PLATE DLII.
HYPERICUM VIRGINICUM.
Virginia Hypericum.
CLASS XVIII. ORDER IV.
POLYADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Many Brotherhoods. Many Males.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx 5-partita. Corolla 5-petala. Filamenta multa, in 5 phalanges, basi connata. Capsula locularis.
Empalement 5-parted. Blossom 5-petalled. Threads many, conjoined at the base, in 5 squadrons. Capsule celled.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Hypericum floribus trigynis, enneandris, terminalibus; foliis ellipticis, obtusis, sub-cordatis, amplexicaulibus: caule herbaceo.