CLXVII. 

 HYPERICUM PERFORATUM. 



Common St. JohrCs-Wort, 



Class XVIII. Polyadelphia. — Order I. Polyandria. 



Nat. Ord. Hypericine^e. 



Gen. Char. Calyx five-parted, inferior. Petals five. 

 Filaments united at the base into three or five sets. 



Spec. Char. Styles three. Stem two-edged. Leaves 

 oblong, obtuse, with pellucid dots. Calyx leaves 

 lanceolate. 



SYNONYMES. 

 Greek .... onpixov. 



Hypericum vulgare. Bauh. Pin. 279. Tourn. Paris. 106. 



Park. Theatr. 572. 

 Hypericum. Ger. Em. 539. Lob. Obs. 216. Raii Syn. 342. 



Fuchs. 789. c. 322. 

 Hypericon. Dod. Pempt. 76. 



Hypericum perforatum. Lin. Sp. PI. 1105. Eng. Fl. iii. 

 ^ p. 325. Eng. Bot. t. 295. 



Latin. 



French . 

 Italian . 

 Spanish 

 Port. . . 

 German 

 Dutch .. 

 Danish . 

 Swedish . 

 Polish . , 

 Russ ... 

 Bohem. . 



Millepertuis ; Millepertuis perfore ; Herbe de Saint-Jean. 



Iperico; Pilatro; Perforata. 



Hiperico ; Hipericon ; Yerba de San Juan ; Corazoncilla. 



Milfurada. 



Johanniskraut. 



St. Jans kruid ; Mansbloed. 



St. Hans urt ; Jordhumle ; Perikum. 



Johannisoert. 



Dziurawiec. 



Sweroboi. 



St. Jana bylina. 



Description. — The root is perennial, ligneous, creeping, 

 tufted, much branched, and of a yellowish brown colour. 



