66 17. HTPEEICACE^. 



shorter than the Hack capsule, finally hooked.— Thickets and 

 hedges. P. VII. VIII. Tutsan. E. S. I. 



[^H. elatum (Ait.) ; st. shrubby, 2-edged, ped. 2-winged, 1. 

 suhcordate-ovate subacute, cymes few-flowered, sep. broad un- 

 equal I as long as petals persistent, styles exceeding the statu., 

 caps. oval. — Wats. Dendr.Brit. 85. H. AndroscEmum Bm. KB. 

 1225. S. ani/Ueum Bert. — St. 3 — 4 ft. high, much branched. Fl. 

 large, in terminal cymes. Sep. nearly .as large as those of S. 

 Androscemum. Pet. about equalling stamens. — The remains of 

 cultivation. P. Vn.— IX.] E. 



[H. hircimtm (L.), Wats. Dendr. 86, Sy.E. B. 246, has lan- 

 ceolate acute deciduous sepals, but otherwise much resembles 

 H. elatum ; it is established in some places.] 



*** Herbs. Styles 3, stam. shortly united in 3 sets, pet. persistent. 



3. H. tetrdpterum (Fr.) ; st. erect with 4 loings, 1. ovate with 

 pellucid dots and veins, sep. erect lanceolate acuminate entire, pet. 

 lanceolate, styles half as long as the capside. — R. vi. 344. H. 

 quadrangulmn Sm. E. B. 370. — St. 1 — 2 feet high. Fl. in termi- 

 nal forked close many-flowered cymes, pale. — ^In wet places. 

 P. VII. E. S. I. 



4. 2f. M»rfi<Ziifem (Schousb. ) ; st. erect branched 4- edged, 1 

 oblong wavy at the edge with many pellucid dots netted with 

 pellucid veins and (as well as the sep. and edges of the stem) 

 with black marginal dots beneath, sep. erect ovate-lanceolate 

 acute usually bluntly orenate, styles not \ as long as the capsule. 

 —Rchb. Hort. Bat. 39. H. beeticum Boiss. Voy. t. 34. Sy. E. 

 B. 270 a. — St. 2 — 3 ft. high. L. wavy at the edge, much and 

 uniformly dotted, declining. Fl. in very lax, much branched 

 cymes. Pet. yellow, tinged externally on one longitudinal 

 half with red. Anth. with a black spot. Styles divaricate. — 

 Boggy places in Devon and Cornwall. P. VII. E. 



5. H. perforatum (L.) ; st. erect 2-edged, 1. oblong with pel- 

 lucid dots, sep. erect lanceolate acute, pet. obliquely oblong, 

 styles as long as the capsule. — E. B. 296. E. vi. 343. — St. 1 — 2 

 feet high. L. elliptic-oblong, they vary much in form, and in 

 the number and size of the pellucid dots ; chief veins pellucid, 

 but not forming a network. Sep. usually denticulate near the 

 tip. — p. angustifolium \ 1. linear-oblong, sep. lanceolate acute 

 finely denticulate. — Woods, hedgebaiiks, &c. P. VII. VIII. 



E. S. I. 



6. H. diibium (Leers) ; st. erect quadrangular, 1. elliptic- 

 ovate blunt with a few pellucid dots netted with pellucid veins, 



