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XXX. HYPERICINEiE. 



XXX. HYPERIClNEyE. 



(Htpekica, Jussieu. — Htpeeicine^, D.C. — Htpericace^, Lindl.' 



St. John's Wort. (Uiipenciim pei-foratum.) 



St. John's Wort. 

 Pistil and bundle of stamens (mag.). 



St. John's Wort. 

 Petal (mag.). 



Petals hypogynous, claw naked, or furnished with a scale-lihe pit. Stamens 

 numerous, hypogynous, monadelphous or polyadelphous. Ovaet 6-d-celled, or 1-celled 

 by imperfection of the septa. Ovules numerous, anatropous. Fetjit a capsule, rarely 

 fleshy. Embeto exalbuminous. — Leaves opposite, entire, usually dotted with pellucid 

 glands. 



Stem woody or herbaceous, perennial, rarely annual, juice resinous or limpid. 



