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POLYANDRIA, DI-PENTAGYNIA. 
eorymbosum, 
of the panicle opposite, the secondary dichoto- 
mous; capsules long, conoid, coloured. — Willd. 
Slender 8L John^s-xvort, 
A very delicate species, with exceedingly small flowers; 
and bright red capsules. From a span to twelve inches high. 
In bogs, swamps, and low wet meadows; every were extreme- 
ly common. Annual. June, July. 
6. H. erect, very much branched, glabrous ; stem 
sub-four-angled; leaves ovate-oblong, subcor- 
date, obtuse, nerved, sessile; panicles terminal, 
dichotomal-corymbose, petals shorter than the 
lanceolate calix. — JVilld. 
H. quinquenervium, Walt. Sp. PL 3. p. 1456. 
H. mutilum, Willd. Sp. PL 3. p. 1471. 
Tins species resembles No. 4, somewhat, particularly in the 
size of the flowers ; but may easily be known by its leaves, 
which are twice or thrice as broad as those of No. 4, and it 
never has red capsules. In wet grassy places, and in company 
with No. 4; also very common. Perennial. July till August. 
7. H. erect, glabrous, dotted with black ; stem te- 
rete, branched; leaves amplexicaule, oblong- 
oval, obtuse, corymbs terminal, bracheate 
thickly flowered, calicine segments lanceolate- 
acute. — Willd. and Pursh. 
H. maculatum, Walt. 
H. punctatum, Lamark. 
Black spotted St. John^s~wort. 
About fourteen inches high; resembles No. 1, exceedingly, 
but may be easily known from it by the numerous black punc- 
tated leaves, and the much smaller flowers. In shady woods 
and on rocks, common. Perennial. June, July. 
251. ELODEA. Adanson. {Hyperica.) 
Calix 5-parted, equal. Petals 5, claws nec- 
tariferous. Filaments 9 to 15, growing to- 
