502 | ORD. XXVI. Senticose. AGRIMONIA FUPATORIA. 
This plant has been principally regarded in the character of a 
mild astringent and corroborant, and many authors recommend it 
as a deobstruent, especially in hepatic and other visceral obstruc 
tions. Chomell relates two instances of its successful use in cases 
where the liver was much enlarged and indurated.* It has been 
used with advantage in hemorrhagic affections; and to give tone 
to a lax and weak state of the solids. In cutaneous disorders, 
particularly in scabies, we have been lately told that it manifests 
great efficacy ;° for this purpose it was given infused with liquo- 
rice in the form of tea: but according to Alston it should be 
always exhibited in the state of powder. 
* Usuelles. t. 2. p. 165. : 
* Becker Diss. de Eupatorio Grecorum seu Agrimunia viribus. Erf. 1783. 
' GEUM URBANUM. COMMON AVENS. 
SYNONYM4. . Caryophyllata. Pharm. Dale. 160. Geoff. iii. 
263. Alston. i. 404. Lewis. 205. Edinb. New Dispens. 164. 
Bergus. 445. Murray. iti. 122. Caryophyllata vulgaris. Bamh. 
Pin, 321. Park. Theat. 186. Ray. Hist. 606. Synop. 253. 
Gerard. Emac. p. 995. G.urbanum. Hudsun. Flor. Ang. 198. 
Withering. Bot. Arrang. p. 557. Ic. Curt. Flor. Dan. t. 672. 
Icosandria Polygynia. Lin. Gen. Plant. 686. 
Gen. Ch. Cal. 10-fidus. Petala 5. Sem. arista geniculata. 
Sp. Ch. G. flor. erectis, fruct. globosis villosis, aristis uncinatis 
nudis, foliis lyratis. 
ROOT perennial, fibrous, brown. Stalks branched, somewhat 
angular, hairy, about two feet in height. Leaves varying, com~- 
