74 HYPERICINE^. [HYPERICTJM. 



8. H. pul'chrum, L. ; glabrous, stems 'erect slender terete branched 

 above, leaves with pellucid glands cordate very obtuse, upper shorter, 

 sepals small oblong. 



Dry copses, heaths, and commons, N. to Shetland ; ascending to 2,200 ft. in 

 the Highlands ; Ireland ; Channel Islands ; fl. June-July. Very elegant. 

 Stems 1-2 ft., flexuous. Cymes panicled, many-fld. Leaves \ in. Flowers 

 f-f in. diam. Petals twice as long as the sepals, yellow tinged with red, 

 margins with black glands. Anthers red. Styles short. DISTRIB. "W. 

 Europe from Norway southd. and E. to Russia. 



9. H. hirsu'tum, L. ; finely pubescent, stem erect terete subsimple, 

 leaves with pellucid glands very shortly petioled ovate or oblong obtuse, 

 sepals linear-oblong subacute. 



Copses, &c., from Ross southd. ; ascends to 1,300 ft. in Yorks. ; very rare in 

 Ireland; fl. July- Aug. Rather stout, 1-3 'ft., leafy; pubescence curly. 

 Leaves 1-2 in., without marginal glands. Cymes panicled. Flowers f in. 

 diam., pale yellow, homogamous. Petals twice as long as the sepals. 

 DISTRIB. Europe, Siberia, W. Asia. 



10. H. monta'num, L. ; almost glabrous, stems ascending terete, leaves 

 with marginal black glands sessile oblong obtuse, upper cordate-ovate or 

 linear oblong puberulous beneath, sepals lanceolate acute. 



Copses in gravelly or chalky soil, England, Ayrshire, and N.E. Ireland ; 

 Channel Islands ; ascends to 700 ft. in Surrey ; fl. July-Aug. Stem 1-2 ft., 

 rigid, very slender, often leafless above. Leaves 1-2 in., membranous. 

 Cymes few and dense-fld. ; bracts glandular, toothed. Flowers ^- in. 

 diam., pale yellow, fragrant. Petals eglandular or nearly so, twice as long 

 as the sepals. DISTRIB. Europe to the Caucasus, N. Africa. 



SECTION 3. Sepals nearly equal. Petals not oblique, persistent. Sta- 

 mens 15, connate ^ way up in 3 stalked bundles which alternate with 2-fid 

 hypogynous scales. Ovary incompletely 3-celled. 



11. H. elo'des, Huds. ; villous, leaves orbicular or oblong-cordate. 

 Bogs, ditches, and wet moors, S. of England, W. of Scotland, from Argyll 



southd. ; all Ireland ; Channel Islands ; fl. July-Aug. Stems 3-18 in., many, 

 creeping, terete. Leaves -1 in., |-amplexicaul, pellucid glands small. 

 Cymes irregular, often spuriously axillary, 3-chotomus ; bracts small, deltoid, 

 gland-serrated. Flowers % in. diam., pale-yellow, homogamous. Sepals 

 glabrous, oblong, obtuse, with red glandular serratures. DISTRIB. W. 

 Europe, from Holland to Spain and Italy ; Azores. 



ORDER XVI. MALVA'CEJE. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees, hairs often stellate. Leaves alternate, 3- or more- 

 nerved at the base ; stipules deciduous. Inflorescence various ; bracteoles 

 when present often connate and with their stipules forming an epicalyx. 

 Calyx 5-lobed, valvate in bud. Petals 5, adnate at the base to the staminal 



