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SPECIES XL— HYPERICUM PULCHRUM. linn. 

 Plates CCLXXIII. 

 Eeich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. VI. Ihjp. Tab. CCCXLVII. Fig. 5185. 



Rootstock woody. Stems slightly woody but not rooting at 

 the base, rather numerous, slender, erect from a decumbent base, 

 paniculately branched, without elevated leaves, glabrous. Stem 

 leaves ovate, sub-cordate, and amplexicaul at the base ; those of 

 the branches oval or broadly elliptical, sessile ; all glabrous, with 

 pellucid dots, and only the primary nerves pellucid. Plowers rather 

 fcAV, in cymes arranged in a slender pyramidal panicle, with sub- 

 erect lateral branches, much longer than the leaves from which 

 they spring. Sepals oval or elliptical, oblong, obtuse, bordered with 

 dark-coloured sessile glands. Petals more than twice as long as 

 the sepals, bordered with dark-coloured glands. Styles shorter 

 than tlie capsule. Capsule about twice as long as the sepals, 

 with each valve marked with several vittse. 



On commons and dry heaths and in bushy places. Common 

 and generally distributed, except in the extreme North of Scotland, 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Summer. 



Stems wiry, round, 1 to 2 feet high, with short lateral branches 

 from the axils of the leaves. Stem leaves distant, ^ to f inch long, 

 triangular-ovate with the base decidedly cordate ; those of the 

 branches smaller and rounded at the base. Panicle long and 

 narrow. Flowers |^ to f inch across, bright yellow, often tinged 

 with red on the outside. Leaves rather thick and shining, deep 

 green above, paler and more glaucous beneath. Whole plant 

 glabrous, often tinged with red. The distant stem leaves and 

 slender elongated panicle distinguish this species at fii'st sight from, 

 all the preceding. 



Small Uj^riffJit SI. John's JVort. 



French, Millepertuia Beau. German, Sclwnes Uarthen. 



SPECIES XII.— HYPERICUM HIRSUTUM. Lirm. 

 Plate CCLXXIV. 

 Eeich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. VI. Eyp. Tab. CCCXLIX. Fig. 5189. 



Rootstock woody. Stems woody and slightly rooting at the 

 base, numerous, stout, erect from a decumbent base, paniculately 

 branched, round, hairy. Leaves elliptical or oval, sessile, finely 

 hairy, with pellucid dots but no pellucid nerves or veins. Flowers 



