280 POLYADELPHIA — POLYANDRIA. [Hypericum. 



seen no native plants of this, and have drawn n]) my character from a 

 south of France specimen given me by Rlr Benihani, who has studied 

 this genus with great attention. 



6. M. minima, L. (little 13ur-3Iedick) ; procumbent, leaflets 

 obcordate downy, stipules nearly entire, pediuicles 1 — 5-flow- 

 ered, legumes compactly spiral subglobose, the spires narrow 

 keeled at the margin with a compact double row of uncinate 

 prickles. Benth. in E. Bot. Siippl t. 2635. — /3. stems and leaves 

 hoary. M. minima, [3, canescens. DC< 



Sandy fields and waste places, rare. Narburgh, Norfolk ; and near 

 Newmarket. Between Sandwicb and Pegwcll, Kent. Landguard 

 Fort, Suftblk, and /3. Fegwell Bay, Isle of Thanet. Fl. June, July. 0. 

 — It is possible that Ray's plant, taken for M. muricata (see preceding 

 sp.) may be the jiresent, which Prof. Henslow finds on the same coast. 

 The latter plant precisely accords with specimens from Mr Benlham of 

 the true M. minima. 



7. M. denticuldta, Willd. (reticulated Medich) ; nearly gla- 

 brous, leaflets obcordate, stipules laciniated, peduncles 2 — 5- 

 flowered, legumes broad loosely spiral and flat with 1 — 3 con- 

 volutions reticulated, the margin thin keeled with a double 

 compact row of subulate curved prickles. G. E. Smith, PL of 



S. Kent, p. 43. t. 1./ 4. Benth. in E. Bot. Suppl. t. 2634 



31. muculata, (3. E. El. v. iii. p. 319. 



Upon exposed sandy banks on the coast of Kent. Near Wevmouth. 

 Cley, Norfolk. Fl. April— June. ©.—The Rev. G. E. Smith has well 

 distinguished the present species in the little work just mentioned. Its 

 legumes are very beautiful and quite unlike any of the preceding. Mr 

 Smith s])eaks of 2 vars., one with long and the other with shorter 

 spines ; which, in all probability, correspond with the a,, and /3. of Mr 

 Bentham in his Cat. of PL of the Pt/r. and Lang. p. 103. 



CLASS XVIII.-POLYADELPHIA. Filaments 

 comhined in moi'e than two sets. 



ORD. I. POLYANDRIA. J/a«y Stamens. 



1. Hypericum. Cal. 5-partite or 5-leaved, inferior. Pet. 5. 

 Eilaments united at the base into 3 or 3 sets. Capsule many- 

 seeded. — Not. Old. Hypericine^, Juss. — Name, — the b-rrs^aov 

 of Dioscorides. 



POLYADELPHIA— POLYANDRIA. 



1. Hypericum. Linn. St. John's-wort. 



* Styles 5. 



1. W.* calycinum, L. {large' flowered St Johns-wort^; styles 5, 



flowers solitary, segments of the calyx unequal obovate obtuse, 



leaves oblong, stem shrubby branched square. E. Bot. <. 2017, 



