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

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

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

 Thickets and hedges. P. VII. VIII. Tutsan. 



3. H. anglicum (Bert.); st. shrubby 2-edged, ped. i-winged, 

 1. subcordate-ovate subacute, cymes few-flowered, sep. broad 

 unequal ^ as long as petals, styles exceeding the stam., caps. oval. 

 — H. Androstemum E. B. 1225. — St. tall, much branched. Fl. 

 like those of H. hircinwm which is naturalized in Ireland. — 

 Hedges and thickets ? P. VII. -IX. 



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



4. H. quadrangulum (L.) ; St. erect with 4 wings, 1. ovate with 

 pellucid dots, sep. erect lanceolate acuminate entire, pet. lanceo- 

 late, styles half as long as the capsule. — E. B. 730. H. tetra- 

 pterum Fries, Koch, R. vi. 344. — St. 1 — 2 feet high. Fl. in ter- 

 minal forked close many-flowered cymes, pale. This is certainly 

 the plant of lAnn. Hort. Clijf. 380. No. 6. — In wet places. P. 

 VII. 



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

 lucid dots, sep. erecf lanceolate acute, pet. obliquely oblong, styles 

 as long as the capsule. — E. B. 295. R. vi. 343 — St. 1 — 2 feet 

 high. L. elliptic-oblong, they vary much in form, and the num- 

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

 forming a network as in the next. Sep. exceeding the ovary, 

 usually denticulate near the apex. — p. angustifolium ; 1. linear- 

 oblong, sep. lanceolate acute denticulate (not "entire"). — Woods, 

 hedgebanks, &c. P. VII. VIII. 



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

 obtuse with a few pellucid dots netted with pellucid veins, sep. 

 reflexed with many black dots on the outside, pet. elliptical, styles 

 half as long as the capsule. — E. B. 296. H. quadrangulum Fries. 

 — St. 1 — 2 ft. high. Fl. in forked terminal cymes. Sep. ellip- 

 tical, nearly entire. Caps, longitudinally striated. — ^. mucidatvm; 

 sep. oblong-lanceolate minutely denticulate, 1. narrower. H. ma- 

 culatum Bab. — Moist places by ditches, &c. P. VII. 



7. H. humifusum (L.) ; St. prostrate somewhat 2-edged, 1. oval- 

 oblong obtuse minutely pellucid-punctate the margins with black 

 dots beneath, fl. subcymose, sep. unequal, 3 oblong obtuse mu- 

 cronate, 2 lanceolate, all entire or glandular-serrate and having 

 a few black dots beneath, stam. 15 — 20, styles very short. — E. B. 

 1226. R. vi. 342.— St. slender, 3—6 in. long.— Gravelly and 

 heathy places. P. VII. 



8. H. linariifolium (Vahl)j st. erect or ascending terete, I. 

 linear obtuse with revolute margins, fl. cymose, sep. rather 



