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been known only from Clufms, whofe. figure is very in¬ 
different, till about the year 1714, when Mr. Saivadore, 
an apothecary of Barcelona, went to Majorca in l'earch of 
plants, found this in great plenty, and lent dried Camples 
of it to England and Holland, fome of which having ripe 
feeds on them were fown ; and from thefe one plant was 
railed in the Chelfea garden, and another by Boerhaave 
at Leyden in 1717. From thefe many plants were raifed 
by cuttings, and diftributed to moft of the curious gar¬ 
dens in Europe. It has a fucceflion of flowers great part 
of the year, which renders it valuable. 
а. Hypericum Kalmianum, or American St. John’s 
wort : Item (hrubby, leaves linear-lanceolate. This riles 
with an upright herbaceous ftalk three feet and a half 
high, fending out feveral fmall branches at top, which 
come out oppofite. Linnaeus defcribes it as ihrubby, with 
quadrangular branches. Leaves fmooth, like thole of 
rofemary or lavender. Flowers in a dichotomous termi¬ 
nating corymb, compofed of three or feven flowers. Rei- 
chard affirms that it has only three ityles. Native of North 
America, where it was found by Bartram, and in Virginia 
by Kalm. 
3. Hypericum Cayanenfe, or Cayenne St. John’s wort : 
corollas bearded, calyxes ftriated, leaves ovate, item Ihrub¬ 
by. This is an upright branching tree, eighteen feet in 
height. Native of Cayenne. 
4. Hypericum bacciferum, or berry-bearing St. John’s 
wort : corollas bearded, calyxes even, leaves ovate, Item 
ihrubby. This is a lhrub three fathoms in height, up¬ 
right and brachiate ; with quadrangular branches. The 
•whole plant abounds in a vifcid tough faffron-coloured 
juice. It has diftinft nectaries, like the preceding, alter¬ 
nate with the fets of itamens, from which it is doubtful 
whether it be diftinfr. Native of Mexico and Brafil. 
5. Hypericum calycinum, great-flowered St. John’s wort, 
or tutTan : flowers folitary, Item fuffruticofe, branched ; 
calyxes obovate, very blunt; leaves dilticb, oblong. The 
ftalks of the large flowering tutfan are llender, and in¬ 
cline downwards. Leaves fmooth, placed in pairs. Flowers 
■very large, bright yellow. Native of the country near 
Conftantinople. Introduced in 1676, by fir George 
Wheler, hart, it flowers from June to Ofrober. 
б. Hypericum pyramidatum, or pyramidal St. John’s wort: 
flowers, fubpanicled. Item (lightly four-cornered, herbace¬ 
ous,- branched ; calyxes ovate, acute. The native coun¬ 
try of this is not known. It was cultivated in 1764, by 
Mr. James Gordon ; and flowers in July and. Augult. 
7. Hypericum alteraifolium, or alternate-leaved St.* 
John’s wort: flowers axillary, folitary; leaves lanceolate, 
alternate; item. Ihrubby. Found in the Eaft Indies by 
Koenig. 
8. Hypericum Syriacum, or Syrian St.John's wort: ca¬ 
lyxes leafy, item herbaceous, leaves alternate, ovate, acute. 
Stem a foot high and more, upright, (ingle or branched ; 
branches alternate, flexuofe, one-flowered. Found by 
Billardiere in dry (pots near the delert of Syria. 
9. Hypericum Guineenfe, or Guinea St. John’s wort: 
flowers fubumbelled, Item (hrubby, branches round, leaves 
ovate, acute. Found in Guinea by Andr. Berlin. 
10. Hypericum petiolatum, or bay-leaved St. John’s 
wort: (tern arboreous, leaves ovate. This is a tree with 
the appearance of bay : leaves opposite, petioled, acute, 
quite entire, fmooth, like thofe of bay, with tranfverfe 
veins. The tree abounds with, a faffron-coloured vifcid 
juice. Loureiro has defcribed a- plant, which he found 
near Canton in China, under this name, but differing 
very much in.the defcription- The ftem is (hrubby, ma¬ 
nifold, three leet high, angular, diffufed. Leaves broad- 
lanceolate ; flowers reddifh yellow, axillary and terminat¬ 
ing, on few-flowered peduncles. According to Linnaeus, 
it was found in New Granada, by Mutis. 
11. Hypericum patufum, or fpreading St. John’s wort: 
flowers folitary, terminating ; (tern frutefcent, lax; leaves 
avate, rolled back at the edge. Native of Japan. 
iZv Hypericum aftyron, or large-flowered &t. John’s 
I C U M. 
wort: ftem four-cornered, herbaceous, ere.fr, Ample; leaves 
even, quite entire. Stem a cubit and half high, round, 
fmooth, ruteicent. Leaves pale green, paler underneath, 
an inch long and half an inch wide, roundifh, oppofite. 
Flowers terminating ; calyx green ; corolla pale yellow,, 
five times as large as in common hypericum ; petals an 
inch long. Found in the Pyrenees by Burfer. Native 
alio of Siberia and Canada, according to Linnaeus, who 
remarks that the leaves are acute. 
II. With three ftyles. 13. Hypericum androfaemum, 
or common tutfan : fruits berried, ftem (hrubby, ancipital. 
Root perennial, thick, woody, of a reddifli colour, fend¬ 
ing out very long fibres. Stems fuffruticofe or under- 
(hrubby, ancipital, two-edged, or (lightly winged.on op¬ 
pofite (ides ; two feet high and more, branched towards 
the top; of a reddifn colour, and fmooth. Branches bra¬ 
chiate or decuffated, fpreading. Leaves oppofite, fefiiie a 
ovate, entire, fmooth, dark green, glaucous on the under 
fide, netted with numerous projecting veins and nerves, 
which become through age ferruginous. On the Item, 
they are two inches long, and an inch and half broad at 
the bafe ; thofe on the branches are (mailer, of different 
fizes, and fome of them approaching to lanceolate. The 
juice expreffed from the leaves is claret-coloured. The 
leaves were formerly applied to frefli wounds, arid hence 
the French name of toute faine, and our Engli(If one of 
tutfan ; it is alfo called park-leaves, from its being fre¬ 
quently found in parks ; in Italian, Spanifn, and Portu- 
guefe, it is androferno. It flowers from July to September. 
Native of the fouthern parts of Europe and Britain, in 
woods and maift hedges. With us, near London, it is- 
found about Hampftead and Higbgate ; on Bacher-heatb 
and Harefield, Middlefex ; in the Oak-of-Honour-wood,. 
near Peckham Rye, and in feveral parts of Norwood, but 
fparingly. In many parts of England it is more com¬ 
mon ; as in the duke of Bridgewater’s woods at Aikeridge, 
and near Berkhampftead, Herts; in lanes at the foot of 
Malvern-hill, Worcefterfhire, and between Worcefter 
and Tewkefbury ; in Shotover plantations, Stokenchurch. 
and Nettlebed woods, Oxfordihire ; near Pengwarry in 
Cornwall; ro'cky woods in Weftmorland ; and by King’s. 
Cliff in Northamptonlhire. In Scotland alfo; as in the 
woods at Inverary, and at Loch-Ranfa in the ifle ©f 
Arran. 
14. Hypericum Olympicum, or Olympian St. John’s 
wort: calyxes acute, itamens (liorter than the corolla ; 
ftem (hrubby. This rifes with many upright woody (talks- 
about a foot high. It differs from H. calycinum, not only 
in having three ftyles, and the fegments of the calyx- 
acute, but in having higher (talks, (mailer leaves, refem- 
bi’ing thofe of common hypericum, only (till lefs, and the- 
caplule round like that of androfsqmum, with three cells, 
whereas that is oblong with five cells. Native of the Le¬ 
vant, and found by lir George Wheler on. Mount Olym¬ 
pus. Cultivated in 1706 in the botanic garden at Chelfea; 
flowers from July to September. Loureiro defcribes it as 
a tree ten feet high, with fpreading branches. Native of 
Cochin-china, and of China about Canton. 
15. Hypericum foliofum, or (hining St. John’s-wort: 
ftamens the length of the petals, calyxes lanceolate, 
acute ; leaves oval-oblong, leifile,. fmooth. Native of the 
Azores, where it was found by Mr, Francis Maffon; flow¬ 
ers in Auguft- 
16. Hypericum floribundum, or many-flowered St, 
John’s wort: calyxes ovate, acute, fubciliate; ftamens 
lhorter than the corolla ; leaves lanceolate-elliptic ; ftem 
(hrubby. Native of Madeira; introduced in 1779 by Mr. 
Francis Maffon ; flowers in Auguft. 
17. Hypericum arborefcens, or tree St. John’s-wort i- 
corollas and calyxes even, fmooth; leaves elliptic, ra¬ 
cemes brachiate, ftem arborefcent. It has the habit of H. 
Guineenfe, but differs in the number of piftiis, and in the 
inflorefcence. Native of the Eaft Indies. 
18. Hypericum gramineum, or grafs-leaved St. John’s, 
wort s item, herbaceous, four-cornered, dichotomous y 
leaves 
