12 17. HYPEKICACE^E. 



8. T. plat;ipJn/l'los (Scop.) ; /. obliquely cordate downy be- 

 neath with woolly tufts at the branching of the veins beneath, 

 ped. mostly 3-flowered, ripe ft', with 5 prominent angles woody 

 downy turbinate. E. B. S. 2720. T. yrandifulia (Ehrhf) 

 ed. viii. Young shoots hairy. L. thin, membranous, bright 

 transparent green, longer than their petioles, with solitary 

 hairs beneath. Lobes of the stigma erect. - T. rubra (Lindl.) 

 is stated to have smooth fruit and to be T. corallma Sin. I 

 liave not seen it. Old and rocky woods by the Wve, Teme, 

 and Severn. T. VI. VII. E. 



Order XVII. HYPERICACE.E. 



Sep. 4 5, distinct or cohering, persistent, with glandular 

 dots, imbricate. Pet. 4 5, twisted in the bud. Stam. many, 

 connected in 3 or 4 bundles at the base. Anthers versatile. 

 Styles several, rarely connate. Fruit a dry or fleshy capsule of 

 many cells and many valves, the valves curved inwards. Seeds 

 small, many, on a central axis or the incurved margins of the 

 valves, embryo straight with no albumen. L. mostly opposite, 

 with pellucid dots. Stip. 0. Fl. yellow. 



1. HYPERICUM. Cal. 5-parted or of 5 sepals. Pet. o. Styles 

 3 (in nearly all our plants) or 5. Caps, more or less per- 

 fectly 3-celled, many-seeded. Fl. yellow. 



1. Hi'PER'icuM Linn. St. John's Wort. 

 * Styles 5. Pet . unequal-sided. 



*1. H. caly'cinum (L.) ; st. shrubby square, 1. oblong, fl. soli- 

 tary, sep. unequal obovate blunt. E. B. 2017. Rootstock 

 creeping. St. 1 ft. high. Fl. 3 or 4 in. across, yellow, as in 

 all of this genus. Established in bushy places. P. VII. IX. 



E. S. I. 



** Styles 3, stam. in. 5 sets, pet. deciduous. ANDROSJEMUIVI. 



2. H. Androsce'mum (L.) ; st. shrubby compressed, 1. broadly 

 subcordate-ovate blunt, cymes trichotomous few-flowered, sep. 

 broad unequal, pet. oval blunt, styles much falling short of stam. , 

 caps, pulpy imperfectly 3-celled blunt. Sy. E. B. 264. Curt. 

 i. 164. St. very little branched, 2 ft. high. L. large, with a 

 strong aromatic smell when rubbed. Pet. short. Styles much 

 shorter than the black capsule, finally hooked. Thickets and 

 hedges. P. VII. VIII. Tutsan. E. S. 1. 



