1014 HYPERICUM. [CLASS XVIII, ORDER 1. 
more or less numerous black dots. Inflorescence a few pale lemon 
coloured flowers, in terminal and axillary corymbose clusters. Calyx 
segments leafy, large, ovate oblong, obtuse, mostly with a bristle 
point, the margin often glandulous, mostly dotted, as are the ovate 
acute petals. Stamens numerous. Styles three. Capsules ovate 
acute, brownish, pink, three celled, many seeded. 
Habitat.— Gravelly, heathy, and boggy pastures, old walls and wet 
rock; not uncommon. 
Perennial; flowering in July. 
The leaves of this species are variable in size, as well are those of 
the calyx, and the margin of the calyx segments have the glands 
sometimes so large and prominent, as to give a fimbriated appear- 
ance. The leaves, as well as the calyx, mostly become pink as they 
fade and decay. 
6. H. monta'num, Linn. (Fig. 1184.) Mountain St. John’s Wort. 
Stem erect, round, smooth; leaves ovate, heart shaped, sessile, the 
upper ones with pellucid dots; calyx segments lanceolate, acute, 
ciliated, with stalked globose glands. 
English Botany, t. 371.—English Flora, vol. iii. p 327.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 281.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. —. 
Root fibrous. Stem round, straight, erect, smooth, leafy below, 
simple or branched above, about two feet high. Leaves ovate, heart- 
shaped, sessile, and embracing the stem, dark green above, pale 
beneath, and often downy, the upper leaves profusely dotted over with 
pellucid glandular dots, the lower ones without dots, but with nume- 
rous netted pellucid veins, the margin with a row of dark brown 
almost black dots, the mid-rib stout, and the lateral ones prominent. 
Inflorescence terminal, of numerous crowded flowers, in terminal 
panicles, elevated on slender leafless branches. Bracteas lanceolate, 
ciliated with stalked globose dark glands, as well as the margin of the 
lanceolate calyx segments. Corolla pale lemon colour, petals elliptic 
ovate, entire, smooth, without spots. Capsule elliptic ovate, three 
celled. Seeds minute, very numerous. 
‘Habitat.—Busby places in hilly districts in a dry soil. 
Perennial ; flowering in July. 
A pretty elegant plant, readily distinguished by its erect round 
almost branchless stem, its sessile ovate leaves, and beautifully fringed 
calyx and bractea. Sometimes the stem and under side of the leaves 
are clothed with soft close pubescence, and the lower part of the stem 
and margin of the leaves are often of a pinkish colour. 
7. H. barba'tum, Jacq. (Fig. 1185.) Bearded St. John’s Wort. 
Stem erect, somewhat angular; leaves oblong lanceolate, with black 
scattered dots beneath, without pellucid dots ; calyx segments lanceo- 
Jate, ciliated with long stalked glands. 
