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leaves oblong-parabolic, ovate lanceolate. Native of New 
Caledonia in the South Seas. 
19. Hypericum Chinenfe, or Chinefe St. John’s wort : 
peduncles axillary, two-flowered ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, 
quite entire. This is a final! tree or flirub with alternate 
branches. Brought from China by Bladh. 
20. Hypericum Cochin-chinenfe, or Cochin-chinef? St. 
John’s wort: peduncles axillary, five-flowered, or there¬ 
abouts ; leaves fubpetioled, very clofe together ; ftem arbo¬ 
reous. This is a middle-fized tree, about fixteen feet high, 
with afcending branches, divided into very many dulky-red 
branchlets. Native of Cochin-china, in woods. The 
wood of this tree is red, heavy, hard, and tough ; and is 
ufed for making oars and yards of veflels. The juice of 
the flowers dyes of a golden colour. 
21. Hypericum petiolatum, or petioled St.John’s wort: 
leaves ovate, petioled, quite entire, tomentofe underneath ; 
item ihrubby, four-cornered, comprefled. Stature and 
itamens of Gordonia. lafianthus. Native of Brafil. Here 
we have inadvertently two different plants under the 
fame name 5 this and N° 10. 
22. Hypericum Canarienfe, or Canary St. John’s wort : 
calyxes blunt, itamens ihorter than the corolla; item 
ihrubby. Canary St. John’s wort rifes with a ihrubby 
italic fix or feven feet high, dividing into branches at top. 
Leaves oblong, let by pairs clofe to the branches, having 
a itrong odour, but lefs than thole of H. hircinum. Na¬ 
tive of the Canary iflands. Cultivated in 1699 by the 
duchefsof Beaufort; flowers from July to September. 
23. Hypericum datum, or tall St. John’s wort: calyxes 
lanceolate-ovate, acute ; itamens longer than the corolla, 
leaves ovate-oblong, item Ihrubby. Native of North 
America. Cultivated in 1702 by Mr. James Gordon. It 
flowers in July and Augult. 
24.. Hypericum hircinum, or (finking ihrubby St. John’s 
wort: itamens longer than the corolla ; item ihrubby, an- 
cipital. This rifes with ihrubby (talks about three feet 
high,' fending out fmall oppofite branches at each joint. 
Leaves oblong, ovate, placed by pairs, fertile, and having 
a. rank goatilh fmell. Native of the iouth of Europe; 
cultivated here in 1640 ; flowers from July to September. 
There are two varieties of it in the gardens, one larger, 
which is the common one ; the other fmaller. 
25. Hypericum ALgypticum, or Egyptian St. John’s 
wort: nectaries of the petals lanceolate, items fuffruti- 
eofe, compreffed. This is a ihrub a fpan high, very much 
branched, and brachiate ; leaves like thofe of knot-grafs, 
ovate, very fmall, acuminate, veiniefs, fertile, longer than 
the joints of the branches. It has the appearance of a 
fand-plant, and is a native of Egypt. Introduced in 1787 
by Monf. Thouin. 
26. Hypericum orientale, or oriental St. John’s wort: 
ftipules reflex, leaves oblong, toothletted, crer.ate. Roots 
in old plants hard, woody, and more than half a foot in 
length ; in young plants a tuft of yellowirti fibres three 
or four inches long. Stems from fix inches to a foot in 
height, fome upright, others afcending, pale green, a line 
in thicknefs, with a fmall wing defcending from one leaf 
to another. The whole plant has a refinous fmell. It va¬ 
ries much in fize, as does alfo the flower, the petals being 
fometimes ten lines in length. The leaves are bitter,and 
a.little viicid. Native of the Levant. 
27. Hypericum fcabrum, or rugged St. John’s wort : 
item round, fufrruticofe, muricated ; leaves oblong. Na¬ 
tive of Arabia and Barbary. 
28. Hypericum repens, or creeping St. John’s wort: 
ftem round, creeping; leaves lanceolate-linear obtufe. Na¬ 
tive of the Levant, where it was found by Tournefort. 
Hpffdquiit alfo difcovered this in. Palestine, and the pre¬ 
ceding in Arabia. 
29. Hypericum. prolificum, or proliferous St. John’s 
wort : primordial flowers feflile, ftem ancipital, ihrubby ; 
le,aves lanceolate-linear. Native of North America,; flowers 
from June to Auguit, 
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30. Hypericum ericoides, or heath-leaved St. John’s 
wort: leaves linear imbricated. Native of Spain, where 
it was found by Tournefort, and of Portugal. 
31. Hypericum Canadenfe, or Canadian St. John’s wort: 
leaves linear-lanceolate; ftem herbaceous, quadrangular5 
pericarps coloured, twice as long as the calyx. This has 
the appearance of leffer centaury. Native of North Ame¬ 
rica : Kalm obferved it in Canada. It flowers from July 
to September. 
32. Hypericum Virginicum, or Virginian St.John’s wort: 
flowers nine-ftamened,ftem round,leaves ovate, embracing. 
Native of North America. It was found by Mils Colden, 
daughter of the Hon. Cadwallader Colden, in 1753, and 
fire named it Gardenia ; it was alfo found the year fol¬ 
lowing by Dr. Garden, about a mile from New York. 
It is defcribed by both, in the firft article of the fecond 
volume of Effhys and Obfervations PhyficaJ and Literary, 
read before a Society in Edinburgh, and publiihed by them 
in 1756, 8vo. 
33. Hypericum Mexicanum, or Mexican St.John's wort; 
branches Ample ; leaves imbricate, ovate. Found by Mu- 
tis in New Granada. 
34. Hypericum lsevigatum, or fmooth St. John’s wort: 
leaves ovate, fomewhat ftem-clafping ; calycine leaflets 
ovate acute, panicle trichotomous, middle flower fertile. . 
Native of North America, where it was found by Samuel 
Martin, M. D. It flowers in July. 
35. Hypericum reflexuin, or reflex-leaved St. John’s 
wort: leaves feflile, lanceolate, approximating, reflex ; 
branches tomentofe, panicle terminating. This is a large 
flirub with divaricating branches, the laft leafy and to¬ 
mentofe. Native of the ifiand of Teneriffe ; introduced, 
in 1788 by Mr. Francis Maffon. It flowers molt part of 
the fummer. 
36. Hypericum quadrangulum, or fquare-ftalked St. 
John’s wort, or St. Peter’s wort: leaves ovate, witli pel¬ 
lucid dots; item quadrangular, herbaceous. Square-flalked 
St. John’s wort is fufliciently diltinguiihed from the other 
fpeqies by that circumitance which has given accafion to 
the trivial name. The root is perennial, fomewhat creep¬ 
ing, and fibrous. Steins from a foot to eighteen inches in 
height, upright, branched, lmooth, reddifti, fquare from 
having four little membranes or wings running down, 
them. Branches decuffately oppofite. Leaves blunt, fmooth, 
deep green, but paler underneath, itrongly marked with 
feven or nine ribs, having a net-work of veins, with tranf- 
parent glands in the interftices, but not very numerous ; 
difcernible when viewed with a glafs in a itrong Light; 
the edge, efpecially on the under fide, dotted with black 
glands; the lower ones feflile, oppofite ; the upper grow¬ 
ing together. Flowers fmall, terminating in clofe pani¬ 
cles; branchlets deep red or blood-colour; peduncles very 
lhort; brakes fubulate, in pairs: petals finely grooved,. 
concave, marked with lines and dots, filled with a purple 
liquor, which ftains paper with a muddy purple permanent 
flain. Seeds oblong, iomewhat Alining. Native of molt 
parts of Europe, in rr.oiil hedges, ihady places, wet mea¬ 
dows, by rivulets and in bogs ; flowering in July. 
37. Hypericum perforatum, common or perforated St, 
John’s wort : item ancipital, leaves blunt with pellucid 
dots. Root perennial, woody, brown. The whole plant is 
fprinkled over with fmall black glands, and is quite free 
from flairs. Stems feveral,about two feet high, woody, up¬ 
right, fmooth, round or nearly io, alternately two-edged, , 
much branched. Branches oppofite, nearly upright, two- - 
edged. Leaves decuffately oppofite, fertile, oblong-ovate,,. 
yellowirti green, with feven or five fern it ran (parent lines, and 
feveral black dots near the edges on the under fide.; the fe¬ 
rn i trail fp a re lit dots numerous. See Botany Plate V. fig, 
75.,- Peduncles from the axils of the upper leave?, tvro- 
edged, fupporting many flowers in a bulky panicle ; ftig- 
mas dark red or crimfon. Common in woods, thickets, 
hedges, and dry. banks; flowering from July, to Sep¬ 
tember, 
Although. 
