Hypericum.} POLYADELPHIA — POLYANDRIA. 281 



Bushy places. Largs, and Balmacarra, Scotland ; but I fear not truly 

 wild, as it is commonly cultivated in shrubberies on account of its beauty. 

 Near Cork, Ireland. Fl. July— Sept. Tj .^-Flowers very large, yellow, 

 as in all the Genus. Sets oi stamens b. 



** Styles 3. Cal.-seginents entire at the margins. 



2. H. Androscb?num, L. ( Tutsan); styles 3, capsule pulpy, 

 stem shrubby compressed, calyx-leaflets unequal, leaves ovate 

 sessile. L\ Bot. t. 1225. — Androscemum officinale. All. 



Hedges and shrubby places ; Norfolk, Herts. Between Dorking and 

 Guildford, and at Gt. Marlow, Bucks. Not rare in Devon andCornwall. 

 Frequent in Ireland, and on the W. of Scotland. Fl. July. — T^ . 2 ft. high. 

 Leaves large. Cymes terminal, of rather \ATgeJlowe7-s. Berry black. 



3. H. quadrdnguliim, L. {sqxiare-stalked St John s-ioorl); styles 

 3, stem herbaceous 4-angled somewhat branched, leaves ovate 

 with pellucid dots, calyx-leaves lanceolate. E. Bot. t. 370. 



Moist pastures, sides of ditches and rivulets. Fl. July. If. — I — 2 ft. 

 high. Panicles terminal. 



4. yi.perfurdlum,h. (common perforated St Johis-ivort); styles 

 3, stem 2-edged, leaves elliptic-oblong' obtuse with pellucid dots, 

 segments of the calyx lanceolate. E. Bot. t. 293. 



Woods, thickets, hedges, &c. abundant. Fl. July. If .—1—2 ft. 

 or more high, branched. There are minute black dots on the tips of 

 the cal., cor., and often on the leaves. This plant is variously comme- 

 morated by Physicians and Poets, as " Balm of the Warrior's wound," 

 in allusion to its healing properties ; while its profusion of flowers is thus 

 noticed, 



" Hypericum, all bloom, so thick a swai'm 



" Ot tiowers, like flies, clothing its slender rods 



" That scarce a leaf appears." 



5. H. dubium, L. (iinpei-forate St Johns-wort); styles 3, stem 

 obsoletely quadrangular, leaves elliptic-ovate obtuse destitute of 

 pellucid dots, segments of the calyx elliptical. E. Bot. t. 296. 



Rather mountainous woods in various places, but no where in great 

 plenty. Fl. July, Aug. 1^. — Similar in many respects to the last; for 

 which, perhaps, it is not unfrequently mistaken. Corolla often marked 

 with small black dots. 



6. H. humifusum, L. (trailing St Johns-wort) ; styles 3, 

 flowers terminal subcymose, stem compressed prostrate, leaves 

 oblong obtuse glabrous. E. Bot. t. 1226. 



Gravelly, heathy and boggy pastures, stone walls, &c. in many places. 

 Fl. July. If. . — Stem slender, about a span long. Cor. with black dots, 

 as well as the caly.v, on which they are frequently seen near the edge, 

 but not, in my specimens, so distinctly as to justify the plant being placed 

 in the next division. 



*** Styles 3. Margins of the calycine segments with glandular 



serratures. 



7. H. montdnum, L. (Mountain St John s-ioort) ; styles 3, 

 flowers paniculato-corymbose, calyx with glandular serratures^ 



