398 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 



§ i. Kscyreia Chois. Prod. H}'p. 



Derivation. From a, not, and skuros, 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, subcorymbose. (Don's Mitt., i. 



p. 601.) 



A. Styles commonly 3. 

 sn 1. H. ela v tum Ait. The tall St. John's Wort. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2. vol.3, p. 104. : Don's Mill., 1. p. 601. 

 Engravings. Juss. Ann. du Mus., 3. p. 162. 1. 17. ; Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 85. 



Spec. Char. fyc. Younger stems reddish. Leaves ovate-oblong, acute, dilated 

 at the base, somewhat emarginate, with the margins somewhat revolute. 

 Flowers corymbose. Peduncles bibracteate. Sepals ovate-oblong. (Don's 

 Mill., i. p. 601.) Height 5 ft. A sub-evergreen shrub, native of North 

 America, with yellow flowers in July and August. Introduced in 1762. 

 Propagated by layers or division, and of the easiest culture in common 

 garden soil. 



& 2. H. hirci v num L. The Goat-scented St. John's Wort. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1103. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 602. 



Synonymes. Tr&gium Clus. ; Jndrosae'mum fce v tidum Bauh., Park, and Ray.; Mille Pertuis a Odeur 



de Bouc, Fr. 

 Engravings. Schkuhr. Handb. 3. t. 213. f. 3. ; Wats. Dend. Brit, t. 87. ; and our fig. 105. 



Spec. Char. §c. Branches winged. Leaves somewhat 

 emarginate at the base, dilated, sessile, acute at the apex, 

 ovate-lanceolate, with glandular margins. Peduncles 

 bibracteate. Stamens exceeding the corolla in length. 

 Seeds 2, appendiculated. (Don's Mill., i. p. 602.) A 

 deciduous undershrub, from the shores of the Mediter- 

 ranean in 1640, and producing its yellow flowers from 

 July to September. Height, from 3 ft. to 4 ft. The 

 leaves of this species, when bruised, have a very dis- 

 agreeable smell, resembling that of a goat, whence its 

 name. Plants, in London, cost 6d. each ; at Bollwyller, 

 50 cents. 



Varieties. H. h. 2 obtusifolium Dec. has blunter leaves than the original 

 species, and is found on the mountains of Corsica, on humid rocks. H. h. 

 3 minus Wats, is a smaller plant than the other, figured in Dendrologia 

 Britannica, t. 87. 



St 3 H. grandiflo x rum Chois. The large-flowered St. John's Wort. 



Identification. Chois. Prod. Hyp., p. 38. t. 3. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 602. 

 Synonyme. H. canari^nse Willd., not of Lin. 

 Engravings. Chois. Prod. Hyp., t. 3. 



Spec. Char., 8(c. Stem round, reddish. Leaves ovate-oblong, cordate, somewhat clasping, acute at the 

 apex, netted with pellucid veins. Flowers corymbose. Peduncles bibracteate. Calyx acutish, re- 

 flexed upon the peduncle after flowering, much shorter than the corolla. [Don's Mill., i. p. 602.) 

 A half-hardy evergreen shrub, from Teneriff'e in 1818, producing its tine large yellow flowers in July 

 and August. Height 3ft. It is commonly treated as a green-house plant; but, considering its 



: native country, there can be no doubt that it would stand very well against a conservative wall. 



j* 4. H. folio n sum Ait. The leafy St. John's Wort. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 1. vol. 3. p. 104. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 602. 

 Synonyme. Shining St. John's Wort. 



Spec. Char.,SjC. Branches winged. Leaves sessile, oval-oblong, rather acute, finely perforated. Calyx 

 lanceolate, caducous. (Don's Mill., i. p. 602.) A deciduous undershrub, introduced from the 

 Azores in 1778, and producing its yellow flowers in August. Height 2 ft. It is commonly treated 

 as a green-house plant ; but, in a dry sheltered situation, it requires very little protection. 



& 5. H. floribu'ndum Ait. The abundant-flowered St. John's Wort. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 1. vol. 3 p. 104. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 602. 

 Synonijnirs. II. fruU'scens Conim. Hort. Amst., p. 157. ; many-flowered St. Jobn'l Wort. 

 Engravings Comm. Hort. Amst, t. 68. 



