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610. Fl. in a naked cyme springing from a lanceolate leaflike 

 bract. L. twice the length of their petioles. In many old plan- 

 tations. T. VII. 



2. T. parvifolia (Ehrh.); L obliquely cordate glabrous except 

 a woolly tuft at the origin of each vein beneath, ped. many- 

 flowered, fr. oblique angular thin and brittle. E. B. 1705. L. 

 usually scarcely longer than their petioles, with stellate hairs be- 

 neath. Lobes of the stigma ultimately spreading horizontally. 

 In woods. Probably the only truly native species. T. VIII. 



*3. T. grandifolia (Ehrh.) , I. obliquely cordate downy beneath 

 with a woolly tuft at the origin of each vein beneath, ped. mostly 

 3-flowered, fr. with 5 prominent angles woody downy turbinate. 

 E. B. S. 2720. Young shoots hairy. L. longer than their 

 petioles with solitary hairs beneath. Lobes of the stigma erect. 

 T. rubra (Lindl.) is stated to have globose and smooth fruit 

 and to be T. corallina Sm. I have not seen it. In old planta- 

 tions. T. VI. VII. E. I. 



Order XVII. HYPERICACE^E. 



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

 imbricate. Pet. 4 5, twisted in aestivation. Stam. indefinite, 

 polyadelphous, connected in 3 or 4 bundles at the base. Anthers 

 versatile. Styles several, rarely connate. Fruit a dry or fleshy 

 capsule oijmany cells and many valves, the valves curved inwards. 

 Seeds minute, indefinite, on a central axis or the incurved mar- 

 gins of the valves, embryo straight with no albumen. L. mostly 

 opposite, with pellucid dots. Fl. yellow. 



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

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

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



1. HYPERICUM Linn. St. John's Wort. 

 * Styles 5. Pet. unequal-sided. 



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

 tary, sep. unequal obovate obtuse, pet. often lobed on one side. 

 E. B. 2017. Fl. very large. Naturalized in bushy places in 

 Wicklow and Cork ; Scotland ; England. P. VII. IX. 



** Styles 3, stam. in 5 sets, pet. deciduous. ANDROS^JMUM. 



2. H. Androscemum (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. Curt. Lond. i. 164. St. 



