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[H. ang'licum (Bert.) ; st. shi-ubby, 2-eigeA, pad. "i-winged, 1. 

 suDcordate-ovate subacute, cymes few-flowered, sep. broad un- 

 equal 5 as long as petals persistent, styles exceeding the stam., 

 caps. oval. — H. Androseemum E. B. 1225. — St. S—i ft. bigh, 

 mucb branched. Fl. large, in terminal cymes. Sep. nearly as 

 large as tbose of IT. Anarosatnium. Pet. about equalling sta- 

 mens. Mucb like, but smaller tban I£. elatum ( Wats. Dendr. 

 Brit: t. 85), if distinct from it. — The E. B. fig. was made from 

 a plant found in Haughley Woods, Norf.^Tbe remains of cul- 

 tivation. P. vn.— K.] E. 



[S". Mrmnwm (L.), Wats. Dendr. 86, has lanceolate acute 

 deciduous sepals, but otbei-wise much resembles S. anglioum ; 

 it is established in some places.] 



* * ' Herhs. Styles 3, stam. shortly united in .3 sets, pet. persistent^ 



3. S. tetrapteruvi (Pr.) ; st. erect mth 4:wings, 1. ovate with 

 pellucid dots, s'^;, erect lanceolate acuminate entire, pet. lanceo- 

 late, styles half as long as the Capsule. — R. vi. 344. — S. gua- 

 dranguUim Sm.^St. 1—2 feet high. Fl. in terminal forked close 

 many -flowered cymes, pale. — In wet places. P.' VII. E.S.I. 



4. S. 'urululdtum (Sohousb.) ; st. erect branched 4-edged, 1. 

 oblong wavy at the edge with many pellucid dots netted with 

 pellucid veins and (as well as the sep. tod^ edges of the stem) 

 with black marginal dots beneath, sep. erect ovate-lanceolate 

 acute usually bluntly Crenate, styles not | as long as the ca,psule. 

 — -ffi. Hort. Bat. 39. H. baeticum Baiss Voy. t. 34. Syme E-. B. 

 270 a. — St. 2 — 3 ft. high. L. wavy at the edge,, much and 

 uniformly dotted, declining. Fl. in very lax, much branched 

 cymes. Pet. yellow, tinged externally on one longitudinal 

 half with red. Anth. with a black spot. Styles divaricate. — 

 Boggy places in Devon and Cornwall. P. VII. E. 



5. H. perforatum (L.) ; st. erect 2-edged, 1. oblong with pel- 

 lucid dots,; sep. ereci, , lanceolate acute, pet. obliquely oblong, 

 styles as long as the capsule. — -B. vi. .343. — St. 1; — 2 feet high. 

 L. eUiptic-oblong, they vary|much in form, and in the number 

 and size of the pellucid dots; chief veins pellucid, but not form- 

 ing, a network as in Sp. 6. Sep. usually ' denticulate near the 

 tip. — p. angustifolium ; 1. linear-oblong,, sep. lanceolate .acute 

 finely denticulate.— Woods,' hedgebsLnks, &c. .P, VII. Vlll. 



■' ' ■ E.S.I. 



6. H. duhium (Leers) ; st. erect quadrangular, 1. elliptic- 

 ovate blunt with a few pellucid dots netted with pellucid veins, 



