80 
xvm. hypericaceas. [Hypericum. 
the apex nearly dry, stem shrubby 2 -edged ; sepals unequal 
oval at length recurved, leaves ovate sessile. H. Androssemum. 
E. B. t. 1225. 
Hedges and shrubby places. ClifT above Falmouth Harbour, 
Cornwall: Mr. Polwhele. Hills behind Greenock: D. Steuart, Esq. 
Crinan Canal, Argyleshire ; Culross, Perthshire; Galway, Ireland: 
Dr. Balfour. Ij • 7 — 9. — We insert this species as a doubtful 
native, in order to draw attention to it. It differs from H. Androsce- 
mum by the larger size of the flowers, considerably larger even than 
in H. elatum Ait. (Androscemum parviflorum Spach in Ann. Soc. Hat. 
N.S. v. p. 361) to which, however, in other respects, it is so closely 
allied, that we feel much disposed to regard it as a variety of that 
species : the native country of H. elatum, although long known in 
cultivation, has, we believe, never been satisfactorily determined ; that 
of the present species is also not free from difficulty : from the size of 
the flowers, long styles, and comparatively dry fruit, it is not likely to 
be passed over for H. Androscemum, by any one well acquainted with 
that species, with which it agrees chiefly in the size and form of the 
leaves. In the specimen from Greenock the styles do not exceed the 
stamens in length, and although some of the pedicels are two-winged, 
others appear to be four-edged ; we have therefore slightly modified 
the character proposed by Mr. Babington, to whose remarks in the 
Annals of Nat. Hist. 2d. Ser. xv. p. 92, in proof of this being Berto- 
loni’s plant, we refer. After the stamens fall off, the calyx becomes 
reflexed, and the still unripe capsule slightly tapers into the base of 
the three long almost straight styles. 
"("[")■ Styles 3. Petals permanent. Stamens slightly triadelphous. ( Capsule 
3-celIed septicidal.) Euhypericum. 
§ Sepals entire at the margins or slightly toothed, but nearly without glands. 
4. H. perforatum. L. ( common perforated St. J.) ; stem 2- 
edged, leaves oblong obtuse with pellucid dots, veins opaque, 
sepals erect lanceolate acute. — a. leaves elliptic oblong. E. 
B. t. 595. — 13. leaves linear-oblong, sepals more or less 
toothed. 
Woods, thickets, hedges, &c., abundant. Jj . 7 — 9. — Stem 1 — 2 ft. 
or more high, branched. Leaves with sometimes only a few pellucid 
dots, but never with the pellucid venation of the next. There are 
minute black dots on the tips of the cal., cor., and often on the leaves. 
Valves of the capsule with two glandular lines on the back, their sides 
wrinkled with ovoid transverse vesicles. 
5. H. dubium Leers (imperforate St. J.) ; stem more or less 
quadrangular, leaves elliptic-ovate obtuse usually nearly desti- 
tute of pellucid dots, veins pellucid, sepals recurved oblong 
or lanceolate entire or denticulate. E. B. t. 296. H. macu- 
latum Crantz. 
Rather mountainous woods in various places ; not uncommon in 
Arran, Cumbrte, and both sides of the Clyde. 11. 7,8. — Similar 
