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THE HYPERICUM FAMILY. 



Sepals broad and obtuse, united to near 

 the middle, without black dots outside, 

 but fringed at the top with black glan- 

 dular teeth. 



In dry woods, on open heaths and 

 wastes, almost all over Europe, but 

 scarcety extending to the Asiatic fron- 

 tier. Frequent in Britain. Fl. summer. 



Fig. 183. 



9. Hairy Hypericum. Hypericum hirsutum, Linn. 

 (Fig. 184.) 



(Eng. Bot. t. 1156.) 



A stiff, erect perennial, with an ob- 

 long or pyramidal panicle like the slender 

 H., but rather taller, and the stems al- 

 ways more or less downy or hairy. 

 Leaves often above an inch long, oblong 

 or elliptical, narrowed at the base into a 

 very short stalk, more or less hairy un- 

 derneath on the veins, and marked with 

 numerous pellucid dots. Flowers of the 

 slender H., but of a paler yellow ; the 

 sepals narrow, fringed with rather long, 

 glandular teeth ; the petals full twice as 

 long. 



In woods and thickets, generally 

 spread over Europe and Russian Asia, 

 except the extreme north. Frequent in 

 Britain. Fl. summer. 



Fig. 184. 



