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XXX. HYPERICINE^E. 



XXX. HYPERIClNEsE. 

 (HYPERICA, Jussieu. HYPKRICINE^E, D.C. HYPERICACE^E, Lindl.} 



St. John'* Wort. 



Flower cut vertically 



(mag.). 



St. John's Wort. 

 Transverse section 

 of ovary (mag.). 



St. John's Wort. 

 Diagram. 



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St. John's Wort. 



Seed, entire and cut vertically 



(mag.). 



St. John's Wort. 

 Fruit (mag.). 



St. John's Wort. 

 Bundle of stamens. 



St. John's Wort, (llijpericum per/oratum.) 



St. John's Wort. St. John's Wort. 



Pistil and bundle of stamens (mag.). Petal (mag.). 



PETALS hypogynous, claw naked, or furnished with a scale-like pit. STAMENS 

 numerous, hypogynous, monadelphous or polyadelphous. OVARY 5-3-celled, or l-celled 

 by imperfection of the septa. OVULES numerous, anatropous. FRUIT a capsule, rarely 

 fleshy. EMBRYO exalbuminous. LEAVES opposite, entire, usually dotted with pellucid 

 glands. 



- STEM woody or herbaceous, perennial, rarely annual, juice resinous or limpid, 



