Hypericum hirsutum. Hairy St. John's Wort. 



HYPERICUM Lin* Gen. PL Polyadelphia Polyandria. 



Cat. 5, partitus, Petala 5, Filamenta multa, in 5 phalanges bafi connata. 



Capfula. 



Rait Syn. Herb,e pentapetalje vasculiferje. 



HYPERICUM hirfutum floribus trigynis, calycibus ferrato-glandulofis, caule tereti erecto, foiiis ovatis 

 fubpubefcentibus. Lin, Syfi. Fegetab. Sp, Pi 1 IQ5. Fl. Suec. n. 682. 



HYPERICUM foiiis ovatis, per oram punttatis, calycibus lanceolatis, ferratis, globuligeris, Bailer, btfl, 

 n. 1042. 



HYPERICUM hirfiitum Seopoli Fl. Carniol. p. 92, n. 94$-. 

 ANDROS^MUM hirfutum, Bauhin. pin. 2B0. 

 HYPERICUM Androfaemum diftum. Bauh. hijl. III. fa. 

 ANDROS^EMUM alterum hirfutum. Col ecphr. i. p. 75. t. 74. 



ANDROS^EMUM Afcyron didum, caule rotundo hirfuto. Moris, hijl. 2. p. 971. f. 5. t. 6. £ tt. 

 HYPERICUM villofum ere&um, caule rotundo. Tournefort. Injl. 255. Rail Syn. Tutfan St. John's Wort. 

 Hudfon Fl Angl. ed. 2. p. 333. Lightfoot Fl Scot. p. 419. 



RADIX perennis, fibrofa, fibris fufcis, rlgidis, fublig- 



noiis. 

 CAULIS fefquipedalis, ad tripedalem, erectus, folidus, 



rubicundus, teres, pubefcens, plerumque 



fimplex, ramofus etiam occurrit, rarius vero 



quam in hyperico perforate 



FOLLA alterne oppofita, oblonga, obtufa, feffilia, utrin- 

 que villofula, margine minutim ciliata, fep- 

 temnervia, punctis diaphanis minutiffimis 

 per totam fuperficiem adfperfa. 



RAMI : rudimenta rami conftantes foliolis quatuor de- 

 cuflatis in axillis foliorum faspius obfervantur, 

 hasc vero aliquando omnino defunt, et non- 

 nunquam in rames producuntur. 



STAMINA: Filamenta viginti, ad triginta, in tres 

 phalanges obfeure divifa, capillaria, refta, fla- 

 va, corolla breviora ; Anthers fubrotundas, 

 didymae, flavae. jig. 3. 



PISTILLUM : Germen fubrotundum. Styli tres, 

 limplices, diftantes, longitudine ftaminum ; 

 Stigmata fimplicia. jig. 4. 



PERICARPIUM: Capfula oblonga, trilocularis, tri- 

 valvis. fig. 5. 6. 



SEMINA plurima, minima, jig. 7. 



FLORES flavi, terminales, in panicula, oblonga, fub- I 



fpicata. % 



CALYX: Perianthium quinquepartitum ; laciniis | 



lanceolatis, bifulcis, margine glandulofis, fo- ^ 



liola etiam et gemmae calyci fubjecta glan- % 



dulis nigris pedicellatis ornantur. jig. 1. | 



% 



COROLLA : Petala quinque, flava, oblongo-ovata, | 



obtufa, patentia, ftriata. jiig. 2. ^ 



ROOT perennial, fibrous, the fibres brown, rigid, and 

 fomewhat woody. 



STALK a foot and a half to three feet high, upright, 

 folid, reddifh, round, hairy, or downy, ge- 

 nerally fimple, but fometimes branched, 

 though much lefs fo than the common Saint 

 John's Wort. 



LEAVES alternately oppofite, oblong, obtufe, feffile, 

 hoary on each fide, the edge finely ciliated, 

 marked with feven ribs, and very minute 

 tranfparent dots fpread all over its furface. 



BRANCHES : rudiments of branches confining of four 

 leaves forming a crofs are generally obferved 

 in the alae of the leaves, thefe however are 

 fometimes wanting, and fometimes are drawn 

 out into branches. 



FLOWERS yellow, terminal, in an oblong panicle 

 forming a kind of fpike.' 



CALYX : a Perianthium divided into five fegments ; 

 which are lanceolate, with two grooves, and 

 glandular on the edge, the fmall leaves and 

 buds below the calyx are alfo ornamented with 

 black glands placed on footftalks. fig. 1. 



COROLLA : five Petals of a yellow colour and ob- 

 long oval fhape, blunt, fpreading and filiated. 

 fig- 2. 



STAMINA : from twenty to thirty Filaments ob- 

 fcurely divided into three bundles or fafciculi, 

 very fine, ftrait, yellow and fhorter than the 

 Corolla ; Antherae roundifh, double, yellow. 



fig- 3- 

 PISTILLUM: Germen roundifh: Styles three, 



fimple, fpreading, the length of the {lamina. 



Stigmata fimple. fig. 4. 

 SEED-VESSEL an oblong capfule of three cavities and 



three valves, fig. 5. 6, 

 SEEDS numerous and very minute, fig. 7. 



The more antient Botanifis paying but little regard to the nicety of dhtinction, overlooked this fpecies of 

 Hypericum ; Columna poflefiing greater difcernment than his predeceflbrs appears firft to have figured and de- 

 fcribed it; by fnperficial obfervers it may eafily be miftaken for the common St. John's Wort, but differs 

 from it in being a taller plant, having a ftalk perfectly round and hoary, and the edges of the calyx befet with 

 black glands, it is alfo more apt to grow in woods and coppices, though it is frequently met with in hedges. 



It flowers in July and Auguft. 



It grows plentifully in a field juft beyond Dulwich College, alfo about the Oak of Honour Wood near Peck- 

 ham, and moft of the Woods near Town. 



