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Hypericum,.] 
in many respects to the last ; for which, perhaps, it is not unfre- 
quently mistaken : the leaves arc sometimes as much covered with 
pellucid dots, so that the only constant mark is in the veins, and even 
these in the older and lower leaves become frequently opaque. Corolla 
often marked with small black dots. In this, as well as in the fol- 
lowing six species, the capsule is striated at the back, with copious 
slender longitudinal glands. 
6. H. quadrdngulum L. ( square-stalked St. J.) ; stem herba- 
ceous 4-angled somewhat branched, leaves ovate with pellucid 
dots, sepals erect lanceolate acuminate. E. B. t. 370. 
Moist pastures, sides of ditches and rivulets, If. 7. — Stem 1 
— 2 ft. high. Panicles terminal. “ Slightly foetid like H. liircinum." 
Bromf 
7. H. humifusum L. ( trailing St. J.) ; flowers terminal sub- 
cymose, stem compressed prostrate, sepals unequal outer ones 
oblong obtuse mucronate, leaves oblong obtuse glabrous. E. 
B. t. 1226. 
Gravelly, heathy, and boggy pastures, stone walls, &c„ in many 
places. If. 7. — Stem slender, about a span long. Stamens not more 
than 5 — 8 in each of the three sets ; whereas in the three preceding 
there are 10 — 25 in each. Styles very short. Cor. with black dots, 
as well as the calyx, and even glandular serratures are sometimes to be 
seen towards the points of the sepals, particularly of the inner lanceo- 
late ones, but not, we think, so as to justify the plant being placed 
in the next division. 
§§ Margins of the sepals, with glandular serratures. 
8. H. linarifulium Vahl (linear-leaved Sl.J.); flowers ter- 
minal cymose, stems ascending terete, sepals slightly unequal all 
lanceolate acute their margins with numerous (black) spots and 
glandular serratures, leaves linear obtuse the margins revolute. 
E. B. S. t. 2851. 
Cape Cornwall : on dry slopes of hills in several parts of Jersey, 
particularly on a hill between Ann Port and St. Catherine’s Bay : 
banks of the Teign, Tamar, and Tavy, Devon. If. 7, 8 .— Flowers 
small. Stem procumbent below. Stamens 30 or more. H. humi- 
fusum differs from this by its prostrate slightly two-edged stems; 
oblong, obtuse, and mucronate sepals ; oval-oblong leaves ; smaller 
flowers ; fewer stamens ; broader capsules and shorter styles. Bab. 
9. H. pulchrum L. (small upright St. J.) ; sepals broadly ovate 
obtuse with (black) glandular serratures, stem erect glabrous, 
leaves cordate amplexicaul glabrous. E. B. t. 1227. 
Dry woods and heaths, frequent. If. 6, 7. — Stem 1 — 2 ft. high, 
slender, erect, rigid, branched. Flowers beautiful, in loose panicles, 
yellow, tipped, before expansion, with red. Anthers red. 
10. H. hirsutum L. (hairy St. J.) ; sepals lanceolate acute 
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