Class XI. Order III. 189 



DIGYJMA. 



197. AGR1MONIA. 



AGRIMONIA EUPATORIA. L. Agrimony. 



Stem leaves pinnate, the odd one petioled, fruit 

 hispid. L. 



Rises to the height of two feet, with an angular, hairy stem. 

 Leaves interruptedly pinnate, hairy. Leafets ovate, serrate, all 

 sessile except the terminal one. Stipules large, semicircular, 

 cut-serrate. Spike long, erect, hairy. Flowers thinly scattered, 

 on short stalks, yellow. Calyx persistent, armed with hooked 

 bristles. The plant is astringent and tonic. By fences and 

 thickets. June, July. Perennial. 



TRIGYNM. 



198. EUPHORBIA. 



EUPHORBIA HELIOSCOPIA. JL. Sun Spurge. 



Umbel five rayed, then three rayed and forked ; in- 

 volucels obovate ; leaves wedge form, serrate. L. 



A weed in rich ground, lactescent, as are the other species. 

 Stem upright, round. Leaves scattered, obovate, or wedge 

 shaped, slightly serrate at the end. Umbel of five rays, support- 

 ed by a large involucre like the leaves. Rays branching, first 

 into three, then into two divisions. Capsules smooth. Annual. 



EUPHORBIA POLYGONIFOLIA. L. Knot Grass Spurge. 



Leaves opposite, quite entire, lanceolate, obtuse ; 

 flowers solitary, axillary ; stems procumbent. L. 



A flat spreading plant, abounding with milky juice. Stems 

 smooth, dichotomous. Leaves opposite, oblong, linear-lanceo- 

 late, blunt, nearly sessile. Flowers small, proceeding from the 

 divisions of the stem. In sandy places, near the sea shore. 

 June, July. Annual. 



EUPHORBIA MACULATA. L. Spotted Spurge. 



Leaves serrate, oblong, hairy ; flowers axillary, soli- 

 tary ; branches spreading. 



A flat plant like the last. Stems spreading close to the ground 



