34i AGRZmONXA. No. 5. 



No. 3. 



AGRIMONIA EUPATORIA. 



English Name— COMMON AGRIMONY. 



French Name — Aigremoine Commune. 



German Name — Gemeine Oderminig. 



Officinal Names — Herba Agrimonia. 



Vulgar Names— Cockle-bur, Stickwort, &c. 



Authorities — Linnaeus, Decandolle, Michaux, 



Pursh, Henry, Schoepf, Dispensaries, &c Not in 



Bigelow nor Barton. 



Genus Agrimonia — Calyx permanent urceolate 

 'e toothed, bristly outside. Corolla with five petals 



H^ertetrmrme caiyxT^STamina twelve to fifteen in- 

 serted on the calyx. Two germens, two styles, and 

 two seeds surrounded by the calyx — Leaves pinnate. 

 Species A. Eupatoria— Stem simplej leaves inter- 

 rupted pinnate, folioles opposite, sessile, oval, oblong, 

 deeply serrate, the terminal petiolate; interfolioles 

 short and jagged 



DESCRIPTION— Root Perennial— Stem hairy, 



rou 



Leaves alternating, the inferior larger, hairy, pinnate 

 pr compound, having from five to nine larger folioles 

 and some smaller ones interposed, which are broad 

 but short, and much divided. All the folioles are 

 ses.sile and opposite except the last. Shape oval or 

 oblong, acute it both ends, margin deeply and une- 



