Description
THe common St. Johns-wort shoo∣teth forth brownish, upright, hard, round Stalks, two foot high, sprea∣ding many Branches from the sides up to the tops of them with two smal Leavs set one against another at every place, which are of a deep green colour, som∣what like the Leavs of the lesser Centaury, but narrower, and ful of smal holes in every Leaf, which cannot be so wel perceived as when they are held up to the light: At the tops of the Stalks and Branches stand yellow Flowers made of five Leavs apiece, with many yellow threds in the middle, which being bruised do yeild a reddish Juyce like blood, after which come smal round Heads, wherein is contained smal blackish Seed smelling like Rozin: The Root is hard and woody with divers strings and fibres at it, and of a brownish colour which abideth in the ground many yeers, shoo∣ting anew every Spring.