XII HYPERICA‘CEE: ANDROSA MUM. 77 
Sect. Char. Calyx of 5 equal sepals, toothed in some with glandular teeth, 
but entire in others, connected at the base. Stamens numerous, free or 
disposed in 5 sets. Styles commonly 3. Herbs or undershrubs. Flowers 
axillary, or in terminal panicled corymbs. Leaves rarely linear. (Don’s 
Mill.) Undershrubs, from 1 ft. to 3 ft. in height. 
A. Sepals entire. 
2 2 6. H. proui’ricum L. The prolific St. John’s Wort. 
Hdentipeatiais Lin Mant., 106.; Don’s Mill., 1. p.605.: Ter. and Gray, Ly 
1. p. 159. 
Synonymes. H. folidsum Jacg., Hort. Schénbr. 3.p. 27.3 H. Kalmidnum 
Du Roi Harbk. 1. p. 310. 
Engravings. Wats. ‘Dend. Brit., t. 88. ; Jacq. Hort. Schénb., t. 299.; and 
our 4g. 117. 
Spec. Char.,§c. Stem round. Branches angular. Leaves 
linear-lanceolate, with revolute edges, full of pellucid 
dots. Corymbs few-flowered. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, 
stamens very numerous. Styles usually connected to- 
gether. (Don’s Mill.) A sub-evergreen shrub. New 
Jersey to Florida,in swamps. Height 1 ft.to 4 ft. In- 
troduced in 1758. Flowers yellow; June to August. 
Capsule reddish brown; ripe in October. 117. H. prolificum. 
Frequent in gardens, and forming a dense leafy bush, covered with flowers 
great part of the summer, and with seed-pods in the autumn. Readily 
distinguished from H. Kalmianum, by the leaves, bracts, and sepals being 
much smoother and shining. 
B. Sepals toothed, usually with the Teeth glandular. 
« 7. H. empetriro'Lium Willd. The Empetrum-leaved St. John’s Wort. 
Identification. Willd. Spec., 3. p. 1452.; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 610. ™M 
Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 141. ; and ourfig. 118. : { 
Spec. Char., §c. Stems suffruticose, round, with subulate 
branchlets. Leaves linear, ternary, with revolute 
margins. Calyx small, obtuse. Petals without glands. 
(Don’s Mill.) A neat little evergreen shrub. South 
of Europe, near the Mediterranean ; and in Greece. ..5} 
Height 1ft. to 2ft. Introduced in 1820. Flowers ° 
yellow; May to August. 
One of the neatest species of the genus, but some- Y 
what tender. 118. HL. empetrifélium. 
Other Species of Hypéricum.—The only truly hardy shrubby species of 
Hypéricum are, H. elatum, H. hircinum, H. calycinum, H. Kalmianwm, and 
H. pro\ificum. The other hardy species are of such low growth, that they 
may be considered, for all practical purposes, as herbaceous plants. H. 
nepalénse Royle appeared to be hardy in the Hort. Soc. Garden, but it was 
destroyed by the winter of 1837-8. H. adpréssum Bartr., H. rosmarinifolium 
Lam., H. galioides Lam., H. fasciculdtum Lam., and some other shrubby or 
frutescent species, are described by Torrey and Gray, but we are not aware of 
their having been yet introduced. 
Genus II. 
bisa 
ANDROSZE'MUM Chois. Tae ANDRos&£mum, or TuTsan. Lin. Syst. 
Polyadélphia Polyandria, 
Identification. Chois. Prod. Hyp., 37.3 Dec. Prod., 1. p. 543.; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 601. 
oes. ‘Hypericum, L.; Radroseme, Fr.; Johanniskraut, Ger.; Androsemo, Ital. 
