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Show The ABR ET 1S +76 Theftyles in the flower ofthis plant are three, and the feed-vefiel is accordingly divided into : three cells. Ic is common in damp places, and flowers in 1 June. J. Bauhine calls it Hypericum afcyrum diium caule quadrangulo. Others, Afeyrum, and / vulgare, Its virtues are the fame with thofe of Saint ort. $. Woolly Marfh Saint John’s wort. Hypericum fupinum villofi This is commonly called a {pecies of Saint Peter’s wort; but I have obferved before, that the diftin@ion of that as a genus is idle, and not te CUE RB A‘, Thee: The root is fmall, and fpreading. Theftalks are numerous, weak, and procumbent: they are of a whitifh colour, andare ten inches ora foot long. The leaves are placedin pairs, and they are of a roundifh figure: they are foft to the touch, white, and covered with a woolly down. The flowers ftand on flender footftalks at the tops of the ftalks, and rife from the bofoms of the upper leaves; and they are large, and of a beautiful yellow. The feed-vefféls are roundifh, and the minute and brown. It is not uncommon onrotten, wet, and bc ground, and flowers in | . Bauhine calls it « luftre. they are five or fix inches long, and for the moft part trail or lie upon the ground. The leaves {tand in pairs, and are of a roundifh figure, not unlike thofe of moneywort, but fmaller. The flowers are very large and beautiful : they are numerous ; they ftand onflender footftalks at the top of the feveral ftalks, andare of a bright yellow ; and their feveral petals, as well as the fegments of the cup, are ferrated. The feed-veftel is large, and the feeds are {mall and brown. The ftyles in the flower of this fpecies are three, and the cells are three in the capfule. It is an extremely elegant fpecies. It is a native of the Pyrenean mountains, where it hangs among the wet rocks, It flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it ypericum nummularie folio; and others have for the moft part followed him, the leaves fpeaking the refemblance. fupported in nature. D1 V 1,8 1 QW: I. FOREAGN 1. Spanifh Saint John’s wort. Hypericum tomentofum calycibus ferratis. The root is long, flender, brown, and hung with a fewfibres. The ftalks are numerous, weak, redifh, and feven or eight inches long: they trail upon the ground, andare not branched. The leaves are placed in pairs: they are of an oval fhape, approaching to heart-fathioned, of a greyith white colour, and very, hoary. The flowers are numerous and f{mall: they ftand on long and veryflender pedicles. rifing from the tops of the ftalks, ten or a dozen together, and they are of a bright yellow: their cup is ferrated, and glandulous, The feed-veffel is large, and the feeds are very {mall and brown. This fp has three ftyles in the flower, and the capfule is divided into three cells, Ic is a native of Spain, and flowers in Auguft. C. Bauhine unum tomentofum; but he erroneoufly makes two E f{pecies. ofit, a greater and a le He had feenit larger in Spain, andfmaller in France ; but there was no ether difference. 2. Perfoliate Saint: John’s wort. Hypericum perfoliatum, Mi 2b p The root is compofed of a number of thick, black fibres. The ftalk is.round, upright, firm, and foot 1a half high: it is,ufua red toward the bottom, and elfewhere of a pale green, The leaves are broad, andof a thape approaching to triangular: they meet at the bafe, and the {talk feems to. pafs through them: the feveral ¢ placedat diftances with great regularity : are of a deep green, and ofa firm fubftance; 1, when held up to the light, they are found full of holes, in the manner ofthe com on Saint I v toward the bottom the leaves are {mall ; they are largeft about the middle of the ko an re er acai } ftalk, and grow fmaller again to the top, The flowers ftand onlong footftalks at the top £ S. PeEiCib-Ex$, sc. Little heath-leaved Saint John’s wort. of the plant ; andthey are large, and ful yellow. The feed-veffel is oval, and the feeds are nute and brown. This fpecies has three ftyles in th the cells of the feed-veffel are three. Tt is a native ofItaly, J flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it 4nd perfoliatum. Columna, apulum, 2 Hypericum pe 3. Cluftered-leaved Saint John’s wort, ELypericumfoliis numergfis. lx. The root is long, thick, and furnifhed with numerous fibres. Theftalks are hard, woody, upright, and very thick fet with leaves: they are ofa redifh colour toward the bottom, andofa pale green to the top. The leavesare oblong, andvery narrow: they do not growin regular pairs, as in the other fp cies of Saint Fobn’s wort, but feem to furround the ftalk as thofe of the ftellate plants, like the ety ease Pa , rays of Bhi a ftar: however, they ufually growthree together, and the reft are young fhoots from the bofoms of thefe. The flowers are large, and of a beautiful yellow: they ftand at the tops of the ftalks, on fmall, flender pedicles, The feed-veffel is large and oval, andthe feeds are {mall and brown. This fpecies has three ftyles in the the feed-veffel has three cells, Ip is a native of Italy, and flow C. Bauhine calls it 7 thers, Coris lutea, ar people call it Heath Pine, Coris. 4. Moneywort leayed Hyper The root is fmall, oblong, crooked, red and furnifhed with n ny fibres The tf = The ftalks5 are numerous, weak, andre i 4 BRD W21 Silt "7 ericoides. This is an extremely fingular and pretty little plant. Fhe root is long, flender, redifh, and has pany fibres: they are numerous, weak, and very fmall: they are crowned withleaves, and they fend out many fhort andflender branches. The leaves are narrow, longifh, and harfhto the touch: their colour is a dufky green, and they entirely cover the lower parts of the ftalks. The top of each ftalk is naked, or, in other words, there rife ‘from the extremities of thefe leafy ftalks flender twigs which fupport the flowers. Thefe are numerous, fmall, and of a pale yellow. " Thefeed-veffel is longith and fmall; and the are very minute, and brown. ower, and three cells in the ca It is a nativ ain and Portugal; and flowers in autumn. TJ Plukenet calls it /Zypericum ericoides minimum } Saint/John’s wort. 1 into feveral ig fibres. ipright, brown, y aré a foot high, and rarely hard; andbi are at all bran 5 s, and they ftand The leaves at fmall d es one pair fromanother. They ate of 4 firm fubftance and deep green colour, and of an oval fhape; broadeft at the bottom, where they adhere without footftalks , and ‘{maller to the end, where they terminate HBR Be Aad EA The ftyles are three in this flower; and the cells three in the capfule. It is a native of the Eaft, and flowers in July: C. Bauhine calls it Afcyrum magno floreWheeler, Hypericum mon lympi 5 name adopted by moft others. 7. Oriental Tu Hypericum flore et aximis. The root is flender, and fpreads ur furface. The ftalks are numerous, weal more in length: they never rife pr nor do they lie upon the ground, {tand ftooping. The leaves are placed regularly in they are very large, of a figure refembling thole of the Jaurel, of a pale green colour, and perfectly even at the edges. The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalk, and are very confpicuous by their fize; for they are as large as a rofe, and of a verybeautiful yellow, and full of threads of the fame yellow in the centre. The feed-veflel is very large, and of a pointed form. The ftyles in this plant are five; and. the capfule is accordingly dividedintofive cells. It is a native of the Eaft,.and of fome parts of America. Ray calls it And, flore maximo. Morifon, Androfemumflore et Si omnium Hypericumfatidum fia The root is long, thick, divided, and {preading. The ftalk is fhrubby, hard, upright, v muchbranched, covered with a brown bark, and brittle. The leaves ftand in pairs: they are of a pale green, and have nofootftalks : they are broad, oblong, and pointedat the ends. The flowers are large and numerous: t ftand at the extremities of the branches: they are of a beautiful yellow; and they are diftinguifhed by a: pec ar mark, which is, that the threads are longer than thepetals, a bufh, in mannerof abeard. The feed:vefle! is roundifh, and pointed: the feeds are’ brown. The ftyles.in this flower are five; and the capfule is accordingly divided into five cells. of the warmer parts of Europe, and of the Haft. hine calls it Androfemum fetidum capi 7 yn fetidum frutefcens Our gardeners tis. minu cal Dillenius, 75 and Clufius it Shrub Saing ort, and Stinking tutfan, and fome, fre |
