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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART HI, 



§ i. Asci/rem Chois. Prod. Hyp. 



Derivation. From a, not, and skuros, hard ; that is to say, plants soft to the touch. 



Sect. Char. Sepals connected at the base, and unequal. Stamens numerous. 

 Styles 3 to 5. Flowers terminal, large, few, subcorjinbose. (Don's Mill., i. 

 p. 601.) 



A. Styles commonly 3. 

 36 1. iJ. ela'tum Ait. The tall St. John's Wort. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 104. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 601. 

 Engravings. Juss. Ann. du Mus., 3. p. 162. 1. 17. ; Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 85. 



Spec. Char. Sfc. Younger stems reddish. Leaves ovate-oblong, acute, dilated 

 at the base, somewhat emarginate, with the margins somewhat revolute. 

 Flowers corymbose. Peduncles bibracteate. Sepals ovate-oblong. (Don's 

 Mill., i. p. 601.) Height 5 ft. A sub-evergreen shrub, native of North 

 America, with yellow flowers in July and August. Introduced in 1762. 

 Propagated by layers or division, and of the easiest culture in common 

 garden soil. 



Sfe 2. H, HiRci^NUM L. The Goat-scented St. John's Wort. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1103. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 602. 



Synonym.es. Tr^gium Clus. ; j^ndrosae'Eouin foe^tidum Bauh., Parh, and Rat/.; Mille Pertuis k Odeur 

 de Bouc, Fr. 



Engravings. Schkuhr. Handb. 3. t. 213. f. 3. ; Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 87. ; and our fig. 105. 

 Sjjec. Char, ^'f?- Branches winged. Leaves somewhat 

 emarginate at the base, dilated, sessile, acute at the apex, 

 ovate-lanceolate, with glandular margins. Peduncles 

 bibracteate. Stamens exceeding the corolla in length. 

 Seeds 2, appendiculated. (Doti's Mill., i. p. 602.) A 

 deciduous undershrub, from the shores of the Mediter- /i i^ajc^ii-' 



ranean in 1640, and producing its yellow flowers from "^^^ '1'^ 



July to September. Height, from 3 ft. to 4 ft. The ' ^ 

 leaves of this species, when bruised, have a very dis- I ^ 



agreeable smell, resembling that of a goat, whence its V (I'^^ih 



name. Plants, in London, cost 6c?. each ; at Bollwyller, ^^-St- 

 50 cents. 



Varieties. H. k. 2 obtusifdliuvi Dec. has blunter leaves than the original 

 species, and is found on the mountains of Corsica, on humid rocks. H. k. 

 3 mhius Wats, is a smaller plant than the other, figured in Denclrologia 

 Britannica, t. 87. 



m 3 H. GKANDiFLO^RUM C/iois. The large-flowered St. John's Wort. 



Identification. Chois. Prod. Hyp., p. 38. t. 3. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 602. 



Synonyme. H. canari^nse Willd., not of Lin. ^ 



Engravings. Chois. Prod. Hyp., t.S. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Stem round, reddish. Leaves ovate-oblong, cordate, somewhat clasping, acute at the 

 apex, netted with pellucid veins. Flowers corymbose. Peduncles bibracteate. Calyx acutish, re- 



■ flexed upon the peduncle after flowering, much shorter than the corolla. (Don's Mill., i. p. 602.) 

 A half-hardy evergreen shrub, from 'I'eneriffe in 1818, producing its line large yellow flowers in July 

 and August. Height 3 ft. It is commonly treated as a green-house plant ; but, considering its 



: native country, there can be no doubt that it would stand very well against a conservative wall. 



Jtn 4. H. FOLio^suM Ait. The leafy St. John's Wort. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 1. vol.3, p. 104. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 602. 

 Synonyme. Shining St. John's Wort. 



Spec. Char.,Sic. Branches winged. Leaves sessile, oval-oblong, rather acute, finely perforated. Calyx 

 lanceolate, caducous. [Don's Mill., i. p. 602.) A deciduous undershrub, introduced from the 

 Azores ;in 1778, and producing its yellow flowers in August. Height 2 ft. It is commonly treated 

 as a green-house plant j but, in a dry sheltered situation, it requires very little protection. 



m 5. H. floribu'ndum The abundant-flowered St. John's Wort. 



Identification, Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 1. vol. 3. p. 104. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 602. 

 Synonymes. H. frut^scens Comm. Hort. Amst, p. 137. ; many-flowered St. John's Wort. 

 Engravings. Comm. Hort. Amst., t. 68. 



