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The Flora of Wiltshire. 



ORDER. IIYPERlCACEyE. (DE OAND.) 

 Hypericum, (Linn.) St. John's Wort. 

 Linn. CI. xviii. Ord. i. 



Name. From the Greek word (hypericori) of Dioscorides. 



1. TL Androscemum, (Linn.) Man's blood Hypericum. Tutsan, or 

 Tark leaves. Androsasmum is an old Greek name, compounded of 

 andros of a man, and aima blood, a name still retained in the 

 Dutch, Man's bloed. It was so called on account of the red juice of 

 the berry. Tutsan is from the French toute-sain or all-heal, the plant 

 having been formerly celebrated as a vulnerary. Curt. Fl. Lond. i. 

 164. Baxter's British Flowering Plants, vol. i. t. 39. 



Locality. Woods and shady banks. Rare. P. Fl. July, August. 

 Area, 1. * 3, 4. 5. 



South Division. 



1. South-east District, " Laverstock near Salisbury," Bot. Guide. 

 " Hedges about half-a-mile distant from Downton on the road to 

 Salisbury," Dr. Maton. " Clarendon Wood," Dr. 11. Smith. 1 

 " Banks of the river near Fisherton Church," Major II. Smith. 

 " The Earldoms, Whiteparish," Rev. E. Simms. 



3. South-west District, " Warminster," Mr. Wheeler. " Spring 

 Head Church Meadow, near Corsley, Miss Griffith. " Kilmington," 

 Miss Selwyn. 



North Division. 



4. North-west District, Sandridge Hill near Melksham. 



5 North-east District, " Great Bedwyn," Mr. William Bartldt. 



I do not quote the figure of this species in English Botany, as 

 that plate possibly represents the "H. Anglicum " of Bert. Flor. 

 Ital. viii. 310, which is distinguished chiefly by its much branched 

 stem, two winged peduncles, subcordate-ovate, rather acute leaves, 

 few flowered cymes, ovate rather acute and unequal sepals, and by 

 the styles exceeding the stamens. All Wilts specimens named "H 

 Androscemum" should be carefully examined, in order that we may 



1 In 1817 this gentleman commenced a periodical work under the title of 

 " Flora Sarisburiensis" which was intended to describe and illustrate the 

 plants growing in the vicinity of Salisbury : not being sufficiently encouraged 

 in his undertaking, only four numbers of the Flora were published. 



