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thicli, coriaceous, opaque above, usually scarcely longer than their 

 petioles, witli stellate hairs beneath. Lobes of the stigma ulti- 

 mately spreading horizontally, — In old woods. T. VIII. E. 



t3. T. grandifdlia (Ehrh.) ; I. obliquely cordate dovmy be- 

 neath with woolly tufts at the branching of the veins beneath, 

 ped. mostly 3-flowered, ripe fr. with 5 prominent angles woody 

 downy turbinate. — E. B. S. 2720. — Young shoots hairy. L. 

 thin, membranous, bright transparent green, longer than their 

 petioles, with solitary hairs beneath. Lobes of the stigma erect. 

 — T. rubra (Lindl.) is stated to have smooth fruit and to be T. 

 corallina Sm. I have not seen it. — Old and rocky woods by the 

 Wye and Severn. T. VI. Vn. E. 



Order XVII. HYPEEICACE.^. 



Sep. 4 — 5, distinct or cohering, persistent, with glandular 

 dots, imbricate. Pet. 4 — 5, twisted m the bud. Stam. many, 

 connected in S or 4 bundles at the base. Anthers versatile. 

 Styles several, rarely connate. Fruit a dry or fleshy capsule of 

 many cells and many valves, the valves curved inwards. Seeds 

 small, many, on a central axis or the incurved margins of the 

 valves, embryo straight with no albumen. — L. mostly opposite, 

 vnth pellucid dots. Stip. 0. Fl. yellow. 



1. HypEBictrM. Cal. 5-parted or of 5 sepals. Pet. 5. Styles 

 3 (in nearly all our plants) or 5. Caps, more or less per- 

 fectly 3-celled, many-seeded. — Fl. yellow. 



1. Htpee'ictjm: Linn. St. John's Wort. 



* Styles 5. Pet. unequal-sided. 



*1. n. caly'cinum (L.) ; st. shrubby square, 1. oblong, fl. soli- 

 tary, Sep. unequal obovate blunt. — E. B. 2017. — Rootstock 

 creeping. St. 1 ft. high. Fl. 3 or 4 in. across, yeUow, as in 

 all of this genus.— Naturalized in bushy places. P. VII. — IX. 



E. S. I. 



** Styles 3, stam. in 5 sets, pet. deciduous. ANDBOS.a;MUM. 



2. H. Androscs'mum (L.) ; st. shrubby compressed, 1. broadly 

 subcordate-ovate blunt, cymes trichotomous few-flowered, sep. 

 broad unequal, pet. oval blunt, styles much falling short of stam., 

 caps, pulpy imperfectly 3-celled blunt.— -S/. E. B. 264. Curt. 



i. 164. St. very little branched, 2 ft. high. L. large, with a 



strong aromatic smell when rubbed. Pet. short. Styles much 



