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SMALL UPRIGHT ST. JOHN'S WORT. H. pulchrum. 



Plate 12, fig. 2. 



And well does it deserve all its names. It is small and 

 delicate grows quite upright, and is equalled by very few 

 plants in the abundance of its flowers, or the richness of their 

 color. Well does Cowper say, 



" Hypericum, all bloom, so thick a swarm 

 Of flowers, like flies, clothing in slender rods, 

 That scarce a leaf appears." 



They are of a fine golden yellow, tinged with red before 

 opening with the stamens numerous, red in color, and in 

 three sets. The leaves opposite, very small, heart-shaped, 

 and smooth. Calyx serrate, with black tips. Commonly 

 grows on dry banks and on heaths flowering in July. 



O. S. Large-flowered St. John's Wort, a beautiful shrub, often grown 

 in gardens, Square-stalked St. John's Wort, Imperforate St. John's Wort, 

 Trailing St. John's Wort. Mountain St. John's Wort. Bearded St. John's 

 Wort, Hairy St. John's Wort, and Marsh St. John's Wort. 



CLASS 19. SYNGENESIA. 



(Anthers united into a tube. Flowers compound.) 



All the plants of this class so much resemble each other, 

 as to form a perfectly natural order, (Compositse.) No 

 poisonous plant is found in this class, but it consists chiefly 

 of such as are bitter in taste, and strengthening in quality. 

 Many are esteemed as ornamental, though few of British 

 growth ; we have, however, some of the Everlasting Flowers, 

 and the Daisies. 



' And the'Thistle is here, but it should not be 



Admitted I think in such company 



So we'll pass it by though its purple globe 



Might outvie the tints of an emperor's robe. 



And the martial leaves that begirt its stem 



Are like guards around a regal diadem. 



It is armed at all points with a hostile fence, 



Eager to wound for each slight offence, 



Like vulgar pride in its consequence. 



So we'll none of the Thistle tribe or nation, 



Nor the surly Nettle, its near relation." A. Strickland. 



