[tfyPERicuM P e r fo r a tum . C ommon St. J oh n ’s W o r t .
HYPERICUM Linnai Gen. PI. P olyadelphia Polyand ria.
R ail Synop. Gen. 24. Herbas P e n t a p e t a l a s V asculifer^:.
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HYPERICUM caule tered, alato, ramofiflhno; folds ovatis, perforads. Haller hiß. vol. 2. p . I
PER.CUM
ffota planta glandulis nigris adfperfa.
^DIX perennis, lignofa, fufca.
| The whole plantis (prinkled overwithfmall black glands.
I ROOT perennial, woody, of a brown colour.
6AULES plerumque plures ex eadem radice, bipe- f STALK S fevers! fo r .!,„ r ■ ■ I
“ dales, erecii, fublignoli, H terete alUrni, I W ?oot fpT gVng fr°m the
1inclines, jig . l. ramofi, 0 , , a, 1 two feet high, upright,
« , '“ oody. /mootb, round, alternately two cdred,
f fig- i* much branched, °
®MI oppofiti, fubere&i, ancipites.
I BRANCHES oppofite, nearly upright, two edged.
ffiilA oppofita, feflilia, ovato-oblonga, obtufa per- § T F AVF^ r m r , ,
IT firata five pellucido-punaafa, I h J * \ ° f “ obIonS H M f c
ex luteo-viridia, fig. 2. P ° X obtufe- hrav,n5, * e appearance o f being all
J 6 0 °™r Perforated, o f a yellowilh green colour
f Wlth leven nerves or ribs, Jig. 2.
JPUNCULI ancipites, multiflori.
I kICULA denfa.
j PEDUNCLES two edged, fupporting many flowers.
I PANICLE bufhy.
■ YX : P e r i a n t h iu m quinquepartitum, flriatum. $ C A T VY* A P o o r v - i , .
I laciniis lanceolatis, acuminatis, midis, fir. q $ and drifted'T'1IUM drvided into five fegments,
• and «rated, the fegments narrowandpointcd,
| wiVwut any glands on than, Jig. 3.
KOLLA: Petala quinque, flava, ad unum Iatus a C O R O T T A • d r „
I crenulata, glandulis nigris adfperfa fa a * L A . five Petals of a yellow colour, notched
■ 6 § P ’ #■ 4> I fide, and fprinkled over
_ f wtth little black glands, Jig. 4.
»MINA: Filameta pluriraa, in tria corpora vix $ STAMt\ta - v
I ,coalj!a' / ^ 5- A n th e r s flavte, biloculares, $ ^ i n t h r e b f S
■ loculis lubrotundis, inter quos glmdula ni- I r
gra ponitur, fig. 6. $ 5. a n t h e r s yellow and bilocular, each of
| the cavities o f a roundilh flgure, and between
— - -M m ■ I them is fituated a,fmall black gland, jig . 6.
m ILLUM. Germen fubovatum, St y l i tres di- it PTSTTT r ttavt• n r ,
I vancantes: Stigmata fimplicia, &• 7 | bTILL™ '® .£R«Nfomewhatoval,threeSTVLEs
■ F /• J which divaricate; the Stigmata Ample,^g.y.
JICARPIUM: Capsula fubtrigona, fig. 8. trilo- I SEED VFSSpt • n
I talaris, f g. g. pallide fufca, ^ I st-ED VESSEL a Capsule fomewhat triangular/
f -fiS’ P; or a pale brown colour, with three
v cavities, Jig. 9.
JEPTACULUM feu Thalamus feminum foramine f RECEPT A C T F • tV. o 1 , .
I tnquetro gaudet, quod in pericaroii imma 5 ° R P i, f CLE, • ,theReaeptacIe which is continued
tun feflione tranfverfa clare’diftingui poteft ® through the Capfule, and connefts the caviut
obfervavit Cl. Scopoli S P * t tIeS t0Setl’ er. a triangular hole in it, which
t . if ',erY obvious in a tranfverfe feclion o f it
« before It is ripe,— as the celebrated Scofioli
— 0 has juftly obferved. ■
SNA plurima,I , oblonga, fufca f . 10 u I c c irn c ■ ’ ' ‘ SEEDS numerous, oblong, and brown,, fig 10 31
f e p 4 i i s s a g ' * 1— i- s s p i s s ^ * : :
| ls had the iU fa.beenKfUpP°red to Poffefs virtues as a febrifuge g'VCn ulceratlons ° f the
B 1“ " 6 but feldom tilled,'^and flower^“ Auguftytn7sep!emb^ gr° " ’S verY coramon “ hedges and
* Vitl. Dr. Cullen's Materia Medica, p. 20S.