874 POLYADELPHIA. POJLYANDRIA. Hypericum, 
(E. Bot. 371. E.)—FI. Dan. 173 —Col.Ecphr. 74. 1 —Trag. 73. 3— Pet. 
60. 7— J. B. iii. 383. 2— H. Ox. v. 6. 9— Fuchs. 74. 
Stem two feet high, cylindrical, smooth. Leaves in pairs, (nearly two 
inches long, sessile, egg-shaped, the upper egg-spear-shaped, smooth, 
with seven ribs, and reticulated with veins, the edges set with black 
dots, the surface with pellucid ones. E.) Flowers in panicles. Panicles 
branched, terminal, or from the bosom of the upper-leaves. Floral- 
leaves, fruit-stalks, and calyxes beset with strong hairs, each terminated by 
a black gland. Calyx divided almost to the base; segments spear- 
shaped, pointed. Woodw. ( Bloss. pale yellow. E.) 
Mountain St. John’s Wort. (Welsh: Eurinllys mynyddawl. E.) Woods 
and thickets, in mountainous situations. Frequent in the west of 
England. Ray. Above Bwrdd Arthur, Anglesey. Rev. Hugh Davies. 
Syke’s Wood, near Ingleton, Yorkshire. Curtis. Hedge-banks and sides 
of woods about Pershore and Bredon Hill, Worcestershire. Nash. Bath 
Hills, near Bungay. Mr. Woodward. Near Cartmell Well. Mr. Jack- 
son. Many barren places in Furness Fells. Mr. Atkinson. (In the 
woods above Grange, in Purbeck; and in Langton Copse, near Bland- 
ford. Pulteney. In Ryhope, Dalton, and Castle Eden Dean, Durham. 
Mr. Winch. Woods about Garn, near Denbigh. Mr. Griffith. Black- 
stone rock, near Bewdley. Perry. E-) (P. July. E.) 
H. hirsu^tum. Calyx lanceolate, serrated with glands : stem cylindri¬ 
cal, upright: leaves egg-shaped, somewhat downy. 
Curt. 182—(E. Bot. 11.56. E.^—Kniph. 8 —Pet. 60. 10— II. Ox. v. 6. 11— 
FI. Dan. 802— Fuchs. 76—J. B. iii. 382. 2. 
The flowers close in the night; those of H. perforatum do not. Linn. Stem 
upright, (about two foot high, E.) nearly cylindrical, with short soft 
hairiness. Leaves in cross pairs, those of the stem egg-shaped, broader 
than those of H. perforatum , rough with short hair, with seven or nine 
ribs, and numerous semi-transparent dots; those of the branches spear- 
shaped. Floral-leaves with glandular serratures at the edges. Calyx 
segments spear-shaped, with about twelve glands on each. Petals yel¬ 
low, entire, with six or eight ribs, and a few black glands at the end. 
Stamens about twenty-four. Germen egg-shaped. Styles thread-shaped, 
yellow. Summits crimson. (Flowers only half the size of those of 
H. montanum. Conjectured by Smith to be the Ascyron of the old herbal¬ 
ists, rather than H. quadrangulum as sometimes supposed. E.) 
Hairy St. John’s W ort. Thickets and hedges. Wick Cliffs, near Bath. 
Rev. G. Swayne. At the foot of Ingleborough, near to Hurtlepot, and 
other places in Craven, Yorkshire. Mr. Caley. (Beech Lane, near 
Pains wick. Mr. O. Roberts. Collinton woods. Mr. Arnott. Burnt 
Island. Mr. Neill. Grev. Edin. E.) P. June—July. 
H. pul'chrum. Calyx ovate, serrated with glands: stem cylindrical: 
leaves embracing the stem, heart-shaped, smooth. 
Curt. — FI. Dan. 75—( E.Bot. 1227. E.)— Wale. — Trag. 74— Pet. 60.6— 
Lonic. i. 130. 2— J. B. iii. 383. 1. 
(A truly elegant plant, well meriting the trivial name bestowed on it by 
Tragus. E.) Stem upright, (12 to 18 inches high, E.) often red. Leaves 
