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96. Pcrforate-leaved St. Joints-wort fa) is in great plenty among 

 buflies on dry banks, and on the borders of woods. Ir- flowers 

 in July and Auguft. It is eminently aflringent. The flowers arc 

 fo turgid with a red fluid, that by (liftillation they yield an oil 

 like a refmous balfam. Hence it flands in the firil clafs of vul- 

 neraries. For its extraordinary power in helping weak nerves, 

 it obtained the name of Fuga Dxmonum. An eflence of the tops 

 of it, with eflence of Yarrow or Milfoil, is a celebrated febrifuge, 

 a great reftorcr and ftrcngthener of weak fpirits ; and of great 

 fervice to thofe who are under afflictions from worms *. It is 

 commended for ulcers in the kidneys by decoction, cleanfmg and 

 healing them. A decoction of the flowers is advifed for difor- 

 ders of the lungs f . An infufion of them in fallad-oil is an an- 

 tient and approved remedy for wounds. 



97. Small, procumbent, perforate St. Johns-ivorf ( bj is lefs common. I 

 met with it under the buflies by the brook at the welt end of the 



Park. Theatr. Raj. Hift. i. p. 401. Circasa calyce colorato. Linn. Flo. Lapp. n. 3. Cir- 

 caea minima, foliis brevioribus dentatis. Halt. Helv. p. 456. 



(a) Hypeiicon. Dod. Pempt p. 76. uptime. Hypericum. Raj. Hift. ii. p. 1018. Syn. iii. 

 p. 342. Dal. Pharm. p. 233. Hypericum vulgare. C. B. Pin. p. 279. Hift. Oxon. ii. 

 p. 459. Tourn. Inft. Martyn. Tourn. ii. p. 26, &c. Town. Inft. p. 254. Martyn. Tourn. 

 ii. p. 26, &c. Rupp. Flo. Jen. p. 98. Dill. Gift", p. 103. Linn. Flo. Lapp. p. 275. Hy- 

 pericum, perforata, fuga d<emonum. Tabcrn. Icon. p. 864. Hypericum vulgare f. perforata 

 cauleroturido, foliis glabris. /. B. iii. p. 381. Hypericum floribus, caule annuo, foliis punc- 

 t.uis obtufis. Linn. Hort. Cliff, p. 380. Flo. Suec. n. 625. Hall. Helv. p. 630. 



* Ai. Hnfn. i. Obfv. 40. t Eocrhaav. 



(b) Hypericum minus. Dotl. Pempt. p. 76. Hift. Oxon. ii. p. 469. Hypericum mini- 

 mum fupinum. I. B. iii. p. 384. Hypericum minus fupinum, vel fupinum glabrum. C. B. 

 Pin. p. 279. Tourn. Inft. Hypericum minus fupinum. Park. Theatr. Raj. Hift. i. p. 1019. 

 Syn. iii. p. 343. Hypericum floribus trigynis, caulibus ancipitibus proftratis. Linn. Sp. PI. 

 785. Hypericum humifufuin, foliis perforatis, punclis in margine nigris notatis, Hall. Helv. 

 p. 360. 



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