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they are five or fix inches long, and for the moft 
part trail or lie upon the ground. 
The leaves lUnd in pairs, and are of a roun- 
dilli figure, not unlike thole of moneywort, but 
fmaller. 
The flowers are very large and beautiful : they 
are numerous ; they ftand on (lender footftalks at 
the top of the feveral ftalks, and are of a briglit 
yellow i and their feveral petals, as well as the 
fegmenti of the cup, are ferrated. 
The feed-veffel is large, and the feeds arcfmall 
and brown. 
The ftyles In the flower of this fpecies are 
three, and the cells are three In the caplulc. 
It is an extremely elegant fpecies. 
It is a native of the Pyrenican mountains, 
where it hangs among the wet rocks. It flowers 
in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Hypericum nummularis folio ; 
and others have for the moft part followed him, 
the leaves fpcaking the refemblance. 
5. Little heath-leaved Saint John's wort. 
Hypericum parvnm cricoidcs. 
This is an extremely fingular and pretty little 
plant. 
The root is long, flender, redifli, and has 
many fibres: they are numerous, wealc, and 
very fmall : they are crowned with leaves, and 
they fend out many fliort and flender branches. 
The leaves are narrow, longifli, and harfh to 
the touch : their colour is a dufl<.y green, and 
they entirely cover the lower parts of the fl:alks. 
The top of each ftalk is naked, or, in other 
words, there rife Irom the extremities of theft 
leafy ftalks flender twigs which fupport the 
flowers. 
Thefe are numerous, fmall, and of a pale 
yellow. 
The feed-velTcl is longiOi and fmall; and the 
feeds are very minute, and brown. 
There are three ftyles in the flower, and three 
Cells in the capfule. 
It is a native of Spain and Portugal ; and 
flowers in autumn. 
Plulvenet calls it Hypericum ericoides minimum 
fcliis cinereis. 
6. Large-Boweerd Saint Jolm's wort. 
Hypericum Jlore imigno. 
The root is long, flender, divided into feveral 
parts, and furnin:ied with many long fibres. 
The ftalks are numerous, upright, brown 
hard, and bitter : they are a foot high, and rarely 
arc at all branched. 
The leaves are placed in pairs, and they ftand 
at fmall diftances one pair from another. 
They are of a firm fubftance and deep green 
colour, and ol an oval fliape ; broadeft at the 
bottom, where they adhere without footftalks; 
and fmaller to the end, where they terminate 
obtufely. 
The flowers are very large and beautiful : they 
are of a fine yellow, and they ftand in confide- 
rable numbers on the tops of tlie ftalks. 
The feed-veflel is round, and the feeds are 
fmall and brown. 
N'' 18. 
The ftyles are three in this flower ; and the 
cells three in the capfule, 
It is a native of the Eaft, and flowers in July- 
C. Bauhine calls it Afcyrum magno pre- 
Wheeler, Hypsriaim tnontis Olympi ; a name 
adopted by moft others. 
J. Oriental Tgtfan. 
Hypericum Jlore el tkeca nmximis. 
The root is flender, and fpreads under the 
fur face. 
The ftalks are numerous, weak, and a foot or 
more in length : they never rife properly eredt, 
nor do they lie upon the ground, but always 
(land Hooping. 
The leaves are placed regularly in pairs, and 
they are very large, of a figure refembling thofc 
of the laurel, of a pale green colour, and per- 
feiftly even at the edges. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalk, and 
are very confpicuous by their fize ■, for they are 
a^ large as a rofe, and of a very beautiful yellow, 
and fufl of threads of the fame yellow in the 
centre. 
The feed-veflel is very large, and of a pointed 
form. 
The flyles in this plant are five-, and the cap- 
fule is accordingly divided into five cells. 
It is a native of the Eaft, and of fome parts 
of America. 
Ray calls it ^4}idycJ^mum Conjla?Uinopolitanim 
Jlore maximo. 
Morifon, Androfevium Jlore et theca qiiinqiie cap- 
fiilari onmium maxims. Our gardeners call it 
"Tut/an^ Great Saint John's worii and fome of 
them, the Ground roje, or the Tellow rofe. 
8. Stinking Saint John's wort. 
Hypericum fcvtidum Jlaminikis hngijfmis. 
The root is long, thick, divided, and fpread- 
ing. 
The flalk is fhrubby, hard, upright, very 
much branched, covered with a brown bark, and 
brittle. 
The leaves ftand in pairs : they are of a pale 
green, and have no footftalks ; they are broad, 
oblong, and pointed at the ends. 
The flowers are lai-ge and numerous : they 
ftand at the extremities of the branches ; they are 
of a beautiful yellow; and they are diftinguiflied 
by a peculiar mark, which is, that the threads 
are longer than the petals, and ftand in a great 
buih, in manner of a beard. 
The feed veffel is roundifh, and pointed : the 
feeds are brown. 
The ftyjes in this .flower are five ; and the 
capfule is accordingly divided into five cells. 
It is a native ot the warmer parts of Europe, 
and of the Eaft. 
C. Bauhine calis it Androfamim f^tidum capi- 
tulis longijfimis Jilainentis donatis. Piilenius, Hy- 
pericum fatidum frutefcens minus \ and Clufius, 
Tragium. Our gardeners call it Sbruh Saint 
Johi's wort, and Stinking tutfan % and fome, from 
the til reads, Bearded tutjan. 
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