Cl. 13.] HYPERICA. 143 



Fruit; Malpighia, fig. 222, a simple Berry, or Drupa, 

 with 3 bony Nuts. Trigonia Aubl. and Erythroxy- 

 lum are considered doubtful, as having each a simple 

 Style, and the former a long Capsule of 3 valves, with 

 numerous woolly Seeds ; the latter alternate Leaves, 

 double Petals like the Sap'mdi, and a Drupa with 1 

 See(i, whose Cotyledons are not folded or reflexed at 

 the base. 



These ambiguous genera however form no link with 

 the following Order, nor do we perceive a real approach 

 towards that Order, in any characters of the Malpig- 

 hice, though the learned author is commendably soli- 

 citous to indicate such, in the opposite Leaves, 3 Styles, 

 and 3-celled Fruit. 



Ord. 68. HYPERICA. " Calyx in 4 or 5 deep seg- 

 ments. Petals as many. Stamens numerous, united 

 at the base into several sets. Anthers roundish. Ger- 

 men simple. Styles several, with as many Stigmas. 

 Fruit generally capsular, the number of it's cells and 

 valves corresponding with the Styles, the partitions 

 formed of the inflexed edges of the valves. Seeds very 

 minute, attached to a Receptacle in the centre of the 

 Fruit, either simple, or split into as many parts as 

 there are valves. Embryo straight. Albumen none ? 

 Stem herbaceous, or more or less woody. Leaves op- 

 posite. Flowers oppositely corymbose, often ter- 

 minal." 



Ascyrum, Brathys and Hypericum, fig. 48-50, are 



