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obtusis, floribus axillaris terminalibusque, sepalis 
calicinis binis minutissimis, stigmatibus binis sub- 
sessilibus Raf.—Ascyrum Rob. p. 472. Pretty 
shrub, three feet high, bark yellowish, scaling off, 
flowers large, four yellow petals, capsuls oblong 
with many minute seeds inserted on the central 
receptacle. 
282. Hypericum rostratum Raf. Caule frutescens an- 
cipite, foliis sessilibus ovalis, utrinque acutis, 
margine revolutis, punctatis, corymbis axillaris 
terminalibusque, calyx bibracteatus, ovarium 
rostratum pentastylum Raf.—Hypericum galio- 
ides affine Rob. p. 473. Small shrub one or two 
feet high, branches straight and slender round with 
two opposite angles, bark reddish; flowers large 
and yellow, stamina very numerous, capsul five 
angular. This species belongs to the sub-genus 
Centeria, which contains all the species with five . 
styles, and ought perhaps to be made a peculiar 
genus. 
283. Hypericum fulgidum Raf. Caule frutescens te- 
tragono, ramis gracilis, foliis sessilibus linearibus 
patulis ; floribus subsessilibus axillaribus termi¬ 
nalibusque Raf.-—Millepertuis dore Rob. p. 473. 
A small shrub, less than two feet high, branches 
few, slender and quadrangular, flowers of the 
brightest yellow. Robin does not say if this spe¬ 
cies has five or three styles. 
