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434 DODECANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Agrimonia. 



Common Horn-beam Tree. Hard-beam Tree. Horse, or Horn* 



beach Tree. In woods and hedges. T. April, May.* 



* 



AGRIMOTSTIA. Calyx 5-toothed, surrounded by 



another : petals 5 : seeds 2, in a capsule at the 

 bottom of the calyx, which becomes indu- 

 rated. 



Eupato'ria. A. Stem-leaves winged : the odd leafit on a leaf-stalk : 



fruit hispid. 



Curt. 317-Kniph. o-Wood<v. 258-Lud<w. 2S-MM. ill-Fl. 

 dan. 58$-Ger* 575-Black<w. 2&3-Fuchs. 244-7. B. ii. 

 f.k. 398-2W. 28. l-Lob. obs. 394. Z-Ger. em. 712- j 



Park. 59*. l-Mattb. IQU-Trag. 5U~Lonic. i. 218. U 



Stem cylindrical, roughish, hairy. Leaves hairy, covered with 

 rising dots, and segments ending in small reddish glands, inter- 

 ruptedly winged ; the smallest pair of little leaves entire, the 

 others deeply serrated, oblong-egg-shaped. Fruit-stalks sur- 

 rounded at the top with a sort of outer calyx, which is cloven 

 into 5 spear-shaped irregular segments, hairy at the edges and 

 the outside. Within this the fruit-stalk is covered with white 

 upright bristles, above which again is a circle of numerous green 

 awns hooked at thfc end, and within these, the proper calyx of 5 

 leaves, spear-shaped, concave, glandular without, within marked 

 with 3 deeper green lines, terminating with a reddish point. 

 Petals egg-shaped, concave, very slightly notched at the end, 

 twice as long as the cup. Stamens 5 to 12. Germen crowned 

 with the calyx, and a yellowish fleshy receptacle. Styles thread- 

 shaped. Summits, 2 thin lips at the end of each style. Capsule 

 egg-shaped, hairy, ribbed. Seeds nearly egg-shaped, flatted on 

 one side. Flowers in long, upright, terminating bunches ; fine 

 yellow. 



Common Agrimony. Borders of cornfields, shady places, and 



hedges. 



P. June, July.+ 



* It loves a poor stiff soil, on the sides of hills ; is easily transplanted, 

 andbtars lopping. In 1764, in Lord Petre's park, atWrittle, in Essex, 

 stood a Horn-beam tree, measuring full iz feet in girth, at 5 feet above 

 the ground. Bath Soc. i. Mr. Marsham.— CattJeeat the leaves, but pas- 

 turage will not flourish in its shade.— The wood burns like a candle; it 

 is very white, very tough, harder than hawthorn, and capable of support- 

 ing a great weight. It is useful in turning, and for many implements of 

 husbandry. It makes cogs for mill wheels; even superior to Yew.— 

 The inner bark is much used in Scandinavia to dye yellow. —The PbaUna 



brumata and rostralit feed upon it. 



+ The Canadians are said to use an infusion of the root in burning fe- 

 vers, and with great success. An infusion of 6 ounces of the crown of 

 the root, in a quart of boiling water, sweetened with honey, and hall a 

 pint of it, drank 3 times a day, Dr. Hill says, is an effectual cure for the 



jaundice. He advises to begin with a vomit, afterwards to keep the bow- 





