Hypericum AndrosvEmum. Tutsan. 



HYPERICUM Lin* Gen. PL Polyadelphia Polyandria 



Cal. 5. partitus, Petala 5. Filamenta multa, in 5 phalanges ball connata, Capfula. 

 Rail Syn. Gen. 24. H&rbm pentapetal^ vasculiferje. 



HYPERICUM Androfemum floribus trigynis, frudtibus baccatis, caule fruticofo ancipiti. Lin. Syfi. 



Vegetab. p. 583. Sp. PL p. 1102. 



ANDROS^EMUM maximum frutefcens. B. Pin. 280, 



ANDROSiEMUM vulgare. Park. $75- 



CLYMENUM Italorum. Ger. emac. 548. 



HYPERICUM maximum Androfemum vulgare di&um. Raii Syn. Tutfan or Park-leaves. 



Hudfon Pl.Angl. ed. 2. p. 332. 

 Lighifoot FL Scot. p. 415. 



RADIX perennis, crafla, lignofa, rubens, fibras Ion- t 



giffimas emittens. 

 CAULES fufFruticofi, ancipites, bipedales et ultra, ra- 



raofi, rubentes, glabri. 



FOLIA oppofita, feftilia, ovata, integerrima, laevia, 

 interne pallidiora, venis plurimis parum ex- 

 tantibus reticulata, per aetatem rubicunda, in* 

 ferioribus plerumque minoribus. 



FLORES fiavi, pro ratione plantae parvi, in Cyma varie 

 divifa difpofiti. 



CALYX : Perianthium quinquepartitum, laciniis 

 ovatis, obtulis, fubnervofis, inaequalibus, erec- 

 tis, deraura reflexis. 



COROLLA: Petala quinque, ovata, obtufa, fub- 

 asqualia, calyce paulo longiora, patentia, con- 

 caviuscula, apicibus paululum inflexis, deci- 

 dua 



STAMINA: Filamenta plurima, ultra quadraginta, 

 corolla longiora; Antherje parvae, fubro- 

 tundae. 



PISTILLUM: Germen fubrotundum, nitidum, fla- 

 vefcens ; Styli tres, longitudine germinis, 

 erecli; Stigmata parva, rotundata. 



PERICARPIUM : Capsula ovato-rotundata, primo 

 baccaeformis, e flavo virefcens, dein ruberri- 

 ma, demum nigricans, exfucca, trilocularis, 

 feminibus plurimis minimis referta 



ROOT perennial, thick, woody, of a reddifh colour, 

 fending out very long fibres. 



STALKS fomewhat fhrubby, nightly winged, two feet 

 high and upward, branched, of a reddifh co- 

 lour and fmooth. 



LEAVES oppofite, feffile, ovate, entire, fmooth, paler 

 on the under fide, reticulated with numerous 

 veins which project butlittle,becomingthrough 

 age of a reddifh or purple colour, the lower- 

 moft generally the leaft. 



FLOWERS of a yellowifh colour, fmallfor the fize of 

 the plant, difpofed in a Cyma vaiioufly di- 

 vided. 



CALYX : a Perianthium deeply divided into five 

 fegments, which are ovate, obtufe, fomewhat 

 rib'd, unequal, upright, finally turned back. 



COROLLA: five Petals, ovate, obtufe, nearly equal, 

 a little longer than the calyx, fpreading, fome- 

 what hollow, the tips bending a little inward, 

 deciduous. 



STAMINA : Filaments numerous, more than forty, 

 longer than the corolla ; Antherje fmall and 

 roundifh 



PISTILLUM : Germen roundifh, mining, yellowifh ; 

 Styles three, the length of the germen, 

 upright; Stigmata, fmall and roundifh. 



SEED-VESSEL ; a Capsule of a roundifh egg-fhape, 

 at firft aliuming the appearance of a berry of 

 a yellowifh green colour, afterwards of a 

 bright red colour, laftly blackifh, having three 

 cavities which are filled with numerous fmall 

 feeds. 



The French call this plant Toute faine, Allheal, (vide Tourn. Hi/l. des PL) whence as Parkinson obferves, we 

 have evidently borrowed our Englifh name of Tutfan. They appear to have been equally fond of attributing vul- 

 nerary qualities to plants as our countryman Gerard, but perhaps on no better grounds, the tutfan and the A/I- 

 heal being now equally neglefted. Its other name of Park-leaves, by which it is lefs frequently called, it has 

 doubtlefs acquired from being commonly found in Parks. 



We may remark of the Androfemum, that neither Haller, Linnaeus, Jacquin, Scopoli, or CEder enume- 

 rate it in their refpective Flora's. 



In many parts of England it is by no means an uncommon plant; it is chiefly found in or near Woods. 

 About London all our Hypericums abound more than this, which I have met with in one wood only, viz. 

 the Oak of Honour Wood, near PeckhamRye, adjoining Norwood. It flowers in July and Auguft, and ripens its 

 feed-veflels, which have much the appearance of berries in September, 



It is not uncommon in Gardens, 



