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\H\eldium (Ait.); st. shrubby, 2-edged, ped. %-winged, 1. 

 s ub cor date-ovate subacute, cymes few-flowered, sep. broad un- 

 equal ^ as long as petals persistent, styles exceeding the stam., 

 caps. oval. Wats. Dendr. Brit. 85. H. Androscemum Sm. E. It. 

 1225. H. anylicum Bert. St. 3 4 ft. high, much branched. Fl. 

 large, in terminal cymes. Sep. nearly as large as those of H. 

 Androscemum. Pet. about equalling stamens. The remains of 

 cultivation. P. VII. IX.] E. 



[H. hircinum (L.), Wats. Dendr. 86, Sy. E. B. 246, has lan- 

 ceolate acute deciduous sepals, but otherwise much resembles 

 H. elatum ; it is established in some places.] 



*** Herbs. Styles 3, stam. shortly united in 3 sets, pet. persistent. 



3. H. quadrari (julum (L.) ; st. erect with 4 icings, 1. ovate with 

 pellucid dots and veins, sep. erect lanceolate acuminate entire, pet. 

 lanceolate, styles half as long as the capsule. E. B. 370. 

 R. vi. 844. JI. tetrapterum (Fr.) ed. viii. St. 12 ft. high. 

 Fl. in terminal forked close many-flowered cymes, pale. In 

 wet places. P. VII. E. S. I. 



4. H. unduldtum (Schousb.) ; st. erect branched 4-edged, 1. 

 oblong wavy at the edge with many pellucid dots netted with 

 pellucid veins and (as \vell as the eep. and edges of the stem) 

 with black marginal dots beneath, sep. erect ovate-lanceolate 

 acute usually bluntly crenate, styles not as long as the capsule. 

 J. of B. ii. 97. t. 16. H. bseticum Boies. Voy. t. 34. Sy. E. 

 B. 270 a. St. 2 3 ft. high. L. wavy at the edge, much and 

 uniformly dotted, declining. Fl. in very lax, much branched 

 cymes. Pet. yellow, tinged externally on one longitudinal 

 half with red. Anth. with a black spot. Styles divaricate. 

 Boggy places in Devon and Cornwall. P. VII. E. 



5. H. perfordtum (L.) ; st. erect 2-edged, 1. oblong with pel- 

 lucid dots, sep. erect lanceolate acute, pet. obliquely oblong, 

 styles as long as the capsule. E. B. 295. It. vi. 343. St. 1 2 

 feet high. L. elliptic-oblong, varying much in form, and in 

 the number and size of the pellucid dots; chief veins pellucid, 

 but not forming a network. Sep. usually denticulate near the 

 tip. /3. angustifolium DC. ; 1. linear-oblong, sep. lanceolate 

 acute finelv denticulate. Woods, hedgebanks, &c. P. VII. 

 VIII. E.S.I. 



6. H. maculdtum (Crantz) ; st. erect quadrangular, 1. elliptic- 

 ovate blunt with a few pellucid dots netted with pellucid veins, 

 sep. rejlexed with many black dots on the outside, pet. elliptic, 



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