POLYADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Hypericum. 219 



Stems several, slender. Ls. stalkless, opposite, dotted, thin, mem- 

 branous. Fl. axillary, also terminal, mostly solitary, yellow, in 

 a soi't of forked corymb. C'al. edges toothed with purple glands, 

 as also the margins of the pet. Sfam. stales, and germ, yellow. 

 Fruit turns red, as it ripens : lower Is. assume the same hue. 



Discrim. Small size, slenderness, few flowers. 

 A pretty plant. 



H. montdnum. Mountain S. W. Styles three. Calyic 

 with close, prominent, glandular serratures. Stem 

 erect, round, smooth. Leaves egg-shaped, naked, 

 clasping the stem. E. B. S7I. 



Wild, busily hills, ijravelly, or chalky woods. Sm. * Stokenchurch. 

 Henley. Wapledurham. ;S'^. 



Per. July. 



Steins two f. or more. Ls. opposite, their margin dotted with 

 purple beneath. Fl.-panicle terminal, upright, of few, length- 

 ened out, forked branches, destitute of Is. Bract, opposite, 

 spear-shaped, fringed with a row of brown, stalked glands. 

 Pet. lemon-coloured. The fringed cal.-ls. give the fl, some 

 resemblance to the moss-rose. 

 An elegant plant. Distinguished from Hyp. hirsutum by its 



smoothness, and the panicle quite destitute of Is. 



H. hirsutum. Hairy S. Styles three. Calyx spear- 

 shaped, with glandular serratures. Stem erect, round. 

 Leaves egg-shaped, downy. E. B. 1156. C. 3. 49- 

 Ascyrum. G. E. 542. 



Thickets, hedges , 



Per. July. 



Stem about two f., leafy, more or less hairy, panicled in the upper 

 part. Fl. yellow, very numerous. Bract, cal.-ls. and tips of 

 the pet. fringed with blackish stalked glands. I^s. in cross pairs. 

 A. handsome plant. 



H. pulchrum. Small Upright Handsome S. TV. Styles 

 three. Calyx egg-shaped, with glandular serratures. 

 Stem erect, round. Leaves clasping the stem, heart- 

 shaped, smooth. E. B. 1227. C.l. 5&. 



Woods, and husliy, heathy places. Bullingdon Green. Shotover 



Hill. Southleigh. Sb. 

 Per. July. 

 Whole plant smooth. Ls. in distant pairs, stalkless, mostly bent 



downwards. Fl.-pet. golden yellow, outwardly tipped with 



scarlet, their edge glandular. Anth. red. 



An elegant plant, with its tall, straight, slender, panicled stems, 

 bearing numerous, yellow buds, tipped with red, intermixed 

 with already expanded fl. 



