(f CL2J- ) . 
• ' t^us, expandings in the form of- a Rofe, having 
- a great number of chives : The ovary rifes from 
the middle of the empalement, and has a he- 
^ - mifpherical top; which afterwards, turns to a 
roundifh or pointed Iruit, with five, or more 
cells, containii'.g a great number of fmall feeds'. 
. We have but one fpecies of this plant, viz. 
An Ciftus flou pallido^ puhicante macula infignito'^ 
-R 34 2 , C . 465 . annuus flore maculato^ G*. E. 1281. 
mnuus fiou gutt at 0^ P*66i» , 
.jHypericum, St John’s W ort. The root is fibrous : 
The leaves grow by pairs at the joints of the ftalks: 
, ■ The ernpalement is .rhonophy llous, expanded into 
i live fegments : The flower. is pentapet^Oils, open- 
ing in the form of a -Rofe,and furnifhed with a great 
. number of chives, fet round a conical ovary, 
• . having three long crooked- tubes, it turns to 
. . an oblong fruit, compofed of . three cells, filled 
^ with many fmall feeds. The fpecies are ; 
* I. Hyperkum^ ^*432, R. 342. vulgar 
^. 572. St John’s Wort. In thickets, and by 
hedges. The ftalks rife a cubit and a half high^ and 
Xometimes higher; they are round, redifh, and di- 
jvided into feveral branches : .The leaves refemble 
thofe of . Wild Marjoram, are fmboth, furnifjie.d 
with nerves running lengthways, and feem’ to have 
.innumerable holes - in them, when held againfl. thp 
fun : The flowers {land in dufters at the tops of the 
.branches ; are large, ydlow, and fupported by very 
Aort pedicles. If the flov/ers and heads, before 
.they are ripe, be fqueezed, they yield a bloody juice. 
2. Hypericim pulcrum ^ragi^ R.342. quint, feu 
pttlcrum E. 540. minus ere£lum^ ,C. 279. 
Small upright St John’s Wort. In thickets and 
.heaths, efpecially in fandy and gravelly ground : The 
.ftalks are nine inches long, or more ; fmooth, redifh 
on the lower part, and branched: The leaves em- 
brace the ftalk with their’ broad bbttoms, and have 
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