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ANDROSiE'MUiYl* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Polyade'lpiiia f, Poi.ya'ndria. 
Natural Order. Hyperici'nkvE, Juss. — Lindl. Syn. p. 41. ; 
Tntrod. to Nat. Syst. of But. p. 47. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 486. — 
Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 504. — Hype'rica, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 254. — Sm. 
Gram, of Bot. p. 143. — Hyperica'ce.® ; Subtype, Hypericidte, 
Burnett’s Out!, of Bot. pp. 796 & 797. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 3.) inferior, of 1 sepal, deeply divided 
into 5 egg-shaped, concave, permanent segments. Petals 5, oblong, 
egg-shaped, spreading. Filaments (figs. 1 & 2.) numerous, hair- 
like, united at the base into 3 sets. Anthers small, roundish. Ger- 
men (see fig. 1.) superior, roundish. Styles (see fig. 3.) 3. Stigma 
simple. Capsule (see figs. 3 & 4.) berried, 1-celled. — Distinguished 
from Hypericum, t. 80, by the 1-celled, berry-like capsule. 
One species British. 
ANDROSTE'MUM OFFICINA'LE. Tutsan, or Park Leaves. 
Spec. Char. Stem shrubby, 2-edged Leaves egg-shaped, ses- 
sile. Flowers terminal. Sepals unequal, roundish, egg-shaped, blunt. 
Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 632. — Lindl. Syn. p. 43. — Hype ricutn Androsae- 
mum, Linn. — Eng. Bot. t. 1225. — Curt. FI. Lond. t. 265. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 
1102. — Huds. FI. Angl.(2nd ed.) p.332. — Sin. FI. Brit. v. ii. p. 800. Eng. FI. 
v. iii. p.323. — With. (7th ed ) v. iii. p. 869. — Hook. Br. FI. p. 335. — Siblh. FI. 
Oxon. p.233. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. p.352. v. iii. p.374. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 
221. — Rev. G. E. Smith’s PI. of S. Kent, p. 45. — FI. Devon, pp. 127 & 178. — 
Walk. FI. of Oxf. p.217.— Bab. FI. Bath. p. 9.— Mack. Catal.of Pi. of lie), 
p. 68. — Hypericum maximum And 'rosuimum vulgare dictum, Kay’s Syn. p. 
>143. — Clymenon Italorum, Johnson’s Gerarde, 543. 
Localities. — In moist shady lanes, thickets, and woods. — Not common. — 
Ox/or dsh. Shotover Plantations; Stokenchurch ; Nettlebed Woods: Dr. Sui- 
thorp. On the North side of Shotover- Hill, and in a lane leading from the 
bottom of the hill to Horsepath ; also in a ditch at the top of the hill, a little 
before you come to the gate leading to Mr. Schulz’s ; and by the side of a ditch 
near the old fish-ponds in the Plantations: Aug. 3, 1831, W. B. — Berks ; About 
Cookham : Mr. Bicheno. Maidenhead Thicket, and Bisham Hill : Mr. W.A. 
Delamotte. — Cheshire ; In a wood near the Broken Brow ; and woods near 
Scout Mill. — Cornwall; Abundant: Eow. Duke, Esq. Exeter Coll. — Near 
Pengwarry ; and in lanes near Saltash. — Devon; Near Brixton; stream-side 
below Ogwell Mill ; near Newton ; and in a lane leading from Bitton Mill, near 
Teignmouth, to Haldon. Near Chudleigh, Lympstone, llsington, and l iver- 
ton. Near Clovelly : Miss Armethioing. — Dorsetsh. Woods about Critchel- 
House ; about Henbury ; in a wood above Grange in Purbeck; and in Cran- 
bourne Chase. — Durham; Near Darlington. — Essex; On Epping Forest ; in 
a wood near Thorndon ; near Woodford : in a lane on the left hand side of the 
road from Brentwood to Ongar, about half a mile from Ongar. — Gloucestersh. 
Woods at Wick Cliffs. St. Vincent’s Rocks, Clifton: Miss Arm et ri ding. — 
Hampsh. Buriton Lane, New Forest; Bere Forest. Stony hollow lanes at Sel- 
borne. Steephill; and between Luccomb and Bonchurch, Isle ot Wight. — 
Here/ordsh. In the Northern parts of the county. — Herts; Duke of Bridge- 
Fig. 1. Stamens, Germen, and Pistils. — Fig. 2. One of the three sets of 
Stamens. — Fig. 3. Calyx, and nearly ripe Berry. — Fig. 4. Transverse section of 
the Berry. — Fig. 5. A bit of the Stem, magnified. 
* That is, andros, aima, Gr. man’s blood ; because, if the yellow flowering- 
tops are bruised between the fingers, they will immediately communicate a deep 
crimson stain. Withering. 
f From polus, Gr. many, and adelphos, Gr. a brother, several brother- 
hoods. The 18th class in the Linnean Artificial System; it comprehends all 
those plants with perfect flowers in which the stamens are united by their fila- 
ments into more than two sets, fig. 1. 
