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3. Small procumbent Saint John's wort. 
Hypericum procumbens mi'iiis. 
The root is flender, long, and woody. 
The rtalks are numerous, and fome of them lie 
upon the ground ; others rife tolerably upright : 
they are four or five inches high, and edged like 
thofe of the common Saint John's wort^ and of a 
yellowiHi coluLir. 
'I'he leaves ftand in pairs, at moderate diflances 
one pair froin another 1 and they are fmall, ob- 
long, pointed, and of a faint green. 
The flowers are large, and of a bright yellow : 
they grow on the tops of the italks, and of their 
bi'anches and divifions. 
The feed-vcflcl is fmall, and the feeds are nu- 
merous and minute. 
The ftylcs in the [lower of this fpecies are three, 
and the feed-veffel is divided into three cells. 
It is common in barren patlures, and flowers in 
July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Hypericum minus fupinum^ 
Jive fi/piimm g/ahum. We, ^railing Saint Johi's 
ivort. 
4. Bcoad-Ieaved hairy Saint John's wort. 
Hypericum ere^um iatifoUum hirjutum. 
T he root is long, large, woody, and fpreading. 
'I'he fl:alk is thick, firm, upright, very little 
branched, and of a brownifh colour. 
The leaves fl:and in pairs ; and they are large, 
oblong, and of a brownilli green, and hairy : 
they are broadeft toward the bafe, and diminifh 
to a point, and they have fhort footflalks. 
The flowers are numerous, large, and of a 
pale yellow : they fland at the tops of theftalks, 
and have flender pedicles. 
The feed-veffcl is large, and the feeds are 
brown. 
The fliyles are three in the flower of this fpe- 
cies, and the feed-veflql is accordingly 'divided 
into three cells. 
It is common by road -fides, and flowers in 
Augufl:. 
C. Bauhine calls \t Androf^mum hirfutum, and 
J. Bauhine, Hypericum androjiemim diStum. Thefe 
are very improper names, tor there is another 
fpecies altogether different irom this, properly 
called tutfan and androfj:mim, to be defcribed 
hereafter. 
5. Broad-leaved, fmooth Saint John's wort. 
Hypericum IatifoUum glabruin. 
The root is long, divided, crooked, hard, and 
redifli. 
The flalk is upright, fingle, not at all branched 
or divided, and a toot and a half high, and of a 
pale, blui ill-green colour. 
The leaves fland in pairs at confiderable dif. 
' tances : they are very large and broad ■, they have 
no footllalks, their bafes join at the ftalk, and 
they are of a pale bkiifli green. 
The flowers Hand at the tops of the ftalks on 
flender pedicles : they are large, and of a very 
beautiful yellow. 
The feed-veirel alfo is large, and the feeds arc 
fmall and brown, 
The flylcs in the flower of this fpecies are 
three, and the feed-vcflTel is accordingly divided 
into three cells. 
It is not common in England, exct-pt in the 
northern counties ; but there are fome plants of 
it in Chariton wood, near Woolwich. 
It flowers in Augufl". 
C. Bauhine calls ic Afcyrony five hypericmn hi- 
foUum glahritm non perforatum. Columna, An- 
droftemum campoclarente. It is an extremely 
beautiful plant. 
Linna.-us makes this and the former fpecies only 
varieties of the fame plant. He mufl: have been 
mifled by the bad figures of authors; for it is im- 
poflible he fiaould have faid this, if he had ever 
Icen this fpecies : the other is common. 
The leaves in this fpecies are not full of holes, 
as in the common Saint John's wort ; but fre- 
quently the underfide of them is beautifully dotted 
with red fpots, difpofed regularly on the edge. 
6. Tuifan. 
Hypericum maximum androfomum di^mn. 
The root is hard, wuudy, long, redifli, and 
divided into many parts. 
The ftalks are numerous, firm, hard, of a 
pale green, and edged: they are two feet and a 
half high, and frequently are branched, though 
fometimes they rife almofi: fingle. 
The leaves ftand in pairs, and are very large ; 
they are broadeft at the bafe, and terminate ob- 
tufely : their colour is a dead green in the firft 
part of fummer, but frequently the whole plant 
turns of a blood-red toward autumn. 
The flowers fland in clufters at the tops of the 
ftalks : they are large and yellow. 
The feed-veflel is of an ova! form ; and, being 
foft and juicy, has the appearance of a berrv. 
It is frequent in many parts of England under 
fliady hedges, and flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Ajidrofvmum maximum fru- 
tefcsHs. Ray, Hypericum maximum mdrcf^mmn 
vulgare di^um. 
This fpecies poITefles the virtue of a vulne- 
rary in a degree even fuperior to the common 
Saint Jonns wort. One of the young leaves 
wrapped round a cut-finger, or fpread evenly 
over a deep frefh wound, will cure it without any 
other application. 
This I am aflured by the Lady of Gen. Ogle- 
thorpe, from her repeated experience. 
7. Saint Peter's wort. 
Hypericum cauls ere£to quadrangiik afcyron di^im. 
The root is long and fpreading : it creeps un- 
der the furface, and has a multitude of fibres. 
The ftalks are numerous, fquare, upright, fel- 
dom at all branched, and about a foot high. 
The leaves are placed in pairs at confiderable 
diftances, and have no footlla'ks : they are of 
an oval figure, and obtufe. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks, on 
fcparate, flender pedicles, and are of a bright 
yellow. 
The feed-veffcis are large, and the feeds mi- 
nute, 
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