Tiliacese. Hypericacese. 
103 
3. The whole under surface of the Is soft, velvety, other¬ 
wise of the same colour as the upper surface, green or 
only slightly paler; with small whitish tufts in the 
angles of the veins. Corymbs 2—3-(rarely 5-)fld, pen¬ 
dant. T. grandifolia Ehrh.—Woods; distrib. 6 
platyphylla Scop, 420. 
— Ls (smaller than in the last) glabr. on both sides, 
glaucous underneath; with small rust-coloured tufts in 
the angles of the veins. Corymbs 7—11- (rarely 5—3-) fid, 
erect. T. parvifolia Ehrh.*)—As the last. 6, but about 
2 weeks later. ulmifolia Scop. 421. 
18. Hypericacese. 
118. Androsaemum. Androsaemum. XVIII, 1. 
1. Stems with 2 prominent lines. Seps with entire edges. 
—Damp places; Lugano. 6 . . officinale All. 422. 
OBS. A. elcitum (grandifolium Rchb. not Chois , Hypericum elatum Ait., 
H. angelicum Bert.) has longer styles, narrower Is, and more elongated fr., it is 
found subspontaneous near Sion! 
119. Hypericum. St. John’s wort. XVIII, 1. 
1. Ls 3 — 4 in a whorl, linear.—Sunny rocky slopes; Urner- 
see, Mythen, Muottathal, Wiggis, Canton Glarus. 6 
Coris L. 423. 
— Ls opp., oval to oblong-linear, rarely linear . 2 
2. Stems prostrate, numerous, slender, spreading (in small 
specimens also almost erect), 5—15 cm. Stas 15—20.— 
Wood clearings, fields after mowing; here and there. 6-8 
humifusum L. 424. 
— Stems erect or almost so, firm, 30—60 cm. Stas 50—70 
3 
3. Seps with entire edges ...... 4 
— Seps toothed-glandular or fringed . . . O 
4. Stems with 2 prominent lines. Ls oblong-oval, marked 
with numerous transparent dots, almost without la¬ 
teral anastomosed nerves. Seps acuminate.—b. veronense 
Schrank. Ls almost linear. Seps less acute.—Road sides, 
wood-clearings, slopes; everywhere; b. in south-western 
Switz. (e. g. Martigny!) 7 . . perforatum L, 425. 
— Stems with 4 prominent lines (of which 2 are often 
faintly marked in 426).5 
*) T. vulgaris Hayne (intermedia Dec.) appears to be hybrid between 
420 and 421 ; it is sometimes cultivated, but reported wild in Canton Vaud 
and near Weesen. 
