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imbricate. Pet. 4 — 5, twisted in aestivation. Stam. indefinite, 
polyadelphous, connected in 3 or 4 bundles at the base. An- 
thers versatile. Styles several, rarely connate. Fruit a capsule 
or berry of many cells and many valves, the valves curved in- 
wards. Seeds minute, indefinite, on a central axis or the turned 
margins of the valves, embryo straight with no albumen. — 
L. mostly opposite, with pellucid dots. Fl. yellow. 
1. Hypericum. Cal. 5-parted or of 5 sepals. Pet. 5. Styles 
3 (in nearly all our plants) or 5. Caps, more or less per- 
fectly 3-celled. — Fl. yellow. 
1. Hypericum Zinn. St. John's Wort. 
* Styles 5. 
*1. H. calycinum (L.) ; st. shrubby square, 1. oblong, fl. soli- 
tary, sep. unequal obovate obtuse, pet. often lobed on one side. 
— E. B. 2017. — Fl. very large. — Naturalized in bushy places in 
Wicklow and Cork, also in Scotland, but I fear not an original 
native. P. VII.— IX. S. I. 
** Styles 3, sep. without glandular serratures. 
2. H. Androscemum (L.) ; st. shrubby compressed 2-edged, 
1. cordate-ovate, cymes trichotomous few-flowered, sep. unequal 
subcordate-ovate, pet. oval obtuse, caps, finally pulpy imperfectly 
3-celled. — E. B. 1225. Androscemum officinale Koch. — St. 2 feet 
high. L. large, having a strong aromatic smell when rubbed. 
Fl. large in terminal cymes. Berry black. — Woods and thickets. 
P. VII. VIII. Tutsan. 
3. H. quadranyulum (L.) ; st. erect with 4 wings, I. oval-ob- 
long or elliptical with pellucid dots, sep. erect lanceolate acuminate 
entire, pet. lanceolate, styles half the length of the capsule. — E. B. 
370. H. tetrapterum Fries, Koch. — St. 1 — 2 feet high. Fl. in 
terminal forked close many-flowered cymes. Linnaeus quotes 
Hort. Cliff. 380. No. 5. as the original authority for his H. quad- 
ranyulum, of which he there says " folia calycina subulata," it 
therefore is the present plant. — In wet places. P. VII. 
4. H. maculatum (Crantz) ; st. erect 4-angular, 1. elliptical- 
ovate obtuse with a few pellucid dots, sep. refiexed ovate-lanceo- 
late denticulate obtuse mucronate with pellucid streaks, pet. ellip- 
tical obtuse with purple streaks and dots beneath, styles half the 
length of the capsule. — H. delphinense Vill. ! H. quadranyulum 
Fries, Leight. — St. 1 — 2 feet high. Fl. in forked terminal cymes. 
— Moist places by ditches, rivers, &c. P. VII. E. 
5. H. dubium (Leers) ; st. erect obscurely quadrangular, 1. el- 
liptical obtuse with a few pellucid dots, sep. refiexed broad ellipti- 
cal obtuse quite entire with numerous black dots on the outside, 
pet. elliptical with many black dots, styles half the length of the 
capsule. — E. B. 296. H. quadranyulum Wimm. et Grab. — St. 
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