mum I A 



POLYADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 4^5 



C L A S S I S XVIII. 



POL Y A N D R I A. 



HYPERICUM. Gen. pL 902. 

 Cal, 5-partitus. Petala 5. Filament a multa, In 5- 

 phalanges bafi connata. Caps, loculis numero ily- 

 lorum. 



Trygina omnia, 



^^tl^[' HYPERICUM floribus trygynis, pericarpiis bac- 

 catis, caule fruticofo ancipiti. Sp.pl. 1102. {Ger, 

 em. SA-1,' f' !• Moris, hiJL f. 5. /. 6./. 12) 



Tutfan or Park leaves, Anglis. 



In v/oods, but not very common. We abferved It 

 in the woods at Inverary\ and at Loch-Ranfa^ in 

 the ifle of Arran. h . VII. 



The ftalk of this fhrub is branched, and has two 

 angles : it is commonly about two feet high : 

 the leaves are large, oval, fmooth, oppofite and 

 kiTil^^ turning to a dark red color in the autumn : 

 the juice exprefs'd from them is claret-color'd : 

 the flowers are yellow, and grow in a thin duller 

 or umbel of five or fix together, at the fummits 

 of the branches, on.e, two or three upon a pe- 

 duncle : the fegments of the calyx are oval, green, 

 fomewhat larger than the petals, and remain 

 after the petals are fallen : the periairpium is a 



fph^rical 



