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H Y P E R I C U M VIRGINICUM.
Virginia Hypericum.
CLASS XVIIL ORDER IV,
P0LYADELPHL4 FOLYANDRIA. Many Brotherhoods. Many Males.
GENBRIC CHARACTER.
CALYX 5-partita. Corolla 5-petala. Pilamenta
multa, in 5 phalanges, basi connata. Capsula
locularis.
EMPALEMENT 5-parted. Blossom 5-petalled.
Threads many, conjomed at the base, in S
squadrons. Capsule celled.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HYPEKICUM fîoribus trigynis, enneandris, termlnalibus
; foliis ellipticis, obtusis, sub-cordatis,
amplexicaulibvis : caule herbáceo.
HYPEKICUM with flowers three-styled, ninechived,
and terminal. Leaves elliptic, obtuse,
nearly heart-shaped, and embracing
the stem. Stem herbaceous.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. A petal.
3. The chives and pointais, one tip magnified.
4. The pointais.
5. The same cut ti'ansversely and magnified.
T H I S hardy little herbaceous plant was introduced by Mr. Lyons from America about the year 1804,
There is no figure of it extant that we know of. Willdenow in his Species Plantarum has enumerated
eighty-eight species of Hypericum; but anr'ongst that number three distinct genera are certainly included.
Our drawing was made from plants in the nursery of Messrs. Whitley and Brames, who
raised them from seed, and with whom they flowered the second year. Their bloom is but of short
duration, but few flowers are open at one time; and we are inclined to think that they will expand with
more freedom and last longer in a shady situation than when fully exposed to the solar ray.
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