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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. Androscernum (L.); st. shrubby compressed 2-edged, 
1. cordate-ovate, cymes tricbotomous feu -flowered, sep. unequal 
subcordate-ovate, pet. oval obtuse, caps, finally pulpy imperfectly 
3-celled. — E. B. 1225. Androsamum officinale R. 5192. — St. 2 
feet high. L. large, having a strong aromatie smell when rubbed. 
FI. large in terminal cymes. Styles much shorter than the black 
fleshy capsule. — Woods and thickets. P. VII. VIII. Tutsan. 
[f/. grandifolium (Chois.) which has much longer styles and 
stam. than H. Androscemum is stated by Reich. {Icon. F. G. vi. 
70./. 5193.) to grow in ^Vi-ran, Scotland.] 
3. H. quadrangulum (L.); st. erect with 4 wings, 1. oval-ob- 
long or ellij)tical with j)ellucid dots, sep. erect lanceolate acumi- 
nate entire, pet. lanceolate, styles half the length of the capsule. 
— E. B. 370 . H. tetrapterum kVies, Koch, 11. 5179. — St. 1 — 2 
feet high. FI. in terminal forked close many-flowered cymes. 
Linnaeus quotes Hort. Cliff. 380. No. 5. as the original authority 
for his H. quadrangulum, of whieh he there says “ folia calycina 
subulata,” it therefore is the present plant. — In wet places. 
P. VII. 
4. H. maculatum (Crantz) ; st. ereet 4-angular, 1. elliptical- 
ovate obtuse with a few pellucid dots, sep. reflexed ovate-lanceo- 
late minutely denticulate obtuse mucronate with pellucid streaks) 
]iet. elliptical obtuse with pm-ple streaks and dots beneath, styles 
half the length of the cajisule. — H. delphinense Vill. ! H. quad- 
rangulum Fries, Leight. — St. 1 — 2 feet high. FI. in forked ter- 
minal cymes. — Moist places by ditches, rivers, &c. P. VII. E. 
5. H. dubium (Leers); st. erect obsciu-ely quadrangular, 1. el- 
liptical obtuse w’ith a few pellucid dots, sep. reflexed broad ellipti- 
cal obtuse quite entire with numerous black dots on the outside, 
jiet. elliptical w'ith many black dots, styles half the length of the 
capsule. — E. B. 296. H. quadrangulum FI. Siles., R. ! — St. 
1 — 2 feet high. See Trans. Edin. Bot. Soc. i. 88. — In moun- 
tainous places, rare. P. VII. VIII. E. S. 
6. H. perforatum (L.) ; st. erect 2-edged, 1. elliptic-oblong or 
linear-oblong with pellucid dots, sep. erect lanceolate acute, pet. 
obliquely oblong, styles as long as the capsule. — E. B. 295. R. 
5177- — St. 1 — 2 feet high. The 1. vary much in form. The 
number and size of the jiellueid dots are very variable. Under side 
of the 1. and j)et. with black dots. Sep. longer than the ovaiy, 
usually denticulate near the aj)ex. — /3. angustifolium ; 1. linear- 
oblong, sep. lanceolate acute denticulate (not “ entire ”) rather 
