. Flowers of the field. Botany. ST. JOHN S-U'ORT FAMILY Herbs sepah united, not f?iii:^ed : petals persistent : branclied at tlie base : styles 3 5. H. perfurdtuni (Common St. John's-wortj.—Stem feet hitih, 2-edBed 91 taniens 3, erect, 2 ^ leaves elliptic-oblong, copiously dotted with pellucid glands, veins opaque ; sepals erect., lanceolate, acute.— Woods and hedges ; common. This planJ: and its congeners derive their popular name from coming into flower about the feast of St. John Baptist ().—Fl. July—Sep- tember. Perennial. 6. IH. niaeuldtiini (Im- perforate St. John's- wort).—A'ery lik
. Flowers of the field. Botany. ST. JOHN S-U'ORT FAMILY Herbs sepah united, not f?iii:^ed : petals persistent : branclied at tlie base : styles 3 5. H. perfurdtuni (Common St. John's-wortj.—Stem feet hitih, 2-edBed 91 taniens 3, erect, 2 ^ leaves elliptic-oblong, copiously dotted with pellucid glands, veins opaque ; sepals erect., lanceolate, acute.— Woods and hedges ; common. This planJ: and its congeners derive their popular name from coming into flower about the feast of St. John Baptist ().—Fl. July—Sep- tember. Perennial. 6. IH. niaeuldtiini (Im- perforate St. John's- wort).—A'ery like the last, but with stem 4- sidcd, with 4 elevated lines ; leaves with [jel- lucid veins, but few glands ; sepals reflexed, ovate, blunt, with black glands on the back.— Moist places ; not com- mon,—Fl. July, August. Perennial. 7. H. ijiiadrdngi/lum (Square - stalked St. John's-wort).—An allied species with 4-winged, branched stem; leaves with many pellucid glands and veins; and sepals erect, lanceolate, acuminate.—A\'et places; common. — Fl. July, August. Perennial. 8. H. unduldtum CW'avy St. John's-wort). allied form, with a 4-edged stem ; leaves witfi pellucid glands and \'eins ; Hack glands on tlie edges of the stem the under surface of the leaves, and the sepals ; flowers in loose cymes; and sepals erect, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate.—In bogs in Devon and Cornwall; rare.—Fl. Jul}-. Perennial. 9. H. Ininiifusum (Trailing St. John's-wort).—A prostrate, glabrous species ; jr/t?;«j-spreading, slender, 2-edged, 3—9 in. long ; leaves oblong, obtuse, with minute pellucid glands and black glands under their revolute margins ; sepals unequal ; stamens 5—. HYPi;RICL"M rEKFr,RATL':M {Pcr/oy-aft-d S&. Jolm s-7Vori). Another closely- wavy edges, many. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemb
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