86 HYPEEiCACEiE. [Hypericum. 



The Hypericum elatum of gardens bears a very strong resemblance to Androsce- 

 mum officinale, and is often confounded with that species under its English name 

 of Tutsan. H. elatum is however a much taller plant, often 6 or 7 feet high, of a 

 more enduring nature, with larger flowers, having ihe petals longer than the 

 calyx-segments, the germen conical, and ihe styles of much greater length than 

 in "our wild plant, and equalling the very long stamens. The native country of 

 H. elatum is not ascertained with absolute certainty ; though stated to be a native 

 of N. America, it appears to be unknown to the botanists of that country. 



II. Hypericum, Linn. St. John's-wort. 



" Calyx 5 -partite, or of 5 sepals, inferior. Petals 5. Filaments 

 united at the base into y or 5 sets (or sometimes almost distinct)." 

 —Br. Fl. 



In America the species of this genus are extremely numerous. 



* Styles 5. Stem shruhby. 



*1. H. calycinum, L. Large-floivered St. John's-wort. Rose of 

 Sharon. " Flowers solitary, segments of the calyx unequal obo- 

 vate obtuse, leaves oblong, stem shrubby branched square." — 

 Br. Fl. p. 79. E. B. t. 2017. 



Naturalized here and there in groves and on shady banks, &c., where it has 

 been originally introduced for ornament. FL.Sane — August. Tj. 



Quite naturalized in the wood along the shore between Byde and Biustead, and 

 amongst bushes on the wet clay-banks that skirl the beach. St. John's, in the 

 wood between the lodge and the house, but evidently introduced. Naturalized (?) 

 abundantly on the bank by the roadside above the hotel at Bembridge. 



** Styles 3. Sepals with few or no glandular serratures. Stems herbaceous. 



■f Stems erect. 



2. H. perforatum, L. Common or Perforated St. John' s-zcort. 

 " Stem 2-edged, leaves oblong obtuse with pellucid dots, sepals 

 erect lanceolate acute." Br. Fl. p. 79. Fl. Dan. vi. t. 1043. 

 E. B.\.t.295 (var. y. ut infra). 



^. Leaves suHinear, elliptical. H. perforatum 8. fL-agusliiolmro, Gaud. Fl.Helv. 

 iv. p. 628 ? H. veronense, Schrank ; Koch in Rohl. Deutschl. Fl. 



y. Leaves broadly ovato-oblong or ovato-elliptical. H. perforatum j3. latifolium, 

 Gaud. Fl. Helv. iv. p. 627. Koch in Rohl. Deutschl. Fl. v. Band. s. 349. 



In woods, thickets, hedges, pastures, the borders of fields, waste places, by road- 

 sides and on heaths ; universally. P^. June — September, i^r. September, Octo- 

 ber. 11. 



{i. Common about Godshill and Newchurch. Common in many places about 

 Eyde. About the gravel-pits at the E. end of the Dover, Ryde. Abundant in 

 Tolt copse, near Gatcombe, with leaves remarkably narrow. Common about 

 Shorwell. 



y. Frequent about Calbourne, Westover, &c. Bottom-ground copse, near 

 Tdlecombe. By Newchurch, on the way by the fields to Skinner's hill and Bord- 

 wood. Near Kerne. Along the ascent from Shanklin towards Cook's Castle, 

 above Cowpit cliff. Plentiful in Guildford lane, near Haven-Street. Near Ashey 

 farm. 



Plant quite glabrous in every part. Root somewhat creeping, hard, rigid and 

 woody, more or less branched, reddish brown externally. Stem from 1 to 2^ or 

 3 feet high, solitary or several, besides shorter barren shoots of the first year, a ht- 

 tle ascending at the base, then erect, firm, almost woody at bottom, hollow in the 



