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BRITISH WILD FLOWERS. 
THE HAIRY ST. JOHN’S-WORT. (H. hirsutum, Lin.) 
This species is very common in dry woods, on a chalky soil ; but it is rarely found in any other situation. 
It grows about two feet high, and the stems terminate in a large panicle of flowers. Its leaves are covered 
with a hairy down. 
GENUS II. 
THE TUTSAN, OR PARK LEAVES. (Andros^mum, Allioni.) 
Lin. Syst. POLYADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 
Generic Character_ Capsule berried, almost one-celled. Calyx I Stamens many, united at the base. A shrub. Leaves sessile. 
divided into five pieces of unequal size. Petals five. Styles three. | Flowers terminal, stalked. (Dec.) 
Description, &c. —The only plant contained in this genus has been separated from Hypericum, on account 
of its seed-vessel being a berry instead of a dry capsule. Androsasmum signifies man’s blood, and alludes to the 
dark red juice given out by the leaves and other parts of this plant when crushed. 
THE COMMON TUTSAN. (Androsamum officinale, Allioni.) 
Synonyme.— Hypericum Androssemum, Lin. Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 1225; 2nd ed., t. 1051. 
Specific Character. —Branches compressed. Leaves ovate. 
Description, &c. —This species is generally found under trees, on a gravelly soil. The flowers are produced 
in panicles ; they are of a bright yellow, and have the stamens in three bundles, instead of five. The leaves 
are ovate and smooth. The berries are of a purplish-black, and the calyx remains on them till they are ripe. 
This plant was formerly considered extremely efficacious in healing wounds, and hence it took the name of 
Tutsan, which is an abbreviation of the French words Toute saine. Park Leaves alludes to the plant generally 
growing under trees in parks. 
CHAPTER XIV. 
THE CARNATION FAMILY. (Caryophylleze, Juss .) 
Character of the Order. —Sepals 4—5, continuous with the 
peduncle ; either distinct, or cohering in a tube, persistent. Petals 
four-five, hypogynous, unguiculate, inserted upon the pedicel of the 
ovarium ; occasionally wanting. Stamens twice as many as the petals, 
inserted upon the pedicel of the ovarium along with the petals ; fila¬ 
ments subulate, sometimes monadelphous ; anthers innate. Ovarium 
stipitate on the apex of a pedicel (called the anthophorus) ; stigmata 
two to five, sessile, filiform, papillose on the inner surface. Capsule 
two to five-valved, either one-celled or two to five-celled, in the latter 
case with a loculicidal dehiscence. Placenta central, in the one-celled 
capsules distinct, in the two to five-celled capsules adhering to the 
edge of the dissepiments. Seeds indefinite in number, rarely definite ; 
albumen mealy; embryo curved round the albumen, or straight; 
radicle pointing to the hilurn. Herbaceous plants, occasionally becom¬ 
ing sutfrutescent. Stems tumid at the articulations. Leaves always 
opposite, and often connate at the base. ( Lindley .) 
Description, &c.— The very numerous plants contained in this order may always be distinguished at first 
sight by their petals being unguiculate, that is, consisting of a flat coloured part called the limb, and a long, narrow 
white part called the claw, as may be seen in the petals of the Pink ; and also by their articulated stems, which 
are swelled at the joints. As the genera contained in the order are very numerous, they are generally divided 
into two sections, the first of which has the sepals of the calyx united into a cylindrical tube, as in the Pink ; and 
the second has the sepals distinct, or only slightly cohering at the base. 
