66 17. HTPERIOACEiB. 



ceous opaque above, iisually scarcely longer than their petioles, 

 ■with stellate hairs beneath. Lobes of the stigma ultimately 

 spreading horizontally. — In old woods. T. VIII. E. 



t3. T. grandifdUa (Ehrh.) ; I. obliquely cordate dovmy be- 

 neath with woolly tufts at the branching of the veins beneath, 

 ped. mostly 3-flowered, fr. icith 5 prominent angles woody downy 

 turbinate. — E. B. S. 2720. — Young shoots hairy. L. thin, 

 membranous, bright transparent greeii, , longer than their 

 petioles, with solitary hairs beneath. Lobes of the stigma erect, 

 — T. rubra (Lindl.) is stated to have smooth fruit and to be T. 

 eorallina Sm. I have not seen it. — Old and rocky woods by the 

 Wye and Severn. T. VI. VH. E. 



Order XVII. HTPERICACE^. 



Sep. 4 — 5, distinct or cohering, persistent, with glandular 

 dots, imbricate. Pet. 4 — 5, twisted in the bud. Stam. many, 

 connected in 3 or 4 bundles at the base; Anthers versatile. 

 Styles several, rarely connate. Fruit a dry or fleshy capsule of 

 many cells and many valves, the valves curved inwards. Seeds 

 small, many, on a central axis Or the incurved margins of the 

 valves, embryo straight with no albumen. — L. mostly opposite, 

 with pellucid dots, Fl. yellow. 



1. Hypericum. Gal. 5-parted or of 5 sepals. Pet. 5. Styles 

 3 (in nearly all our plants) or 5. Caps, more or less per- 

 fectly 3-celled, many-seeded. — ^Fl. yellow. 



1. Hxpbr'ictjm Linn. St. John's Wort. 

 * Styles 5. Pet. uneqiml-sided. 



*1. H. cahj'cinum (L.) ; st sArwiJ!/, square, 1. oblong, fl. soli- 

 tary, Sep. unequal obovate blunt. — Rootstock creeping. St. 1 

 ft. nigh. Fl. 3 or 4 in. across, yellow, as in all of this genus. — 

 Naturalized in bushy places. P. VII. — IX. E. S. I. 



** Styles 3, stam. in 6 sets, pet. deddums. , Ani)BOS.s;mum. 



2. S. Androsce'mum (L.) ; st. shrubby compressed, 1. broadly 

 subcordate-ovate blunt, cymes trichotomous few-flowered, sep. 

 broad unequal, pet. oval blunt, styles much falling short of stam., 

 caps, pulpy imperfectly 3-celled blunt.— 0«r<. i. 164. — St. very 

 little branched, 2 ft. high. L. large, with a strong aromatic 

 smell when rubbed. Fl. large, in term, cymes. Pet. short. 

 Styles much shorter than the black capsule, finally hooked. — , 

 Thickets and hedges. P. VII. VIII. Tidsan. E. S. L 



