lypERICUM HUMIFUSUM. TRAILING St . JOHNS WORT.
HYPERICUM Linn, Gen, PL Polyadelphia Polyandria.
CacouI^!%/ufa‘!l<‘5' Rlamenta mu,ta' in * Pha,anSes bafi
Ran Syn. Gen. 24. Herb,® pentapetalbs vasculiferbs.
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I HYPERICUM caule proftrato, foliis ovatis, calycibus ferratis punHatis. Haller Hiß. p . 5. n. 1039.
HYPERICUM minus fupinum vel fupinum glabrum. C. Bank. Pin. 27g.
HYPERICUM minus fupinum. Park. 572.
I HYPERICUM Tupinum glabrum. G * . emac. 54r. Raii. Syn. 342. The kalt trailing St. John’s Wort.
Hudfon F l. Angl. ed. 2. p . 332.
Lightfoot FI. Scot. p . 4i8.
fADIX perennis, lutefcens, fibrofa. | ROOT perennial, o f a yellowilh colour and fibrous.
fAUL£Sb e t r t : rXe ^ ^ ^ \ ^ I I B B ^ r°°'- ab°“ ‘ b*<f a foot
■ rubentes, fummitate ramofi. ... round, fcarce percep-
| tiblv two edged, fmooth, o f a reddilh colour,
% and branched at top.
crone rufo terminals, rig-, i . * f edge turned back and fawed as it were with
6 I black glands, terminating in a red point Jig i
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pun&ata, fig. 2. 6 8 1 end, a h ide longer than the calyx, and dotted
I \ V- 1 f on the edge with glands, fig. 2.
I l iM M I M i M B M i l B B B B twenty, I ms, Hava, f ig . o. t d ^m a iy divided into three bodies; A nth e -
| very fmall and yellow, jtg . ’g.
tISTILLUM: G ermen fubrotundum, Sty li tres I PTSTTT T TTllB. n _
I fimphces, diflantes, longitudine flaminum • | PlaTILLUM .G ermen roundilh; Styles three, fim-
Stigmata fimplicia,//4. ’ | I t IgmI ta fimple6/ “ ® ° f ^ flamina;
nacea, tnlocularis, immature ruberrima I VESSEL .an oblong ovate Capsule, membra-
IERICARPIUM: Capsula oblongo-ovata, membra- f SEED-VFSSFT • „
| T jJp » f ,“ s' , tbree. cavities, o f a very bright red
| colour before it is ripe.
»MINA plurima, minima. $ s r p n c
on.Ji,U5 numerous and very minute.
■ Tim is the lead of all our Hypericums, but fcarcely inferior to any o f them in beauty and delicacy.
S o i ? agndVcIayye r flUreS’ “ ^ M ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ - b- h s ,
■ It flowers in June, July, and Auguft.
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