat-scented St. John's Wort. 



, Park., and 



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. Sli/les covimonly ,3. 

 i 1. H. elaVum Alt. 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, ]. p. 166. 

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



Spec. Char., Src 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. (ZIon's ilf?//.) A sub-evergreen shrub. North 

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

 Flowers yellow ; July and August. Capsule reddish 

 brown; ripe in October. Decaying leaves yellowish. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1103. ; Don's Mill, i p 60' 



"""^ZZ'fig. uT"^' "^'*''- ' ' ''' '' 3- ; Wats. Dend. Brit., t. C. ; 



Spec. Char., S^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. {Doii's Mill.) A de- 

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

 Height 3 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 very disagreeable 

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

 Varieties. 



-" **- H. h. 2 obtusifdlhim Dec. Leaves blunter 

 than the species. Found on the mountains of 

 Corsica, on humid rocks. 

 -" a. H. A. 3 minus Dec. is a smaller plant than the 

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



B. Styles commonly 5. 



j^ tt. H. Kazmia'num L. Kalm's St. John's Wort. 



W<i^ca/,o.^Willd. Sp., 3. p. 438.; Don's Mill., l.p.603.; Tor. and 



Synoni/,nes. H. B^Ttrasaium Mill. ; Virginia St. John's Wort. 

 Engraving. OurJ^g. U4. 



Spec. Char., S;c. Branches tetragonal. Leaves linear- 

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

 pals lanceolate, bluntish. (Dun's Mill.) A sub-ever- 

 green undershrub. Canada to Virginia. Height Uft 



'.".."^n^^'i? ^ ^'' \? ^ ^'- ^" England. Introduced in 

 1759 Flowers yellow ; June and July. Capsule red- 

 dish brown ; ripe in October. 



113. H* hirc\num. 



114. a, Kalmianum 



