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610. — Fl. in a naked cyme springing from a lanceolate leaflike 

 bract. L. twice the length of their petioles. — In many old plan- 

 tations. T. VII. 



2. T. parvifoUa (Ehrh.) ; /. obliquely cordate glabrous except 

 a woolly tuft at the origin of each vein beneath, ped. many- 

 flowered, /r. oblique angular thin and brittle. — E. B. 1705. — L. 

 usually scarcely longer than their petioles, mth stellate hairs be- 

 neath. Lobes of the stigma ultimately spreading horizontally. — 

 In woods. Probably the only truly native species. T. VIII. 



*3. T. grandifolia (Ehrh.) ; I. obliquely cordate downy beneath 

 with a woolly tuft at the origin of each vein beneath, ped. mostly 

 3-flowered, jfr. with 5 prominent angles woody downy turbinate. 

 — E. B. S. 2720. — Young shoots hau^r. L. longer than their 

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

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

 and to be T. corallina Sm. I have not seen it. — In old planta- 

 tions. T. VI. VII. E. I. 



Order XVII. HYPERICACEiE. 



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

 imbricate. Pet. 4 — 5, twisted in aestivation. Stam. indefinite, 

 polyadelphous, 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 minute, indefinite, on a central axis or the incurved mar- 

 gins of the valves, embryo straight with no albumen.— L. mostly 

 opposite, with pellucid dots. Fl. yellow. 



1. Hypericum. Cal. S-parted or of 5 sepals. Pet. 6. Styles 

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

 fectly 3-ceiled, many-seeded. — Fl. yellow. 



1. Hypericum imre. St. John's Wort, 



* Styles 5. Pet. unequal-sided. 



*1. H. calycinum (L.); st. shrubby square, 1. oblong, fl. soU- 

 tary, sep. unequal obovate obtuse, pet. often lobed on one side. 

 ■ — E. B. 2017. — Fl. very large. — Naturalized in bushy places in 

 Wicklow and Cork ; Scotland ; England. P. VII.— IX. 



** Styles 3, stam. in 5 sets, pet. deciduous. Androsjemum. 



2. H. Androscemum (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. — Curt. Land. i. 164. — St. 



