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17. HYPERICACE^.— 18. ACERACE.E. 
beneath, stam. about 30, sti/les half as long as the capsule. — E. B. S. 
2851.— St. 6—12 in. high. Fl. larger than in Sp. 6.— Channel 
Isles. Cape Cornwall. Banks of the Teign, Tamar and Tavy, 
Devon. P. \U. - E. 
\^I£. barbutum (Jacq.) ; st. erect slightly 2-edged, 1. oblong- 
lanceolate -with revolute mai-gins and scattered black dots, sej). 
lanceolate friiiffed ivith gland-ti'jjjyecl hairs as Icmg as the diameter 
of the sepals, pet. obovate minutely ciliate and copiously dotted. 
—E. B. 1986.— " Aberdalgy in ^tratheam, Perthshire." Mr. 
G. Dm. P. IX. X.] S. 
8. H. hirsiUum (L.) ; st. erect round hairy, I. oval-oblong 
slightly stalked pellucid-punctate jntbescent, sep. lanceolate acute 
fringed xvith shortly stalked glands, pet. linear oblong tipped with 
stalked glands, styles deciduous.— i^. B. 1156. R. vi. 349.— St. 
about 2 feet high, nearly simple. Fl. in axillary and terminal 
forked panicles. — Woods and tliickets. P. Vll. VIII. E. S. I. 
9. H. motitdnmn (L.) ; st. erect round glabrous, 1. ovate-ob- 
long sessile pellucid-punctate ■with glandular dots near the mar- 
gin, sep. lanceolate acute fringed with shortly stalked glands, pet. 
elliptic entire -n-ithout dots or glands, styles half the length of 
the capsule.— B. 371. R. vi. 347.— fragrant. St. two feet 
high, simple. Fl. in terminal dense panicles. — Bushy limestone 
hills. P. VII. VIII. E. 
10. S. pid' cJirum (L.) ; st. erect roimd glabrous, I. cordate am- 
plexicaid pelliicid-pimctate glabrous, sep. broadly ovate blunt 
fringed with sessile glands, pet. ovate-lanceolate fringed with 
glands.— i'. B. 1227.— St. 12—18 in. high, neariy simple. Fl. 
in loose, axillary, opposite, and tenninal panicles. Butts tipped 
with red. Anth. red. — Dry heaths, banks, woods. P. VI. \ II. 
E. S. I. 
**** Styles 3 ; stam. united throughout their lower half in 3 sets, 
a scale between each set ; jyet. equal-sided. 
11. H. eUdes (L. ) ; st. ascending round shaggy rooting below, 
I. roundish-ovate sessile pellucid-punctate shaggy, sep. ovate 
bluntish glabrous fi-inged \vith shortly stalked (reddish ) glands, 
et. ovate entire, styles nearly as long as the capsules. — E. B. 
.09. Elodes palustris R. vi. 342. — bt. prostrate below, then 
ascending and leafy, 6—8 in. lon^. Fl. in terminal and axillan' 
few-flowered panicles. — Spongj- bogs. P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 
S 
Order XVIII. ACERACE^. 
Cal. 5-, rarely 4 — 9-parted, imbricate. I'et. the same number, 
inserted round a hypogynous disk. Stam. generally 8, inserted 
