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Hypericom vulgore. 
Ordinary S. Jobhi worr. 
I ? ord , inary S ' Io , h ’ ,s 'Y°, rt 1S w f 1 ! knowne at this day to many, but there are fome other forts 
- t "° llr knowledge, which Diofaridcs and the other auncient writers, knew rot of be- ■ 
I esthe Afcyrum, and Mmiroptmim, which are to be accounted other fevcrall kindes thereof but 
j larger: each whereof (hall be declared in their order. ’ UC ' 
I T , r * Hypericum vulgare. Common S*. lohtts wort. 
h : Q h fn „ aAin „ lhc ^mraonS. lohus wort Cbooteth forth brownifh, upright, hard, roundftalkes. twofoor* , 
another, at eve?y place.'whidi are'of a^deep^greene’eo- ^ CS t ^ Ctn ’ ^ av * n S tw0 ^ mal l ‘Saves, fst one againft ! 
lour, fomewhat like unto the leaves of the Idler Centorv 
but narrower, and full of fmall holes in every leafe, which” 
cannot be lo well perceived, as when they are held up to 
the light: atthetoppesof the (hikes and branches, (land 
yellow flowers, made of five leaves a pecce, with many 
yellow-threds in the middle, which being bruifed doe 
yeeld a reddifh juyee like blood: after which come fmall 
roundheads, wherein is contcined, fmall blackifh feede 
fmelling like Rolfen : theroote ishard and wooddy.with 
divers firings and fibres at it, and of a brownifh colour, 
which abideth m the ground many yeeres, (hooting a 
new every fpring. ° 
a. Hypericum minus ereflurn. Small upright 
S. Johns wort. 
This! fmall S. Johns wort, isveryraretomeete withall, 
being like the former, but that it is fmaller, yet the 
leaves doe not fully anfwere the forme of the former, but 
are a little broader and not fo (liarpe pointed; theftalkes 
are reddilh and the flowers fmaller, and not'fullyfoyel. 
low, nor give Jfo bloody a colour, when they are bruifed 
betweene the fingers, and fometimes (land in circles at the 
joyntsof the ftalkcs as well as at the toppes: the feede 
ls^rcfinous as the former, and the roote long lading 
3. Hypericum minus fup'mnm. Small creeping 
S. lebns wort. 
This other fmall S. lohns wort, differeth little from the 
lad fmall fort, having reddilh dalkes, not above an 
hand breadth high at the mod, nor danding fully uprioht 
but leaning downewards, with fmall narrow fmooth 
leaves, and fmall yellow flowers. 
4. Hypericum numuUrUfolio. Round leafed 
S. Johns wort, : 
" 7 r is i ittIc S * Iohns wort} is as fma11 an herbe as lad 
• whofe fmall reddilh fquare branches, rile no higher than * 
Grea* woolly S. lohm vrort. 
