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‘This species is naturally a plant of low damp grounds and in 
such situations reaches its fullest development, commonly growing 
in scattered communities about the borders of weedy thickets. Oc- 
casionally it establishes itself in dry soil and becomes much re- 
duced and quite distinct in appearance from the normal plant, 
though clearly nothing more than a dry ground state of the spe- 
cies. Extreme examples of this form are only 114° tall and sim- 
ple, terminating in a raceme 6/-8’ long; the leaves are much 
crowded, often reflexed and not larger than 3/—5’ long by 2'-233" 
wide; the small leaflets number only 3-5 pairs and are mostly el- 
liptic and finely and sharply serrate, the subleaflets reduced in 
size and number and_ obovate, the stipules very small; on small 
sterile plants, the small leaflets may be oval and rather bluntly 
serrate and sometimes number only 2-3 pairs. (Plate 283, fig. 7 -) 
7. AGRIMONIA INCISA T. & G. 
From 1°-314° tall, either simple, terminating in an elongated 
strict raceme, or bearing also ascending racemes from bracts or 
reduced leaves on the upper part of the stem. Stem clothed with 
a close soft-pubescence and villous with loosely spreading hairs 
which become subappressed and more pilose above and disappear 
in the pubescent and glandulose racemes. Leaves numerous, 
rather close and ascending, becoming gradually smaller and ap- 
pressed above, narrowly-oblong or oblanceolate in general outline, 
3/-6’ long, 114’—2’ wide, the leafstalks tomentose-pubescent and 
villose. Leaflets thickish, prominently veiny, commonly 4-5 
pairs, short, mostly oblong and 3/’ in length, 4/”—7”” wide, sessile, 
or subpetiolulate, abruptly acute at base, rounded or acute at apex 
the odd one rather longer and with more narrowed base, acutely 
incised-serrate with few (3-6 on each side) salient, often- slightly 
recurved teeth penicillate-haired from the apex, upper surface vel- 
vety, lower surface soft-pubescent and pilose-hairy, thickly covere 
with minute shining glands. Subleaflets a small 3-cleft pair 1" 
each interspace, with or without a minute entire pair on either 
side. Stipules narrowly laciniate-lobed, the terminal lobe longer, 
often cut on the inner side. Flowers rather large, rather loosely oe 
disposed on short subappressed pedicels; sepals elliptic; bracts 
and bracteoles very small. Fruit about 2” long, 1//-14” wide, 
short-obovate or obconic with rather broad furrows, the numerous — 
crowded bristles mostly marginal, ascending and erect, exceeding 
ae a obtuse calycular process. Roots not seen. (Plate 283 _ 
ig-8). oe oe 
ee Dry rine woods, according to the label on one specimen. - 
