Hypericum hirsutum. Hairy St. John’s Wort. 
HYPERICUM Lin, Gen. PL Polyadelphia Polyandria. 
Cal. 5, partitus, Peiala 5, Filamenta multa, in 5 phalanges ball connata. 
Capfula, 
Rail Syn. Herb^ pentapetal^e VASCULiFERiE. 
HYPERICUM hlrfutum floribus trigynis, calycibus ferrato-glandulofis, caule tereti ere£lo, foliis ovatis 
fubpubefcentibus. Lin. Syjl. Fegetab. Sp. PI. 1105. FI. Suec. n. 682, 
HYPERICUM foliis ovatis, per oram pundtatis, calycibus lanceolatis, ferratis, globuligeris, Haller, hijl. 
n, 1042. 
HYPERICUM hlrfutum ScopoU FI. Carniol. p. 92. n. 945. 
ANDROSvEMUM hlrfutum, Bauhln. pin, 280, 
HYPERICUM Androfemum didlum. Bauh. hlft. III. 382. 
ANDROSjEMUM alterum hlrfutum. Col. ecphr. i. p. ^5, t. 74. 
ANDROSu^MUM Afcyron didlum, caule rotundo hirfuto. Moris, h'fl. 2. p. 971. f. 5. t. 6. f. ii. 
HYPERICUM villofum eredlum, taule rotundo. Tournefort. Injl. 355, Rdi Bjn. Tutlan St. John’s Wort, 
Hudfon FI. Angl, ed. 2. p. 333. Llghtfoot FI. Scot. p. 419. 
R\DIX perennis, fibrofa, fibris fufcis, rigidis, fublig- 
nofis. 
CAULIS fefquipedalis, ad tripedalem, eredtus, folidus, 
rubicundus, teres, pubefcens, plerumque 
fimplex, ramofus etiam occurrit, rarius vero 
quam in hyperico perforato. 
FOLIA alterne oppoflta, oblonga, obtufa, feffilia, utrin- 
que villofula, margine miniitim ciliata, fep- 
temnervia, pundUs diaphanis minutiffimis 
per totam fuperficiem adfperfa. 
RAMI; rudimenta rami conflantes foliolis quatuor de- 
cutiatis In axillis foliorum fepius obfcrvantur, 
ha;c vero aliquando omnino defunt, et non- 
nunquam in rames producuntur. 
FLORES flavi, terminales, in panicula, oblonga, fub- 
fpicata. 
CALYX; Perianthium quinquepartitum; laciniis 
lanceolatis, bifulcis, margine glandulofis, fo- 
liola etiam et gemmae calyci fubjedia glan- 
dulis nigris pedlcellatis ornantur, fg. 1. 
COROLLA : Petala quinque, flava, oblongo-ovata, 
obtufa, patentia, ftriata. 2, 
STAMINA: Filamenta vlglnti, ad triginta, intres 
phalanges obfcure divifa, capillaria, redta, fla- 
va, corolla breviora ; Anther.® fubrotundse, 
didyma:, flavae, fig. 3. 
PISTILLUM : Germen fubrotundum. Styli tres, 
fimplices, diftantes, longitudine flaminum; 
Stigmata limpllcia, fig. 4. 
PERICARPIUM; Capfula oblonga, trilocularis, tri- 
valvis. fig. 5. 6. 
SEMINA plurima, minima, ^3-. 7. ■ 
KUUl perennial, fibrous, the fibres brown, rigid, and 
fomewhat woody. 
STALK a foot and a half to three feet high, upright, 
folid, reddifli, round, hairy, or downy, ge- 
nerally fimpie, but fometimes branched, 
though much lefs fo than the common Saint 
John’s V\’ort. 
LEAVES alternately oppofite, oblong, obtufe, feffile, 
hoary on each fide, the edge f.nely ciliated, 
marked with feven ribs, and very minute 
tranfparent dots Ipread all over its furface. 
BRANCHES : rudiments of branches confifling of four 
leaves forming a crofs are generally obferved 
in the ala of the leaves, thefe however are 
fometimes wanting, and fometimes are drawn 
out into branches. 
FLOWERS yellow, terminal, in an oblong panicle 
forming a kind of fpike.' 
CALYX: a Perianthium divided Into fivefegments • 
which are lanceolate, with two grooves, and 
glandular on the edge, the fmall leaves and 
buds below the calyx are alfo ornamented with 
black glands placed on footflalks. fig. i. 
COROLLA : five Petals of a yellow colour and ob- 
long oval fhape, blunt, fpreading and ftriated. 
fig. 2. 
STAMINA : from twenty to thirty Filaments ob- 
fcurely divided into three bundles or fafciculi, 
very fine, ftrait, yellow and fhorter than the* 
Corolla ; Antherze roundifti, double, yellow 
fS- 3 - 
PISTILLUM : Germen roundifh : Styles three, 
fimpie, fpreading, the length of the flamina! 
Stigmata fimpie. fig. 
SEED-VESSEL an oblong capfule of three cavities and 
three valves, fig. 3. 6, 
SEEDS numerous and very minute, fig, 7. 
The more antie.it Botamfts paying but I.ttle rcga,-d to the nicety of diftinaion, overloolted this fpecies of 
lypmn-. Columna pofleffing greater d.fccrnment than his predcceflbrs appears firft to have figured and d/ 
fcribed It; byrupcrficialobfervers it may ealily he miftaken for the common St. John’s Wo 5 but differs 
from It m being a taller plant, having a ftalk perfeaiy round and hoary, and the edges of the calyx befet S 
black glands, it is alfo more apt to grow m woods and coppices, though it is frequently met with in hedyes ' 
It flowers in July and Augufl. 
It grows plentifully in a field juft beyond Dulwich College, alfo about the Oak of Honour Wood neat Peck 
ham, and molt of the Woods near Town. vcck- 
