Aseyrum.] xxii. hypericine^. (W. T. Thiselton Dyer.) 253 



A perennial herb. Stems 3-6 in., slender, cylindrio, faintly 2-edged, rooting at the 

 base. Leaves J in. or less, subsessile, broadly elliptic, obtuse, pellucidpunctate, mar- 

 gins wavy. Flowery J in. diam , solitary, ikpals oblong, obtuse, outermost exceeding 

 the petals. Styles 3, -xi in., rather shorter fhan the ovary. 



2. HYPEXlXCUItX, Linn. 



Herbs, shrubs, or small trees. Leaves usually sessile. Mowers cymose, 

 yellow, terminal, or axillary. Sepals 5. Petals 5, usually oblique. Ovary 

 1-celled with 3 or 5 parietal, or 3-5-ceILed with axile placentas j styles free 

 or united ; ovules oo , rarely few. Gapside septioidal, or dehiscing at the 

 placentas. — Disteib. Temperate regions ; species 160. 



-ff. calycinum, L., from S. Europe, ooonrs as a garden plant. 



H. c}iinense,ij.; H. monogynum, Wiltd.; 2Joa;6. i^'Z. ind. iii. 400, is said to be known 

 only as a culiivated plant. It is found in Indian gardens ; the leaves are elliptical and 

 obtuse, and the styles united throughout. Hyperifcum salicifolium, Siel. da Zucc, uf 

 Japan is probably not distinct from this. 



Sect. I. Androssemineae, /^acA. Sepals 5, ur\eqwL PetoZs deciduous. 

 Stamens 5-adel|.>hous at the base. Ovary 5-celled. — (Commonly shrubs with 

 few and large flowers.) 



* Styles Icmger than the ovary {unknown in 1). 



.1. K. Griffithii, H.f. & T. ms.; leaves ovate subcordate, cymes corym- 

 bose, sepals small narrowly deltoid, styles 5. 



Bhotah, Uimree-nuddee, alt. 6400 ft., Griffith. 



A shrub, young brandies terete. Leaves 2-4^ in., obtuse, younf;er lanceolate acute, 

 firm, glauc-scent below with prominent reticulate nerves. /Sepals J in, long, acute.. 

 Oapsule J-^ in. long. — Flowers unknown ; habit that of M. grandifolium, Choisy. 



2. H. mysorense, Heyne in Wall. Cat. 4808 ; leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 decussate approximate, sepals ovate, styles exceeding the stamens. H. myr- 

 tifolia, Spach Suit. Buff. v. 428 1 Nolisca mysorensis, Wight Ic. t. 56. 



Western Peniksola ; on the hills from the Concan to the Pulneys, alt. 3-4000 ft. 

 Ceylon, Walker, &o. 



A glabrous shrub 4-6 ft. high (Gardner) ; young branches 4-angled. Leaves 1-2 in., 

 tapering to an auiplexicaul base, with slender ascending veins and pellucid stripe. 

 Cymes terminal, 3-flowered; flowers 2-2f in. diam. iSepals 4 in-, acute. Petals 

 obliciuely oblanceolate, twice the length of the stamens. Htyles twice as long as the 

 ovary. Capsule about J in. — The allied Abyssinian S. gnidicefolium, Rich., has styles 

 I united. 



3. K. cernuum, Hoxb. Hort. Beng. 59 ; Rpxh. Fl. Ind. ui. 400 ; leaves 

 elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, glaucous beneath, sepals ovate, styles slightly 

 exceeding the stamens. Camb. in Jacq. Voy. Bot. t. 23. H. oblongifolium, 

 Choisy Frodr. Hyp. 42, t. 4. H. speciosum, Wall. Oat. 4803. H. Gova- 

 nianum. Wall. Oat. 4815 (sepals linear-lanceolate). 



Western Temperate Himalaya ; from Kumaon to Sirmur, alt. 5-7000 ft. 



A glabrous shrub, 3-6 ft. ; branches cylindric, glaucous when young. Leaves 1-3 in., 

 sessile, minutely dotted. Cymes terminal, 3-5-ll()wered; flowers 2 in. diam., white, 

 then yellowish. Sepals J in., acute. Petals obovate, longer than the stamens. Styles 

 twice tbe length of the ovary. Capsule 4 in., conical. , 



4. H. cordifolium, Choisy in DC. Prodr. i. 545 ; leaves oblong-lanceo- 

 late cordate coriaceous glaucous beneati), sepals lanceolate. Jl. bracteatum, 

 Wall. Oat. 4804 ; Fl. Asiat. Rar. t. 220. H. acutum, YVall. Cat. 4807. 



