petals, and a pointal ftretched out beyond the petals, 
which afterward turns to a jointed compreffed pod 
about three inches long, which bends inward like a 
bow, having one roundilh compreffed feed in each 
joint. This flowers in June and July, and the feeds 
ripen in Auguft, 
The feconcl fort hath {lender {talks which Hand more 
ered, and the fegments of the leaves are longer and 
much narrower than thofe of the firft ; the flowers 
are fmaller, and come out at the divifion of the 
branches ; thefe are fucceeded by narrow taper pods, 
which hang; downward. It flowers and feeds at the 
■ fame time with the firft. 
The third fort grows in the eaft ; Dr. Amman re- 
ceived the feeds from Dauria, and I received the feeds 
from Iftria, where it was found growing naturally. 
This hath much the appearance of the fecond fort in 
leaf and flower, but the pods grow ered, and are 
wreathed and twifted about. It flowers and feeds at 
the fame time with the others. 
Thefe plants are all of them annual, fo their feeds 
fhould be fown foon after they are ripe, otherwife itwill 
be a year before the plants will appear, on a bed of 
light freffi earth where they are to remain, for they 
feldom fucceed if they are tranfplanted. When the 
plants are come up, they fhould be carefully cleared 
from weeds ; and where the plants are too clofe, they 
muft be thinned, leaving them about fix or eight 
inches apart ; after this they will require no other cul- 
ture, but to keep them conftantly clear from weeds. 
In June thefe plants will flower, and their feeds will 
be ripe in Auguft. 
"When the feeds are fown in the fpring, and the feafon 
proves dry, the feeds will not grow the firft year ; 
but if the ground is kept clear from weeds and not 
difturbed, the plants will come up the following 
fpring. I have known the feeds of thefe plants re- 
main in the ground two years, and the plants have 
comh up the third fpring very well ; fo that it will be 
very proper to fow fome of the feeds in autumn, 
foon after they are ripe, in a warm border, where the 
plants may come up early the following fpring ; and 
thefe will be ftronger, and more likely to perfed feeds, 
than thofe fown in the fpring, by which method the 
kinds may be preferved. 
If the feeds of thefe plants are permitted to fcatter, 
the plants will come up the following fpring without 
any care ; and if they are treated in the fame way as 
the others, they will thrive equally ; but when the 
feeds are fown in the fpring, they fhould be taken out 
of the pods, and diverted of their fungous covering, 
which adheres clofe to them, fo prevents their grow- 
ing, till that is rotted and decayed. 
Thefe plants are feldom propagated but by thofe who 
are curious in botany, though for the fake of variety 
they may have a place in large gardens, becaufe they 
require very little trouble to cultivate them ; and as 
they take up but little room, fo they may be inter- 
mixed with other fmall annual plants in large borders, 
where they will make a pretty appearance. 
The juice of thefe plants is of a yellow colour, re- 
fembling that of Celandine, and is affirmed by fome 
eminent phyficians to have the fame effed as opium. 
HYPERICUM. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 254. tab. 13 1. 
Lin. Gen. Plant. 808. St. Johnfwort; in French, 
Millepertuis. 
The Characters are. 
The flower hath a permanent empalement , divided into 
five oval concave fegments it hath five oblong oval petals 
which fpread open , and a great number of hairy ftamina , 
which are joined at their bafe in three or five dijtinci 
bodies, terminated by fmall fummits. It hath in the cen- 
ter a roundijh germen , fupporting one , three , or five 
ftyles , the fame length of the ftamina , crowned by fingle 
fligmas. The germen afterward becomes a roundijh cap- 
fule , having the fame number of cells as there are ftyle$ 
in the flow er, which are filled with oblong feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the third fedion of 
Linnaeus’s eighteenth clafs, intitled Polyadelphia 
Polygynia, which contains the plants whofe flowers 
have many ftamina joined in diftind bodies, and id 
veral ftyles. 
The Species, are, 
r. Hypericum ( Perfoliatim ) floribus trigynis, caule 
ancipiti, fo-liis obtufis pellucido-pundatis. Hort. 
Cliff. 383. St. Johnfwort with three ftyles to the flower ^ 
and obtufe leaves' having pellucid pundiures. Hyperi- 
cum vulgare. C. B. P. 279. Common St. Johnfwort . 
2. Hypericum fftuadrangulum) floribus trigynis, caule 
quadrato herbaceo. Hort. Cliff. 3 So. St. Johnfwort 
with three ftyles to the flowers , and a fquare herbaceous 
ftalk. Hypericum Afcyron didum, caule quadran- 
gulo. J. B. 3. p. 382. St. Johnfwort with a fquare 
ftalk , commonly called St. Peterfwort. 
3. Hypericum ( Hircinum ) floribus trigynis* ftamini- 
bus corolla longionbus, caule fruticofo ancipiti. 
Hort. Cliff. 331. St. Johnfwort with three fiyles to the 
flower , ftamina longer than the petals , and a fhrubby 
ftalk with two fides. Hypericum fcetidum fruteft 
cens. Tourn. 255. Stinking ftrrubby St. Johnfwort . 
4. Hypericum floribus trigynis, calycibus obtufis, fta- 
minibus corolla Iongioribus caule fruticofo. Hort, 
Cliff. 381. St. johnfwort with three ftyles to the flower , 
obtufe empalement s , ftamina longer than the petals , and 
a fhrubby Jlalk.. Hypericum frutefcens Canarienfe 
multiflorum. Hort. Amft. 2. p. 135. Shrubby St . 
Johnfwort from the Canaries , having many flowers . 
5. Hypericum ( Olympicum ) floribus trigynis, calyci- 
bus acutis, ftaminibus corolla brevioribus, caule fru- 
ticofo. Hort. Cliff. 380. St. Johnfwort with three 
ftyles to the flower , acute empalement s, ftamina floor ter 
than the petals , and a fhrubby ftalk . Hypericum Gri- 
entale, flore magno. T. Cor. 19. Eaftern St. Johnf- 
wort, with a large flower. 
6. Hypericum {Inodor urn) floribus trigynis, calycibus 
obtufis, ftaminibus corolla Iongioribus, capfulis co~ 
loratis, caule fruticofo. St. Johnfwort with three ftyles 
to the flower , obtufe empalements, ftamina longer than the 
petals , coloured feed-vejfels , and a fhrubby ftalk. Hype- 
ricum Orientale, fcetido fimile, fed inodorum. Tourn, 
Cor. 19. Eaftern St. Johnfwort , like the ftinking kind, 
but without fmell. 
7. Hypericum ( Afcyron ) floribus pentagynis, caule te- 
tragono herbaceo fimplici, foliis lasvibus integerrimis. 
Hort. Upfal. 236. St. Johnfwort with five ftyles to the 
flower , a fquare, fingle, herbaceous ftalk , and fmooth en- 
tire leaves. Afcyrum magno flore. C. B. P. 280. 
Tutfan with a large flower. 
8. Hypericum (. Balearicum ) floribus pentagynis, caule 
fruticofo, foliis ramifque cicatrifatis. Lin. Sp. Plant, 
783. St. Johnfwort with five ftyles to the flower, a 
fhrubby ftalk, and fcarified leaves and branches. Afcy- 
ron Balearicum, frutefcens, maximo flore luteo, foliis 
minoribus, fubtus verrucofis falvad. Boerh. Ind. alt. 
1. 242. Shrubby Balearick St. Peterfwort with a large 
yellow .flower, and fmaller leaves war ted on- their under 
fide. 
9. Hypericum ( Androfamum ) floribus trigynis pericar- 
piis baccatis, caule fruticofo ancipiti. Hort. Upfal. 
2 37 ’ Sl Johnfwort with three fiyles to the flower, a 
fiefhy feed-vejfel, and a fhrubby ftalk with two fides . 
Androfasmum maximum -frutefcens. C. B. P. 280. 
Common Tutfan , or Park-leaves . 
10. Hypericum ( Bartramium ) floribus pentagynis ca- 
lycibus obtufis, ftaminibus corolla aequantibus, caule 
eredo herbaceo. St. Johnfwort with five ftyles to the 
flower, obtufe empalements , ftamina equalling the petals , 
and an erect herbaceeus ftalk. 
11. Hypericum ( Monogynum ) floribus monogynis, fta- 
minibus corolla Iongioribus, calycibus coloratis, caule 
fruticofo. St. johnfwort with one ftyk to the flowers , 
ftamina longer than the petals, coloured empalements , and 
a ftrrubby ftalk. 
There are fome other fpecies of this genus, which 
are preferved in botanic gardens for the fake of va- 
riety, but as they are feldom admitted into other 
gardens, I have not enumerated them here, left the 
work fhould fwell too large, 
The 
