TREES AND SHRUBS 



Flowers rich golden-yellow, 2 ins. or more diam., solitary ; Calyx persistent ; 

 Petals of good substance; Stamens polyadelphous, anthers crimson; Fruit a 

 capsule, 5-celled, 5-valved. 



Leaves opposite, oblong, entire, obtuse, dark green, pale beneath, sessile. 



An evergreen shrub, 1-2 ft. ; Branches arching; Twigs green. 



A garden hybrid between H. calycinum and H. pa/u/um, raised by Mons. 

 Moser, of Versailles, about 188G; introduced about 1891. 



SPREADING ST. JOHN'S WORT, Hypericum patulum. 



Gardens. A fine hardy shrub, with a straggling habit. July — October. 



Floweis bright yellow, 1-2 ins. diam. ; inflorescence corymbose ; peduncles 

 bibracteate ; Sepals 5, obtuse ; Petals 5, twice length of stamens ; Stamens 

 numerous, connate in 5 bundles ; Ovary superior, styles 5 ; Fruit a capsule. 



Leaves opposite, elliptical-lanceolate, tapering at base, sessile, acute, margins 

 revolute, without dots, dark green. 



A deciduous shrub, 1-3 ft. ; Branches spreading, arching, round, red or 

 purple, 2-edged. 



Native of India, China, Japan ; first discovered by Thunberg in Japan ; 

 seeds sent from Japan by Richard Oldham about 1862. 



Class I Dicotyledons 



Division I Thalamijiorce 



Natural Order . . . Ternstrczmiacece 



Trees or shrubs, with alternate, rarely opposite, coriaceous or rarely 



membranous leaves ; stipules wanting or rarely minute and caducous ; Floxvers 



regular, usually hermaphrodite ; Sepals 4-7, usually 5 ; Petals 4-9, usually 5, 



hypogynous, imbricate ; Stamens numerous, usually united by their filaments 



into 1, 3, or 5 bundles, anthers basifixed and erect, or versatile; Ovary 



superior, 2-7-celled ; Fruit fleshy, coriaceous, or slightly woody and inde- 



hiscent, or a capsule ; seeds few, usually arillate. 



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