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" But this is only sweet ami delicate, 

 Fit for young women, and is like tlie Herb St. Johu, 

 Doth neither good nor hurt ; but that's all one ; 

 For if they but conceive it doth, it doth ; 

 And it is that physicians hold the chief 

 In all their cures,— conceit and strong belief." 



SPECIES II.— HYPERICUM ELATUM. Ait. 

 Plate CCLXV. 



H. grandifolium, Choisi/. Reich Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. VI. Hyp. Tab. CCCLIL 



Fig. 5193? 

 H. anglicum, Bertol. Bab. Man. Brit. Bot. ed. v. p. GO. 

 H. AudrosMmum, Sm. Eng. Bot. No. 122.5 (non Linn.). 

 Androsajmum parviflorum, Spach. Arnott, in Brit. Fl. ed. viii. p. 604. 



Stem shrubby, brancliecl; branches 2-edged. Leaves sessile, 

 broadly lanceolate, sub-cordate at the base, sub-acute at the apex. 

 Cymes terminal, few-flowered. Sepals oval or ovate, acute, per- 

 sistent and reflexed after flowering. Petals longer than the sepals. 

 Stamens in 5 bundles, as long as the petals. Ovary ovoid. Styles 

 3, nearly straight, longer than the ovary, and surpassing the 

 stamens. Fruit conical-ovoid, slightly fleshy before maturity, at 

 length opening by 3 valves at the apex, crowned by the 3 nearly 

 straight or slightly hooked styles, which are longer than the 

 fruit. 



In hedges and shrubby places, in the South-West of England 

 and West of Scotland; but probably not native. Professor 

 Babington states that he has it from Palmouth, Cornwall; and 

 the figure in " English Botany " was drawn from a plant found in 

 Ilaughley woods, Norfolk. I have specimens from Arran (Dr. P. 

 W. Maclagan) and Torquay, Devon (Mr. Eyre Parker), Dr. Arnott, 

 in the " British Flora," gives the following localities : — " Cliif 

 above Falmouth Harbour ; Helston, near Falmouth ; Hills behind 

 Greenock ; Crinan Canal, Argyleshire ; Culross, Perthshire ; Arran, 

 Scotland ; Galway ; Donard Lodge, co. Down, Ireland." 



[England, Scotland, Ireland]. Shrub. Summer. 



This plant has been long passed over as H. Androssemum, from 

 which, however, it is sufliciently distinct. It is usually a taller 

 plant, with more decidedly shrubby stems, with the leaves longer 

 in proportion, and tapering to an almost acute point. The flowers 

 are more numerous, with the sepals smaller and more acute; the 

 petals and stamens also longer; but the very long styles form the 

 most striking character. 



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