ROSACEA. XVII. Cham^rhodos. XVIII. Agrimonia. 



5QS 



Fl. June, July. CIt. 1820. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



cending, dichotomously and corymbosely panicled at the apex ; with honey, in the quantity of half a pint three times a day. 

 leaves triternate ; segments obovate-oblong, obtuse ; flowers The plant will dye wool of a nankeen colour. It is also recom- 

 with 5 stamens, and usually with 10 styles ; petals equal in mended for dressing leather. 



length to the calyx. 1/ . H. Native of Siberia, in sandy islands Eupator^s Agrimony. Fl. June, July. Britain. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



mtheriverTschuja. Petals white. 2 A. Nepale'nsis (D.Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 229.) leaves in- 



/Sand Chamaerhodos. Fl. June. PI. procumbent. terruptedly pinnate; leaflets ovate, serrated, odd one stalked, 



i C. poly'gyna ; stem straight, beset with glandular hairs, very villous on both surfaces, as well as the stems ; racemes 



erect, slender ; bracteas trifid, shorter than the calyx ; calycine 



segments lanceolate, acute, keeled. 1/ . H. Native of Go- 



saingsthan. 



Nipaul 1 



3 A. Dahu RICA (Willd 

 2. p. 587.) glabrous ; leaves interruptedly pinnate; the rest un- 

 known. 1/ . H. Native of Dahuria. Very like A. Eupatdrtay 

 but differs in the leaves being narrower and more acute, and in 

 the flowers being more remote. 



Z)a/mrian Agrimony. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1811. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



4 A. ODORA^TA (Cam. epit. 7. D. C. prod. 2. p. 587.) 

 hairy ; leaves interruptedly pinnate ; leaflets oblong, lanceo- 

 late, deeply crenate-toothed ; petals twice the length of the 

 calyx ; fruit distant ; tube of calyx campanulate, pilose, with 

 the foveolse obovate, and drawn out even to the base, and with 

 the bristles ascending and short. % . H. Native of Italy. A. 

 Eupatoria, Desf. cat. 176. ex D, C. fl. fr. 4. p. 451. — Mill, fig, 



t. 15. Spikes several. 



Sweet-scented Agrimony. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1640. PI. 2 



to 3 feet. 



panicled 



disposed in glomerate heads ; petals about equal in length to the 

 calyx, % . H. Native of Siberia. Sibbaldia polygyna, Willd, 

 relax Schultes, syst. 6. p. 770. Petals rose-coloured. 



?o%pow5 Chamserhodos. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1824. PI. |ft. 



5 C. Alta'ica (Bunge, fl. alt. 1. p. 429.) plant suffruticose, 

 tufted, prostrate ; leaves palmate or 3-parted, middle segment 

 trifid, lateral ones bifid or trifurcate ; sepals line.ir ; flowers 

 usually solitary, with 5 stamens and 10 styles ; petals more than 

 twice the length of the calyx. ©. H. Native of Altaia, at the 

 rivers Kan and Kerlyk, in schistous saltish soil. Sibbaldia 

 Altaica, Lin. suppl. 191. Flowers large, red. 



Altaian Chamserhodos. Fl. June, July. PL prostrate. 



Cult. The species of Chamcerhodos are very difficult to pre- 

 serve through the winter, as they are very liable to be carried 

 off by the damp. They should be grown in pots in a mixture 

 of sand, peat, and loam, and should be placed on a dry shelf 

 m a cold frame in winter, at which time they should be but spa- 

 ringly watered, if at all. They are only to be increased by seed. 



XVIIL AGRIMO'NIA (a corruption of Argemone^ a name 5 A. pilosa (Led. ind. hort. dorp, suppl. 1823. p. 1. fl. alt. 



given by the Greeks to a plant which was supposed to cure cata- 2. p. 205.) pilose; leaves interruptedly pinnate; leaflets cu- 

 ract of the eye, from apyoc, argos, white, the cataract of the neate-rhomboid, smoothish above, but pilose at the nerves be- 



eye being white), 

 prod. 2 p. 587. 



Tourn. inst. t. 155. Nestl. pot. 16. D. C. neath, serrated, the smaller ones almost quite entire ; bristles of 



hm. SYST.^ Dodecdndria, Digynia. Calyx tubular, foveolate on 

 wie sides, with 5 small acute marginal segments (f. 73. rf.), the 

 ube subsequently hardened, and closed over the seeds, furnished 

 n the outside by a circle of hooked bristles, forming an involucre. 

 Petals 5 (f. 73. fc.). Stamens 7-20, from the rim of the calyx 

 Jlong with the petals. Carpels 2, in the bottom of the calyx. 

 ^^yles 2, lateral (f. 73. c). Seeds pendulous.— Astringent aro- 

 ic herbs, with interruptedly pinnate leaves, each accompanied 

 * ** pair Oi Rtmiiioo iif^ifAri fi-* «-v»/i -rtf^i-i^ino Flowers small 



Bracteas trifid (f. 73. a.). 



FIG. 73. 



pair of stipulas united to the petioles. 



'iujnerous, spiked, yellow. 



n,^ .^' Eupatoria (Lin. spec. 

 P*<^.; hairy or smoothish ; leaves 

 interruptedly pinnate ; leaflets el- 

 "J^'^Wong, coarsely serrated, 

 p^ one stalked ; petals twice the 



2 f ^^^ ^^ly^ 5 fruit distant ; 

 "oe of calyx campanulate, en- 



n?Li ^y ^ ^'^^^^ ^f hooked 

 P"ckies above ;. spikes of flowers 



H^^^^ X . H. Native of Eu- 



F» m bushy places by 



fipl? ^"^ ab<5ut the borders of 

 g 7.' plentiful in some parts of 



^;y-lond.fasc.5.r.32. Woodv. 

 ^- /he herb is slightly bitter, 



road 



tonic «^""igenc, evincing a 



has ^^^P^^^y* for which it has always been noted, and which 

 tion^-?^^^^^ it a place in several British herb teas. In decoc- 

 diarrli "^^^ formerly used as an astringent for a gargle, and in 

 u4ih ? f^^ leucorrhoea. Kalm informs us, that the Canadians 

 ^d D ^u"^*°" o^the root with great success in burning fevers, 

 r. Hill says it is an effectual cure for jaundice, sweetened 



fruit erectly connivent ; the foveolae drawn out beyond the mid- 

 dle. If . H. Native of Altaia, frequent in meadows and by 

 way sides. Rchb. icon. pi. rar. 3. p. 49. t. 252. f. 414. Stems 

 usually simple, bearing only one spike, rarely branched. 



Pilose Agrimony. Fl. June, July. Clt, 1819. PL 1 to 2 ft. 



6 A. PARViFLORA (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 2. p. 130.) 

 smoothish ; leaves interruptedly pinnate ; leaflets numerous, 

 lanceolate, deeply serrated; spikes slender; petals one-half 

 longer than the calyx ; fruit distant ; tube of calyx turbinate ; 

 foveolae drawn out even to the base ; bristles ascending. %.W. 

 Native of North America, from Pennsylvania to Carolina, and 

 throughout Canada. Fibres of the root tuberous, as in Sptrcea 



Jilipendula^ 



Small-Jlowered Agrimony. Fl. June, July. Clt. 176G. Ph 

 1 to 2 feet. 



7 A. suave'olens (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. SSQ.) plant 

 very hairy ; leaves interruptedly pinnate ; leaflets lanceolate, 

 sharply serrated; spikes of flowers twiggy and clammy; flowers 

 almost sessile ; petals twice the length of the calyx ; fruit ob- 

 conical, with divaricate bristles. % . H. Native from Virginia 



to Carolina. 



Sweet-scented \gr\mov\y. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1810. PI. 1 



to 2 feet. 



8 A. Blu'mei ; leaves interruptedly pinnate, velvety, pubes- 

 cent ; the terminal leaflet sessile ; racemes elongated, spicately 

 racemose, clothed with clammy pubescence- l^.H. Native of 

 Java and Japan, on the mountains. A. suav^olens, Blum, 

 bijdr. 1113. but not of Pursh. 



Blume^s Agrimony. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



9 A. sTRiVTA(Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. S67.) leaves inter- 

 ruptedly pinnate ; spikes twiggy ; fruit reflexed, turbinate, sul- 

 cately striated. %. H. Native of Canada. Flowers white. 



This species is hardly known. 



/S/riaferf-calyxed Agrimony. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1812. PK 



1 to 2 feet. 



4c 2 



