Hypericum inodorum, Miller

4. H. inodorum Miller , Gard. Diet. ed. 8, no. 6 (1768)

( H. elatum Aiton ).

Intermediate between 3 and 5. Stems 100-200 cm, erect, 2-lined. Leaves 3-5-9 cm, broadly ovate to oblonglanceolate, sessile, without goat-like smell when crushed. Sepals 5-8 mm, markedly unequal, narrowly to broadly ovate, persistent at least till fruit ripens. Petals 7-15 mm, obovate. Stamens exceeding petals. Styles 2-2-5 times as long as ovary. Fruit 8-13 mm, ellipsoid to subcylindrical, thin-walled, reddish and succulent at first. Naturalized from gardens in Britain and France, but perhaps also native in S. France. [Br *Ga?It.] {Madeira.)

The plants from natural habitats in France may be hybrids between 3 and 5, but similar and apparently native plants occur in Madeira in the absence of either of these species.