1016 HYPERICUM. [CLASS XVIII, ORDER 1. 
described and made the drawing from specimens collected in France. 
It is very different from any other of our species, and is readily known 
by its linear revolute leaves and round smooth slender stems. 
9. H. hirsu'tum, Linn. (Fig. 1187.) Hairy St. John’s Wort. Stem 
erect, round, pubescent ; leaves ovate or oblong, on short petioles, 
scattered over with pellucid dots, and downy beneath; calyx seg- 
ments lanceolate, the margins ciliated with short stalked glands. 
English Botany, t. 1156.—English Flora, vol. iii. p. 328.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed 4. vol. i. p. 282.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 42. 
Root fibrous. Stems several, erect, round, about two feet high, 
simple or branched, clothed with soft pubescence, leafy. Leaves 
ovate or oblong, on a short footstalk, nearly smooth above, downy 
bencath, with a prominent mid-rib and lateral veins, more or less 
profusely scattered over with small pellucid dots, and sometimes 
mixed with dark ones. Inflorescence a large terminal many flowered 
somewhat leafy branched panicle. Calyx and bracteas lanceolate, 
acute, finely downy, and the margins fringed with black globose 
glands, elevated on short stalks. Corolla rather large, bright yellow, 
the petals ovate oblong, veiny and fringed towards the point with 
stalked glands. Styles three, spreading. Capsules ovate, smooth, 
three celled, many seeded. 
Habitat—Woods and thickets; not unfrequent, especially in a 
chalky or sandy soil. 
Perennial ; flowering in July. 
10. H. pul'chrum, Linn. (Vig. 1188.) Small upright St. John's 
Wort. Stem erect, round, smooth; leaves ovate, heart-shaped, 
smooth, scattered over with pellucid dots; calyx segments obovate, 
obtuse, serrated with black sessile glands. 
English Botany, t. 1227—English Flora, vol. iii. p. 329.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 282.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 42. 
Root woody, branched. Stems mostly several, from one to two 
feet high, erect, straight, slender, round, smooth, often pinkish, 
branched with short axillary branches. Leaves ovate, heart-shaped, 
sessile, of a firm rigid texture, a dark somewhat glaucous green 
above, pale beneath, with a stout mid-rib and slender Jateral veins, 
scattered over with pellucid glandular dots. Inflorescence a terminal 
branched loose somewhat leafy panicle. Calya segments ovate, 
obtuse, more or less profusely fringed with sessile black globose 
glands. Corolla large for the size of the plant, petals ovate oblong, 
a bright yellow, often stained externally with crimson, the margin 
towards the point fringed with black sessile glands. Stamens with 
ovate crimson anthers. Capsules ovate, smooth, many seeded. 
Habitat.—W oods and bushy places, heaths and banks ; frequent. 
Perennial ; flowering in July. 
The lower leaves of this plant soon fade to a brightish yellow, and 
