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qually serrated. Inflorescence in a terminal slender 

 spike. 



Flowers small, sessile. 



srreen 



Corolla and Stamina, bristly, five toothed. Corolla 

 yellow, with five oblong petals. Stamina yellow, 

 short, anthers oval. Fruit, a small green bur, fi^rm- 

 ed by the permanent Calyx, enclosing two seeds, 

 convex outside, flat inside, and crowned by the two 

 styles. This bur often sticks to clothes, like other 

 bristly burs. 



This plant has a wide range, being 

 found in Europe, Asia, and North America, with 

 hardly any change. It has been deemed medical 

 very anciently, and although not very powerful, is 

 not destitute of efficiency. 



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probably equal in properties ; it merely differs from 

 this by narrower leaves, more numerous folioles, 

 longer slender spike, and smaller flowers, but more 

 fragrant. The ^grimonia Eupatoria is spread 

 from Canada to Missouri and Carolina, and grows in 

 woods, fields, glades and near streams. The Sgri- 

 mo nia parvi flora is raovQ common in the west and 

 south. Both blossom in summer. The whole plant 

 is used and is slightly fragrant. 



The Genus belongs to the natural order of Rosacea 

 or Rhodanthes, next to Poterhtm and Waldstei- 

 nia. In the Linnean arrangement it is placed in 

 DoDKCAKDRiA Di^yma The name is a classical one, 



and Eupatoria comes from Eupator, to whom many 



