HYPER ICUM URA'LUM. 
ural st. John’s wort. 
Class. Order. 
POLY ADELPHIA. POLYANDRIA. 
Natural Order. 
HYPBRICACEJE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Nepal. 
1 foot. 
June, July. 
Perennial. 
in 1823. 
No. 771. 
The generic name, Hypericum, has come to us 
from the Greek language, but its meaning is doubt- 
ful, see No. 630. The specific name of the present 
plant, Uralum, was adopted as indicative of its na- 
tive country. The Ural mountains form an im- 
mense range, dividing Europe from Asia. 
Hypericum Uralum is said to have been intro- 
duced in 1823, but if so, was probably lost again, or 
at the least, must have been exceedingly rare since 
that time. The plant from which our drawing 
was executed, was raised in the Birmingham Hor- 
ticultural Society’s Garden, from Himalayan seeds, 
received from Dr. Royle, in the spring of 1839. 
In 1840, it flowered in the open borders, having 
been kept, during winter, in a frame, which, proba- 
bly it did not require. We received other specimens 
from the Royal Botanical Gardens of Edinburgh, 
which had also been raised from foreign seeds. 
The Hypericum Uralum is a showy and most 
desirable small shrub. It may be propagated from 
cuttings of the young wood, which will strike root 
in sand 
Don’s Syst. Bot. 1, 603, 
