﻿PLATE DLII. 



HYPERICUM VIRGIN I CUM. 



Virginia Hypericum. 



CLASS XVIII. ORDER IV. 



POLYADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Many Brotherhoods. Many Males. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 

 Calyx 5-partita. Corolla 5-petala. Filamenta 11 Empalement 5-parted. Blossom 5-petalled. 

 Cap- Threads many, conjoined at the base, in 5 



I) squadrons. Capsule celled. 



CHARACTER. 



jm floribus trigynis, enneandris, ter- II Hypericum with flowers three-styled, nine- 



libus -, foliis elhpticis, obtusis, sub-cor- chived, and terminal. Leaves elliptic, ob- 



amplexicaulibus : caule herbaceo. tuse, nearly heart-shaped, and i 



the stem. Stem herbaceous. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1 . The empalement. 



2. -A petal. 



3. The chives and pointals, one tip magnifi 



4. The pointals. 



5. The sam. 



This hardy little herbaceous plant was introduced by Mr. Lyons from America about the year 1804. 

 There is no figure of it extant that we know of. Willdenow in his Species Plantarum has enumerated 

 eighty-eight species of Hypericum j but amongst that number three distinct genera are certainly in- 

 cluded. Our drawing was made from plants in the nursery of Messrs. Whitley and Brames, who 

 raised them from seed, and with whom they flowered the second >ear. Their bloom is but of short 

 duration, but few flowers are open at one time; and we are inclined to think that they will expand with 

 more freedom and last longer in a shady situation than when fully exposed to the solar ray. 



