HYPERICUM Linncei Gen. PI. P o l y a d e l p h ia P o l y a n d r ia .
Raii Syn. Gen. 24. H er b es P e n t a p e t a l a s V a s c u l i f e r /e .
HYPERICUM floribus trigynis; calycibus ferrato-glandulofis, caule tereti, foliis perfoliatis glabris
L in. Sp. PL 1 10 6 . °
HYPERICUM pulchrum Tragi. J . Bauhin Hiß. III. 183. R aii Synop. 342.
HYPERICUM minus, ereftum. Bauhin Pin. 279.
HYPERICUM foliis amplexicaulibus, cordatis, calycibus ovatis, ferratis,' glanduliferis. Haller
Hiß. n. 1041. Gerard emac. 540. Hudfon Fl. Angl. 290. Oeder. Flor. Dan. Icon. 75.
ADIX perennis.
*;AULIS pedalis ad bipedalem, ere&us, teres, fig ..
glaber, fubramofus, geniculi diftantes.
gRAMI oppofiti, breves, tenues, cauli ft miles.
rEDUNCULI teretes, plerumque triflori.-
f ROOT perennial.
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, | ST A LK from one to two feet high, upright, round,
fig . 1. fmooth, and thinly branched, the
# joints remote from each other.
| BRANCHES oppofite, Ihort, {lender, and like the
f ftalk. *
-§ PEDUNGLESround,generally fuftainingthreeflowers.
^OLIA Cah lis coriato-tria.ngula.ria, glaberrima, am- | LEAVES o f the S t a l k triangularly heart-lhabei
‘blexicaulia. viridia.natentia.mi am a CmnA+h MaSKSsplexicaulia,faturate viridia, patentia, quam f ®® Ä . n n J “ , 3
in caeteris Hypericis folidiora, verfus margi- f
nem perforata, inferiora frequenter coccinea; |
R amorum ovata, caulis triplo minora ; P e- #
d un culorum ovato-lanceolata.
fmooth, Jhining, embracing the Jlalk, nearly
horizontal, o f a deep green colour, more
folid to the touch than the other St. John’s
Worts, perforated'near the edge, and frequently
o f a bright red colour towards the
bottom; thofe o f the B r an ch e s ovate,three
times fmaller than thofe o f the ftalk; and
thofe o f the P e d u n c le s lancet-fhaped.
(3ALYX: PEiuANTinuMquinquepartitum, l a c in i is | C A L YX : a P e r ia n t h iu m divided into five Sesr-
ovatis acutis (Irmas, margine ferratis, denti- .} meats, the Se gm en t s oval, pointed, (HateS
bus glaniuhfens, glanduhs mgro rufis,/g. 2. | ferrated, and edged, with little glands o f a
blackilh red colour, Jig. 2,
JOROLLA: P e t a l a quinque,oblongo-ovata, (lava, | CO ROL LA : five P e t a l s , oblong, oval, yellow
lheau marvfr' ?btUS auI;ant!a“ f % ™ y I on the under fide tinged
X ’ f r T fubferrata, et glanduhs | with a bright orange, Dightly ferrated, fnd
- 4>F6 ' 3 - | edged with glands, fig . 3.
TAMLNA: F il am e n t a triginta fex, filiformia in J STAMINA: the F il am e n t s nmherous, to thirty-
tres fafciculos ad bafin coahta, m fingulo faf- J fix, filiform, uniting at bottom in three Fafam
m d" odec™ : A n t h e r s biloculares, | culi or Bundles, in each Fafciculus twelve •
fubrotunds. P o llen mmtaceum, f g . 4. % the A n t h e r .* roundifli and bilocular, f ig .A -
ft the P o l le n bright fcarlet.
jiSTILLUM : G ermen ovatum : S t y l i tres, Ion- I PISTILLUM : G ermen ovate : three S t y l e s , the
gitudme germm's, divancantes: S t ig m a t a | length of the Germen, fpreading ■ the S t ig -
J Pafva. fubrotunda,/g.5. $ m a t a fmall and round^,“ ^ ’.
.ERKARPIUM: C a p su l a fubconica, trilocularis, | SEED-VESSEL: a C a p su l e fomewhat conical, o f a
| »PS* > 7• I brown colour, with three cavities, fig . 6, ] .
pEMINA plurima, oblonga, fufca, fig . 8. 4 SEEDS numerous, oblong, and brown, fig. 8.
edv SaXf, ^is P^ant the name o f pulchrum from its beauty ; and L innaeus has verv nrn
i>il, and w o o d y f i t u S and h ° fd0U, r ^ m 3 o f a Place in their gmdens. It is fond of a cliyey
VHonour WooIf - • and S fou!?d t e a11 die woods about town ; as Hornfey-Wood, beyond Jtlmgton ■ Oak
nnJhw-Heath • I l t- 'fpluow Mersh inn tthlYe rmn^onfethS ‘o f Julyb, Cayn°Rd dc foOntinf ute,sL b uCth aar lI^honr-tW ti?m<e mb Yb lGoIrTeoemn.wich; lfkewife on
ItS Vlrtues’ as a medicine, are probably the fame with the common St. John's Wort.