ricum pulchrum. Small upright St. John's Wort, 



HYPERICUM Linnai. Gen. PL Polyadelphia Polyandria. 



Rail Syn. Gen. 24. Herb^e Pentapetal^e Vasculiferje. 

 HYPERICUM fioribus trigynis ; calycibus ferrato-glandulofis, caule tereti, foliis perfoliatis glabris. 



Linn. Sp. PL 11 06. 

 HYPERICUM pulchrum Tragi. J. Bauhin. Hi/i. III. 183. Rail Synop. 342. 

 HYPERICUM minus, erectum. Bauhin. Pin. 279. 

 HYPERICUM foliis amplexicaulibus, cordatis, calycibus ovatis, ferratis, glanduliferis. Hallerhifl. n. 1041. 



Gerard, emac. 540. Hudfon. PL AngL 290. Oeder. Plor. Dan. Icon. J$. 



RADIX perennis. * ROOT perennial. 



CAULIS pedalis ad bipedalem, ereftus, teres, fig. I, | STALK from one to two feet high, upright, round, 



glaber, fubramofus, geniculi diftantes. % fig- 1, fmooth, and thinly branched, the joints 



* remote from each other. 



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RAMI oppofiti, breves, tenues, cauli fimiles. J BRANCHES oppofite, fhort, (lender, and like the 



I ftalk. 



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PEDUNCULI teretes, plerumque triflori. | PEDUNCLES round, generally Tuftaining three flowers. 



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FOLIA C auli s cordato-triangularia,gkberrima, amplexi- ¥ LEAVES of the Stalk triangularly heart-Jhaped, fmooth, 



caulia, faturate vindia, patentia, quamin cae- I fining, embracing thefialk, nearly horizontal, 



teris Hvpericis folidiora, verfusmarginem per- % of a deep green colour, more folid to the touch 



forata, mferiora frequenter coccinea; Ramo- | than the other St. John's Worts, perforated 



RUMovata, caulis triplo minora ; Peduncu- | near the edge, and frequently of a bright red 



lorum ovato-lanceolata. J colom ' towards the bottom; thofe of the 



I Branches oval, three times fmaller than 



I thofe of the ftalk ; and thofe of the Pedun- 



t cles lancet-fhaped. 



CALYX : Perianthium quinquepartitum, laciniis ? CALYX : a Perianthium divided into five Segments, 



ovatis, acutis, ftriatis, margine ferratis, den- | the Segments oval, pointed, ftriated, fer- 



tibus glanduliferis, glandulis nigro runs, fig, 2. | rated, and edged with little glands of a blackifh 



¥ red colour, fig. 2. 



COROLLA : Petal a quinque, oblongo-ovata, flava, f COROLLA : five Petals, oblong, oval, yellow, 



contorta, leviter ftriata, fubtus aurantiaco line- | flightly ftriated ; on the under fide tinged 



ata, margine fubferrata, et glandulis cincla, f with a bright orange, flightly ferrated, and 



fig. 3. I ed g ed with glands, fig. 3. 



STAMINA: Filamenta triginta fex, nliformia, in ? STAMINA. The Filaments numerous, to thirty- 



tres fafciculos ad bafin coalita, in fmgulo faf- | fix, filiform, uniting at bottom in three Fafci- 



ciculo duodecim : Antherje biloculares, fub- f culi or Bundles, in each Fafciculus twelve : 



rotundse : Pollen miniaceum, fig. 4. I the Anthers roundifh and bilocular, fig. 4 ; 



i the Pollen bright fcarlet. 



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PISTILLUM: Germen ovatum : Styli tres, longi- | PISTILLUM: Germen oval: three Styles, the 



tudine S erminis, divaricantes : Stigmata % length of the Germen, fpreading : the Stig- 



parva, fubrotunda, fig. 5. | MATA f mall and roundifh, fig. 5. 



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PERICARPIUM: Capsula fubconica, trilocularis, % SEED-VESSEL ; a Capsule fomewhat conical, of a 



fufca fig. 6, 7. I brown colour, with three cavities, fig. 6, 7. 



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SEMINA plurima, oblonga, fufca, fig. 8. * SEEDS numerous, oblong, and brown, fig. 8. 



THE antient Botanifts gave this plant the name of Pulchrum from its beauty ; and Linnaeus %as very properly 

 continued it. Many will, no doubt, think it deferring of a place in their gardens. It is fond of a clayey foil, 

 and woody fituation, and is found in all the woods about town ; as Hornfey Wood, beyond Ifimgton; Oak of Honour 



Wood, (as it is Penerally called,) a little beyond Peckham; Charlton Wood, by Greenwich; likewife on Hounflow- 

 Heath. It flowers in the month of July, and continues but a fhort time in bloflom. 



Its virtues as a medicine, are probably the fame with the common St. John's IVorU 



