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Orosb CXLVI. HYPERICACI E.— 1 



Hyperka, .'»<«. I I. (1788 m 



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 iir. I 19, Hyjx - ;. Pr. hiii. I 



1 > i a < . • •i.tiural Exogent, with oblique glandv 



Herbaceous, or even occasionally annua], plants, shrubs, or trees, hai 

 juice, and often with mgnW branches. Leaves opposite, entire, without 6tij 

 sionally alternate, sometimes crenelled, usually impressed with transparenl 

 bordered «ith black glands. Flowi r> in most instano - yellow , som< dim a r< '1 or white, 

 regular, "itli various forms of inflorescence. Sepals I or 5, free from the ovary, j 



tent, so arranged as to have two exterior t" the others, Beparat • partially ui 



Petals of the same number as the sepals, unequal-sided, twisted, spirally in ■ 

 bordered with black dots, sometimes having a flesh) Bcale or a hollow at their 



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Btamens hypogynous, almost always 00, Bometimee distinct, ually moi i 



bat almost always polyadelphous ; sometimes having fleshy glands inten 

 tin- bundles of stamens ; filaments filiform ; anthers 2-celled, open 

 quendy surmounted by a gland Carpels 3 to 5, partially united 

 which forms the axis, and introduces its arms into their cavit) ; 



Is, usually distinct, but occasionally cohering at the base ; stigi 

 Bate, rarely 2-lobed ; ovules 00, (rarely definite,) general!) I 

 occasionally pendulous, anatropal, or, in some instances, amphitropal. 

 Lee lied, but in most instances either a dry or fleshy capsule, of mai 

 cells; the edges of the former being curved inwards. Seeds minute, 

 attached !■> a placenta in the axis, or adhering t" the inni r 

 embryo Btraight or curved, «iili an inferior radicle and do albumen. 



The unequal-sided petals, and dark glands upon their ■ 

 means of recognising this Order, which moreover eoiniuonh | 

 sta mens . Its long Btyles, and distinctly apocarpous fruit, 



jnition. Keeping these characters in view, no dot 

 genera Eucryphia and Carpodontos, separated b) Mr Endlicher, 

 of the Order of Tutsans ; for the inequalit) ol th< 

 genua. Nor does it appear desirable to - 



CCLXXXV.— Hypericum florfbundum ; l.ar 



witli 3 carp. U . -i .i seed laid horiionUll) and cut thi 

 of :\ leaf with transparent dots. 



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