282 POLYADELPHIA — POLYANDUIA. [Hi/pericum. 



stem erect rounded and as well as tlie ovate leaves glabrous. 

 E. Bot. t.S71. 



Bushy hills, especially in a chalky or gravelly soil. Fl. July. 1^ . — 

 H — 2 ft. high. Leaves rather large, more or less perforated, distant, 

 especially above ; their margins having black glandular serratures, with 

 which tiie hracteas and calt/x are beautifully fringed. 



8. *H. harbdtum, Jacq. (bearded St John s-tvort) ; styles 3, 

 corymbs terminal, calyx fringed with long stalked glands, stem 

 erect rounded, leaves ovate with (black) scattered dots beneath. 

 E. Bot. t. 1986. 



Side of a hedge near Aberdalgy in Stratheam, Perthshire. 7*7. Sejjt. 

 Oct. If-- — 1 ft. or more high. Very distinct in the long glandular hairs 

 of its calyx. The petals, too, are often toothed at the extremity. 



9. H. linear i folium, \ AxX, (linear-leaved St Johns-ivort); styles 

 3, flowers terminal cymose, sepals lanceolate acute their margins 

 with numerous black spots and glandular serratures, leaves linear 

 obtuse the margins revolute, stem terete. Bab. in Prim. Fl. 

 Sam. ined. 



On dry slopes of hills in several parts of Jersey, particularly on a hill 

 between Anna Porta, and St Catharine's bay. F/. July — Aug. If. — 

 Flowers rather large, yellow. Stem procumbent below. Babington. 



10. H. hirsiduni, L. (hairy St Johii s-ivort^ ; styles 3, calyx with 

 (black) glandular serratures, stem erect rounded pubescent, leaves 

 ovate slightly downy beneath. E.Bot.t. 116. 



Woods and thickets, especially in a chalky soil. Fl. July. If . — 2 ft. 

 high. Leaves rather large, more or less downy, especially beneath. 



11. H. pidchrum, L. (small upright St John' s-tvort) ; styles 3, 

 calyx with (black) glandular serratures, stem erect, leaves cor- 

 date amplexicaul glabrous. E. Bot. t. 1227. 



Dry woods and heaths, frequent. Fl. July, If. — 1 — 2 ft. high, slen- 

 der, erect, rigid, branched. Flowers beautiful, in \oose panicles, yellow, 

 tipped, before expansion, with red. Anthers red. 



12. H. elodes, L. (JSIarsh St Johns-icori); styles 3, calyx with 

 (reddish) glandular serratures glabrous, leaves roundish shaggy, 

 stem rounded creeping, panicle of few flowers. E. Bot. t. 109. 



Spongy bogs, not unfrequent. Fl. July, Aug. If. — A span long. 

 Flowers few, panicled, terminal, pale yellow. 



