632 388. AndroseEm. 67. HYPERICINE^. PL ex. that. 



edges of the valves bent inwards; perisperm 0; corculum 

 straight, radicle above. — Stem herbaceous or undershrubby; 

 leaves opposite, often glandular ; corallcB yellow. 



Androphores 5 ; styles 3 ; 

 berry i-celled Andros^mum. 388. 



Androphores 3 or 5 j styles 3 or 5 ; 

 capsule 3 or 5-celled '. Hypericum. 389. 



I. 388. ANDROS^MUM. Dioscorides. Tout-sain. 

 Calyx 5-cut ; petals 5 ; stamens in 5 bundles ; styles 3 ; 



lerry 1-celled; placentaria ternate, affixed to the sides of 

 the berry by means of a membrane, at first entire, afterwards 

 2-parted. 



AndroscBmum officinale. Shop tout-sain. 



Stem shrubby, 2-edged ; leaves ovate, sessile ; flowers 

 terminal ; sepales unequal, roundish, ovate, blunt. 



Hypericum maximum Androsajraum vulgare dictum, Rail Syn. 343,6, 



Clymencdi Italorum, Ger. em. 343, 1. 



AndrosiBmum vulgare, Parle, bib. 



Hypericum AndrosEemum, Lin. S. P. 1102. 



Androssemum vul2;are, X)e Cand. Fl. Gall, 4510. 



J'utsan. Park-leaves. 



Stem forked, bald ; leaves at first green, afterwards dark 

 red, stipuled, edge not cut; flowers cymose; corolla golden 

 vellow ; herry elliptic, at first red, then black. — Juice of 

 the leaves, when dark red, resembles claret; leaves used as 

 a dressino; to wounds and ulcers. 



II. 389. HYPERICUM. Dioscorides. St. John's-wort, 

 Cahjx 5-cut ; petals 5 ; stamens in 3 or 5 bundles ; styles 



3 or 5 ; capsule 3 or 5-celled. — Flowers yield a blood red 

 juice when bruised. 



a. Styles 5 ; capsule 5-celled j calyx-Ides hald, edge not cut, 



1 . Hyper icitm calyclnum. Cup St. John's-wort. 



Stem shrubby, branchy, 4-sided; leaves oblong, 2-rowed; 

 flowers solitary, terminal; calyx-lobes blunt; styles 5. 



Hypericum calycinum, Lin. Mant. 106. 



Woods ; naturalized ; shrubby ; July to September. 

 S/e/w 1 foot high; branches simple, square, terminated 

 by a flower, leafy ; flowers very large ; petals golden yellow. 



