Volume V Part 1 (2/2)

This variety has been very lately introduced from Holland, by Messrs.

GRIMWOOD and Co. Kensington; it flowers from June to September, and is propagated by parting its roots in spring or autumn.

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HYPERIc.u.m CALYCINUM. LARGE-FLOWER'D ST. JOHN'S-WORT.

_Cla.s.s and Order._

POLYADELPHIA POLYANDRIA.

_Generic Character._

_Calyx_ 5-part.i.tus. _Petala_ 5. _Filamenta_ multa, in 5 phalanges basi connata. _Capsula._

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

HYPERIc.u.m _calycinum_ floribus pentagynis solitariis terminalibus, caule tetragono fruticoso, foliis oblongo-ovatis coriaceis. _Linn. Syst.

Vegetab. p. 700. Mant. 106._ _Hort. Kew. v. 3. 103._

ASCYRUM magno flore. _Bauh. Pin. 280. Prodr. 130._

ANDROSaeMUM Constantinopolitanum flore maximo. _Wheler's Journey into Greece, p. 205. c.u.m fig._

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This species of St. John's-Wort, particularly distinguished by the largeness of its flowers, has very generally been considered as the _Ascyron_ of LINNaeUS, owing to his giving to that plant the synonyms which properly belong to the present one: in his _Mantissa_, this species is called _calycinum_, which name is adopted in the 14th edition of the _Systema Vegetabilium_, and also in the _Hortus Kewensis_, where the proper synonyms are applied to it, and from which we learn, that it is a native of the country near Constantinople, and was introduced into this country by Sir GEORGE WHELER, Bart. in 1676.

It is a hardy perennial, increasing much by its roots, which are of the creeping kind, and by parting of which in the autumn it is most readily propagated; like the periwinkle, it is a plant well adapted to cover a bank, or bare, spots under trees, where other plants will not thrive.

It flowers from July to September.

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DAIS COTINIFOLIA. COTINUS-LEAV'D DAIS.

_Cla.s.s and Order._

DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

_Generic Character._

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