AoRtMoxiA, ICOSANDRIA. DT-PENtAGYNIA. 473 



ORDER II. 

 DI-PENTAGYNIA. 



317. Agrimonia. 321. Aroma. 



318. CuATiEcus. 322. Pvrus. 



319. SoKBi-s. 323. Spir5;a. 

 320i»SEsuviuM, 324. Gillenia. 



317. AGRIMONIA. L, 



Calyx inferior, 5-clcft, with a lobed calicle at its 

 base. Petals 5. Stainefis 12. Achmia 2, in the bot- 

 tom of the calyx. Gen. pi. 830. N utt. Gen. I. 

 304. Ju s s. p. 336. L a m. III. t. 432. Nat. Ord. 

 Rosacea Juss. Agrimony, 



1. A. Eupatoria L. : hairy 5 cauline leaves interruptedly 

 pinnate ; leaflets obovate, with the terminal one petiolatcj 

 acutely dentate, smoothish ; spike virgate ; petals twice as 

 long as the calyx ; fruit turbinate, hispid, smooth at the base, 

 Willd. Spec. l\. p. 875. Smith Fl. Brit. II. p. 511. 

 Eng. Bot. t. 1335. Mich. FL I. p. 287. Pursh FL I. 

 p. 335. Big. Bost, p. 114. Elliott Sk. \. ^. 526; 

 Agrimonia inodora, <S:c. Cold. Noveb. 111. 



Root perennial. Stem 2 feet high, erect, angular, simple, stri- 

 gosely hairy. Leaves pseudo-pinnate ; leaflets 5 — 7, an inch 

 and a half or 2 inches long, alternating with much smaller ones, 

 hairy beneath, deeply serrate or dentate. Spike or raceme 

 terminal, long and slender. Flouvers numerous, aliernate, on 

 short pedicels, which are bracteate at the base. Calyx striate 

 at the base, with acuminate segments, surrounded about tiie 

 middle with spreading uncinate bristles. Petals yellow, oval, 

 obtuse. Stamens about 12, very short. Stijles 2, shorter than 

 the stamens; stigmas obtuse. Achenia, or seeds", 2 in the bot- 

 tom of the calyx. 



Hab. In -woods and hedges. June — August. 



/3. hirsuta^ : whole plant very hairy. 

 Hab. In dry woods ; rare. July. 



This variety resembles the preceding in every respect, ex- 

 cept that it is smaller, and much more hairy. 

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