632 3 88. Androssem. 67. HYPERICINEiE. PL ex, that 
edges of the valves bent inwards ; perisperm 0 ; corculum 
straight, radicle above. — Stem herbaceous or undershrubby ; 
leaves opposite, often glandular ; corollce yellow. 
Androphores 5 ; styles 3 ; 
berry 1-celled Andros^emum, 388. 
Androphores 3 or 5 ; styles 3 or 5 ; 
capsule 3 or 5-celled Hypericum. 389. 
I. 388. ANDROSiEMUM. Dioscorides. Tout-sain. 
Calyx 5-cut ; petals 5 ; stamens in 5 bundles ; styles 3 ; 
berry 1-celled; placeiitaria ternate, affixed to the sides of 
the berry by means of a membrane, at first entire, afterwards 
2-parted, 
Andros&mum officinale . Shop tout-sain. 
Stem shrubby, 2-edged ; leaves ovate, sessile ; flowers 
terminal ; sepales unequal, roundish, ovate, blunt. 
Hypericum maximum Androsasmum vulgare dictum, Rail Syn. 343,6. 
jDlymenon Italorum, Ger. em. 543,1. 
Androsjgrnum vulgare. Park. 575. 
Hypericum Androssemum, Lin. S. P. 1102. 
Androsaemum vulgare, Be Cand. FI. Gall. 4570. 
Tutsan. Park-leaves. 
Stem forked, bald ; leaves at first green, afterwards dark 
red, stipuled, edge not cut; flowers cymose; corolla golden 
yellow; berry elliptic, at first red, then black. — Juice of 
the leaves, when dark red, resembles claret; leaves used as 
a dressing to wounds and ulcers. 
II. 389. HYPERICUM. Dioscorides, St. John’ s-wori. 
Calyx 5-cut ; petals 5 ; stamens in 3 or 5 bundles ; styles 
3 or 5; capsule 3 or 5-celled. — Flowers yield a blood red 
juice when bruised. 
a. Styles 5 ; capsule 5-celled ; calyx-lobes bald , edge not cut . 
1. Hypericum calycinum. Cup St. John* s-wort. 
Stem shrubby, branchy, 4-sided ; leaves oblong, 2-rowed ; 
flowers solitary, terminal ; calyx-lobes blunt ; styles 5. 
Hypericum calycinum, Lin. Mant. 106. 
Woods; naturalized; shrubby; July to September. 
Stem 1 foot high; branches simple, square, terminated 
by a flower, leafy ; flowers very large ; petals golden yellow. 
