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or ascending, short and weak. Madison, Cuyahoga, Lake, 

 Montgomery, Miami, Wayne. 



4. Agrimonia striata Mx. Striate Agrimony. Plants 2-6 ft. 

 tall; leaflets thick, dull green, softly pubescent below, glabrate 

 above; flowers >'4->^ in. broad; fruit with short, often purphsh 

 bristles which are inflexed or connivant. Huron, Clinton. 



5. Agrimonia mollis (T. & G.) Britt. Soft Agrimony. Stem 

 pubescent or villous; leaves thick, dark green above, pubescent 

 below; leaflets obovate cuneate; flowers |-f in. broad; fruit 

 top-shaped, deeply furrowed. Morgan, Highland, Williams, 

 Erie, Huron, Tuscarawas, Meigs, Clermont, Licking, Scioto. 



19. Sanguisorba. 



Erect perennial herbs with odd-pinnate leaves; flowers borne 

 in a dense tenninal spike; calyx 4-parted, stamens 4, inserted on 

 the hypanthium; carpels enclosed in the hypanthium. 



1. Sanguisorba canadensis L. American Burnet. Stems 

 slender, glabrous, 1-6 ft. high, with leaflike stipules; leaflets 

 }i-2}4 in. long, oblong, cordate, coarsely serrate; flowers greenish- 

 yellow, borne in a dense spike. Lake, Champaign, Cuyahoga, 

 Clarke, Franklin, Miami, Stark. 



20. Poterium. 



Erect, slender, perennial herbs with odd-pinnate, stipulate 

 leaves; flowers borne in dense heads, bisporangiate or mono- 

 sporangiate; calyx 4-angled; petals 4; stamens numerous; carpels 

 2; achene enclosed in the hypanthium. 



1. Poterium sanguisorba L. Garden Burnet. Herbs 10-20 

 in. high; leaves pinnate; leaflets 7-19, ovate, deeply incised, 

 yi-yi in. long; flowers greenisli, borne in a head. Lake County. 



