68 17. HTPEEICACE*. 



1. HTPER'roiTM Linn. St. John's Wort. 



* Styles 5. Pet. unequal-sided. 



*1. H. caly'einum (L.) ; st. shrubby square, 1. oblonff, fl. soli- 

 tary, Sep. unequal obovate blunt. — S. B. 2017. — Rootstock 

 creeping^. St. 1 ft. high. Fl. 3 or 4 in. aorosa, yellow, as in 

 all of this genus. — Naturalized in bushy places. P. VII. — IX. 



E. S. I. 



** Styles 3, stam. in. 6 sets, pet. deddiwus. Andeos^mttm, 



2. H. 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-oelled blunt. — Sy. E. B. 264. Curt. 

 i. 164. — St. very little branched, 2 ft. high. L. large, with a 

 strong aromatic smell when rubbed. Pet. short. Styles much 

 shorter than the black capsule, finplly hooked. — ^Thickets and 

 hedges. P. VII. VHI. Tutsan. E. S. I. 



{^H. el&tum (Ait.) ; si. shrubby, 2-edged, ped. 2-winged, 1. 

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

 equal -J as long as petals persistent, styles exceeding the stam., 

 caps. oval. — Wats. t>endr. Brit. 85. H. Androsamum Sm. JB. B. 

 1225. S. anglicum'Bext. — St. 3 — 4 ft. high, much branched. Fl. 

 large, in terminal cymes. Sep. nearly as large as those of S. 

 Androscemum. Pet. about equalling stamens. — The remains of 

 cultivation. P. VII.— IX.] E. 



[H. hirclnum (L.), Wats. Dendr. 86, Sy. E. B. 246, has lan- 

 ceolate acute deciduous sepals, but otherwise much resembles 

 H. elatum ; it is established in some places.] 



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



3. H. tetrdpterum (Fr.) ; st. erect with 4 wings, 1. ovate with 

 pellucid dots and veins, sep. erect lanceolate acuminate entire, pet. 

 lanceolate, styles half as long as the capsule. — R. vi. 344. H. 

 quadrangulum Sm. E. B. 370. — St. 1 — 2 ft. high. Fl. in termi- 

 nal forked close many-flowered cymes, -pale. — In wet places. 

 P. VII. ^ '^ ±%.l. 



4. H. unduldtum (Schousb.) ; 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. and edges of the stem) 

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

 acute usually bluntly crenate, styles not -l- as long as the capsule. 

 —J. ofB. ii. 97. t. 16. H. baeticum Boiss. Voy. t. 34. Sy. E. 

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



