63^ 389. Hyperic. 67. HYPERICINE^E. PL ex. thai. 



Root fibrous ; stetns many, threadshape ; leaves rarely 3 

 in a whirl ; ^flowers pedicelled ; petals golden, smaller than 

 the calyx-lobes ; anthers not glandular. 



c. styles 3; capsule 3-celled ; calyx-lobes toothed or glan- 

 dular, 



6. Hypericum montanum. Mountain St. John's-wort. 

 Stem- round, upright ; leaves oblong, embracing the 



stem, without dots; edge black spotted ; //oii/e?-^ corym- 

 bose panicled, terminal; calyx-lobes lanceolate, acute, ser- 

 rated, glandular. 



Hypericum c-legantissimum non raraosum folio lato. Rati Syn. 343,5. 

 Androsasinum Matthioli, Park. 575, 

 Hypeiiciiin montanum, Lin. S, P. 1105. 



Mountain woods; perennial; Jul3% 



Root creeping ; stein 2 feet high, simple, stiff; panicle 

 contracted ; petals lanceolate, light yellow. 



7. Hypericum barbatum. Bearded St. John^s-wort. 

 Stem upright, rather angular ; leaves ovate, bald, black, 



dotted ; calyx and petals fringed, dotted. 



Hypericiim barbatum, Jacquin Fl. Austr. 2bd. 



Coppices ; perennial ; September and October. 



Stem bald, stiff, branched at top ; leaves spotted on both 

 sides, spots dark purple, glandular ; panicles forked ; petals 

 yellow, reverse ovate. 



8. Hypericum pulchrum. Haiidsome St. John's-wort. 

 Stem, round, upright; leaves heartshape, embracing the 



stem, bald ; calyx-lobes blunt, serrated, glandular. 



Hyericum pulchrum Tragi, Raii Syn. 342, 2; Ger. em. 540, 5. 

 Hypericum pulchrum, Lin. S, P. 11C6, 



Woods on clay soils ; perennial ; July. 



Stem 18 in. high, reddish, bald; branches barren; leaves 

 dotted, beneath glaucous ; panicle stiff; petals gold-yellow, 

 red on the outside. 



9. Hypericum hirsutum. Hairy St. Jolm's-wort. 

 Stem round, upright, downy ; leaves oblong, narrow at 



bottom, spotted; dots transparent, downy beneath; calyx- 

 lobes serrated glandular. 



Hypericum Androsaemum dictum. Raii Syn, 343,4. 

 Jlypericum hirsutum, Lin.S.P. 1105. 



