Hypericinea.] flora OP Tasmania 
Xat. Obd. Will. IIVrKlUCINK.K 
Hypericinea are chiefly natives of Europe and America, and are, with comparatively f 
inhabitants of temperate climates ; some arc however tropical : their nearest allies are the tropical Ctutiacea. 
Very few species are Australian. 
Gen. I. HYPBBICUM, L. 
Sepala 5, imbricata. Petala 5, contorta. Mamma plurima, in phalanges coalita v. libera, filamentis 
filiformibus. Ovarium 1-3-loculare ; stigmatibus 3. Capsula membranacea v. coriacea, 1-loculans, 3- 
valvis, seminibus valvarum marginibus infiexis insertis.— Herbae v. frutices; foliis QpfOiMl, 
floribus soUtariis subepnosisve. 
A large genus of plants, for the most part natives of the temperate regions of Europe and thi 
Asia, and North and South America.— Herbs or shrubs, with often angled stems, tlu I. 
and sepals, studded with glandular dots or glands. Leaves opposite, often sessile. SepaU the. iml 
five, crumpled in aestivation. Stamens numerous, with slender filaments, which are free, or unit id into humihs. 
anthers small. Ovary three-oelled, with as mug atyki and anal] oft] 
whose inflexed margins hear numerous minute seeds, hut do not inert in i 
none. (Name, the vmjpiKov of Dioscorides.) 
1. Hypericum gramineum (Forst. Frodr. 53) ; oaule rimplici v. basi 
tomo erecto v. basi decumbente tetragono, foliis oblongis obtusis lesailibus subor ! 
plerumque revolutis, sepalis oblongis obtusis v. ovatis acuminatis punetatis intcg.-rrimis, petftHi calyee 
longioribus, filamcntis fere liberis, capsula conica.— Lab. » 
DC. Prodr. i. 5 10 ; Honk. Jm 
I 
Hug. 12. Ascyrum involutum, Lab. Fl. Nov. HAL ii. 32. 1. 174. Bwthya Billardieri et B. Forsten 
Ann. Sc. Nat. v. 3G7. {Gunn, 73.) 
Hab. Abundant everywhere in good soil.— (Fl. Oct. Jan.) (r. v.) 
Distrib. South-eastern and Western extratropical Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, a 
of Good Hope ? 
An erect herb, a span or less high. — Stems four-angled, slender, sometimes decomb 
dichotomously divided. Leaves f-1 inch long, suberect, oblong, sessile, blunt, cordate 
gins more or less recurved or revolute. Flowers on long or short peduncles, f-| inch hroad. SepaU ob] 
tuse, or acute. Petals golden-yellow, variable in size, often curling inwards after Boi 
filaments almost wholly free. 
2. Hypericum Japonicnm (Thunb. Yl. Jap. 295. t. 31) ; cauL 
dente ramoso v. simplici tetragono, foliis sessilibus late oblongis obov 
ginibusve revolutis, sepalis oblongis obovatisve obtusis acutisw pun I 
longioribus, filamentis liberis, capsula globosa v. oblonga acuta calve m vi\ mp rante. 
Var. /3. hmifusum; caulibus humifusis basi ramosissimis, ramis simphcibu- 
i. 37. Hypericum pusillum, Chois. in. DC. Prodr. i. 549. Ascyrum humifusum, Lab. FL No, 
ii. 33. t. 175. {Gunn, 656.) 
Hab. Both varieties abundant in hilly, humid situations throughout the Colony, growing i 
grass, etc.— (Fl. all summer.) (•. v.) 
Distrib. New Zealand, Japan, India, Madagascar, South Chili ?, California? 
