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with black glands. The flowers grow in a fhort 

 fpike or clufter, and are but few in number. 

 The fegments of the calyx are lanceolate and fer- 

 rated, each ferrature having a refinous gland 

 upon its apex. The hra^ece are ciliated with 

 the like glands. The petals are fometimes, but 

 not always, dotted towards the top. The anthers. 

 have each a black fpot or glandule near the bafe. 

 The ftamtna are divided only into three pha- 

 lanxes* 



hirfutum 6. HYPERICUM floribus trigynis, calycibus ferrato- 

 glandulofis, caulc tereti ercdo, foliis ovatis fub- 

 pubefcentibus. S'p, pL 1105. (Moris, hift. f, 5. /. 

 6./. II. Pet, herb, t, 60./. 10.) 



Hairy St. John's-Wort. Jnglis. 

 In mountainous woods and thickets not uncommon. 

 ^4. VII. 



The ftalk is hairy. The leaves hairy and perfora- 

 ted, but not dotted on the edges. The flowers 

 grow in a fpike or panicle, much more numer- 

 ous than in the preceding. Each ferrature of 

 the calyx is tip'd with a gland. The petals have 

 two or three black dots or glandules at the apex. 

 The anthers are without glands. The fl:yles are 

 of a red color, turning black by age. Tlie 

 flowers of this fpecies ciofe together in the night, 

 but thofe of the //. perforatum do not. 



elodes 7. HYPERICUM floribus tiigynis. caule tereti re- 



E c. z pente. 



