XII. HYPERICA CEH: HYPE’RICUM. 71h 
§ i. Ascyreza Chois. Prod. Hyp. 
LaILIL 
Derivation, From a, not, and skwros, hard; that is to say, plants soft to the touch. 
Sect. Char. Sepals connected at the base, and unequal. Stamens numerous. 
Styles 3 to 5. Flowers terminal, large, few, sub-corymbose. (Don’s Mill., 
i, p. 601.) 
A. Styles commonly 3. 
2a], H.eva‘tum dit. The tall St. John’s Wort. 
Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2. vol.3. p. 104. ; Don’s Mill, 1. 
p. 601. ; Tor. and Gray, 1. p. 166. 
Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t.85.; and our jig. 112. 
Spec. Char., §c. Younger stems reddish. Leaves ovate- 
oblong, acute, dilated at the base, somewhat emar- 
ginate, with the margins somewhat revolute. Flowers 
corymbose. Peduncles bibracteate. Sepals ovate- 
oblong. (Don’s Mill.) A sub-evergreen shrub. North < 
America. Height 3 ft. to 5ft. Introduced in 1762. * 
Flowers yellow; July and August. Capsule reddish ; 
brown; ripe in October. Decaying leaves yellowish.  '* 7y7Péricumetum 
«= 2, H. nincir'num L. The Goat-scented.St. John’s Wort. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 1103, ; Don's Mill., i. p. 602. 
Synonymes. Tragium Clus.; Androse‘mum fe’tidum Bauh., Park., and 
Ray ; Mille Pertuis a Odeur de Bouc, Fr. - 
Engravings. Schkuhr Handb. 3. t. 213. f.3,; Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 6.5 
and our fig. 118. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches winged. Leaves somewhat 
emarginate at the base, dilated, sessile, acute at the 
Cf 
apex, ovate-lanceolate, with glandular margins. Pe- XP cs 
duncles bibracteate. Stamens exceeding the corollain NW CIS 
length. Seeds 2, appendiculated. (Don’s Mill.) A de- ey D>! 
ciduous or sub-evergreen undershrub. Sea coast of Spain. vl 
Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 1640. Flowers yellow ; : 
July to September. Capsule reddish brown; ripein Oc- "5 #: Piven 
tober. Theleaves of this species, when bruised, have a very disagreeable 
smell, resembling that of a goat, whence its name. 
Varieties. 
sew H. h. 2 obtusifolium Dec. — Leaves blunter 
than the species. Found on the mountains of 
Corsica, on humid rocks. 
a H. #. 3 minus Dec. is a smaller plant than the 
others, figured in Dend. Brit. t. 87. 
B. Styles commonly 5. 
= = H. Katmra'num L. Kalm’s St. John’s Wort. 
Identification, Willd. Sp., 3. p. 438.; Don’s Mill., 1. p.603. ; Tor. apd 
Gray, 1. p. 158, a 
S H. Bartramiwm Mill.; Virginia St. John's Wort. 
Engraving. Our fig. 114. 
Spec. Char.,§c. Branches tetragonal. Leaves linear- 
lanceolate. Flowers 3 to 7, in a terminal corymb. Se- 
pals lanceolate, bluntish. (Don’s Mill.) A sub-ever- 
green undershrub. Canada to Virginia. Height 14 ft. 
in America; 2 ft. to 3 ft. in England. Introduced in 
1759. Flowers yellow; June and July. Capsule red- 
dish brown ; ripe in October. 
114. H. Kalmianum. 
