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a corymbus, at the tops of the ftalks, they are of a 
white colour, and are fucceeded by fmall capfules. 
HYPERICUM. 
St. JOHN’S WORT. 
Clafs 1 8. Order 3. Polyadelphia Polyandria. 
r T , HE Empalemnt is five parted: the divifions are fomewhat 
A ovate, convex, and permanent. 
The Corolla has five petals, oblong-ovate, obtufe, fpreading, 
and marked according to the motion of the fun. 
The Filaments are numeft>us, capillary, joined at the bafe into 
five or three parts or bodies. The Anthem are fmall. 
The Gemen is roundiih. The 'Styles are three (fometimes one, 
two, and five,) fimple, diftant, and the length of the ftamina. 
The Stigmas are fimple. 
The Seed-veJJel is a roundifh capfule; with cells according to. 
the number of the Styles. 
The Seeds are many and oblong. 
The Species growing Jhrubby , with us , 
Hypericum kalmianum. Virginian Shrubby 
Hypericum, 
This grows naturally in low wet places, riling 
with Ihrubby ftalks to the height of three or four- 
feet, with oppofite angular branches. The leaves 
are fmooth and ftiaped like thofe of Rofemary or 
Lavender. The flowers terminate the branches in 
fmall divided clufters of three or feven flowers; they 
have each five very {lender ftyles, and are fucceeded 
by oval, pointed capfules, filled with fmall feeds. 
ILEX, 
