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

 cymes. Pet. yellow, tinged externally on one longitudinal 

 half -with red. T^th. with a black spot. Styles divaricate. — 

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



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

 lucid dots, Sep. erect lanceolate acute, pet. obliquely oblong, 

 styles as long as the capsule. — E. B. 295. R. vi. 843. — St. 1 — 2 

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

 the number and size of the peUucid dots ; chief veins pellucid, 

 but not forming a network Sep. usually denticulate near the 

 tip. — /3. angustifolium; 1. linear- oblong, sep. lanceolate acute 

 finely denticulate. — Woods, hedgebanks, &c. P. VII. VIII. 



E. S. I. 



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

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

 Sep. rejlexed with many black dots on the outside, pet. elliptic, 

 styles half as long as the capsule. — E. B. 296. S. quadranguhmi 

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

 ovate, blunt, nearly entire. Caps, longitudinally striate. — ^. 

 maeulatum ; sep. oblong-lanceolate minutely denticulate, 1. nar- 

 rower. — Moist places by ditches, &c. P. VII. E. S. I. 



7. H. humifusum (X.) ; st. prostrate somewhat 2-edged, 1. 

 oval-oblong blunt minutely pellucid-punctate the margins with 

 black dots beneath, fl. subcymose, sep. unequal, S oblong blunt 

 mucronate, 2 lanceolate, all entire or glandular-serrate and hav- 

 ing a few black dots beneath, stam. 15 — 20, styles very shrni. — 

 E. B. 1226. R. vi. 342.— St. slender, 3—6 in. long.— GraveUy 

 and heathy places. P. VII. E. S. I. 



8. JS. Iiiiariif6lium (Vahl) ; st. erect or ascending terete, 1. 

 linear blunt with revolute margins, fl. cymose, sep. rather un- 

 equal lanceolate-aoute with glandular teeth and with many black 

 dots beneath, stam. about SO, styles half as long as the capsule. — 

 E. B. 8. 2851.— St. 6—12 in. high. Fl. larger than in Sp. 7. 

 — Channel Isles. Cape Cornwall. Banks of the Teign, Tamar 

 and Tavy, Devon. P. VH. E. 



9. H. hirsutum (L.) ; st. erect round hairy, I. ovate or oblong 

 slightly stalked pellucid-punctate pubescent, sep. lanceolate acute 

 pinged loith shortly stalked glands, pet. linear oblong tipped with 

 stalked glands, styles deciduous. — E. B. 1156. B, vi. 349. — St. 

 about 2 ft. high, nearly simple. Fl. in axillary and terminal 

 forked panicles,— Woods and thickets. P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



10. S. montdnum (L.) ; st. erect round glabrous, 1. ovate- 

 oblong sessile pellucid-punctate with glandular dots near the 



