POLYADELPHIA POLYANDRIA Hypericum. 217 



and veiny, single-seeded. Stem trailing. E. B. 971' 

 C. 2. 57. Trifolium luteum lupulinum. G. E. 1186. 



Meadows, pastures, cultivated fields. 



An. June. 



Stems several, widely spreading', leafy. Ls. like those of a trefoil, 



leajl. inversely egg-shaped, finely toothed at the front edge. Fl. 



small, bright yellow. Pods very black, with traces of a spiral 



structure. 



In Norfolk called Nonesuch, usually mixed for a crop with rye 

 grass (Lol. perenne.) Excellent fodder for sheep. 



M. maculdta. Spotted M. Stalks two, or three 



flowered. Leaflets inversely heart-shaped, spotted. 



Stipulas dilated, sharply toothed. Legumes, spiral, 



depressed, fringed with long, spreading bristles. Sb. 



232. M. polymorpha. E. B. I6I6. C. 3. 47. 



Trifolium cordatum. G. E. 1190. 

 Gravelly soil. Sm. Near the Physic Garden. Sb. Christ 



Church Meadow. Bx. Between St. Clement's and Iflley, 



growing near Salvia verben. R. W. 

 An. June. 

 Fl.-stalks axillary, solitary, slender. Legumes coiled up into a 



ball, like a snail's shell, brown. Fl. yellow. 



Fodder for cattle. 



Class XVIIL POLYADELPHIA. 



Filaments combined, iJi more than two sets. 



Order I. POLYANDRIA. Stamens numerous, 



HYPE'RICUM. St. John's-wort.' 



H. Androscemum.^ Tutsan,^ or Park leaves. Styles 

 three. Capsules pulpy. Stem shrubby, compressed. 

 E. B. 1225. C.3.48. Clymenon Italorum . G.E.543. 



' St. John's Wort, in former times, considered as powerful for the expulsion 

 of witches, for the prognostication of the fates of young men, and maidens. 

 In Lower Saxony, girls gather sprigs of it on Midsummer night, and fasten 

 them-to the walls of their chamber. If the sprig, tlie next morning, remain 

 fresh, a suitor may be expected, if it drop, or wither, the maiden is destined to 

 an early grave. Hyp. perforatum was the species used in this country. Fl. 

 B. T. Transparent dots of the Is. lodge an essential oil. 



2 i. e, andros, aiina, man's blood, as if the plant flowed, when bruised, with 

 a juice like blood. 



3 Tout sain, Fr. all-heal. 



