ST. JOHN S-U'ORT FAMILY 



Herbs 



sepah united, not f?iii:^ed : petals persistent : 

 branclied at tlie base : styles 3 

 5. H. perfurdtuni (Common St. John's-wortj. — Stem 

 feet hitih, 2-edBed 



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taniens 3, 



erect, 2 

 ^ leaves elliptic-oblong, copiously dotted with 

 pellucid glands, veins opaque ; sepals erect., lanceolate, acute.— 

 Woods and hedges ; common. This planJ: and its congeners 

 derive their popular name from coming into flower about the feast 

 of St. John Baptist 

 (O.S.).— Fl. July—Sep- 

 tember. Perennial. 



6. IH. niaeuldtiini (Im- 

 perforate St. John's- 

 wort). — A'ery like the 

 last, but with stem 4- 

 sidcd, with 4 elevated 

 lines ; leaves with [jel- 

 lucid veins, but few 

 glands ; sepals reflexed, 

 ovate, blunt, with black 

 glands on the back. — 

 Moist places ; not com- 

 mon, — Fl. July, August. 

 Perennial. 



7. H. ijiiadrdngi/lum 

 (Square - stalked St. 

 John's-wort). — An allied 

 species with 4-winged, 

 branched stem ; leaves 

 with many pellucid 

 glands and veins ; and 

 sepals erect, lanceolate, 

 acuminate. — A\'et places; 

 common. — Fl. July, 

 August. Perennial. 



8. H. unduldtum CW'avy St. John's-wort). 

 allied form, with a 4-edged stem ; leaves witfi 

 pellucid glands and \'eins ; Hack glands on tlie edges of the stem 

 the under surface of the leaves, and the sepals ; flowers in loose 

 cymes ; and sepals erect, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. — In bogs in 

 Devon and Cornwall ; rare. — Fl. Jul}-. Perennial. 



9. H. Ininiifusum (Trailing St. John's-wort). — A prostrate, 

 glabrous species ; jr/t?;«j- spreading, slender, 2-edged, 3 — 9 in. long ; 

 leaves oblong, obtuse, with minute pellucid glands and black 

 glands under their revolute margins ; sepals unequal ; stamens 5 — 



HYPi;RICL"M rEKFr,RATL':M 

 {Pcr/oy-aft-d S&. Jolm s-7Vori). 



Another closely- 

 wavy edges, many 



