226 ROSACEAE. [Vor II. 
1. Agrimonia hirstta (Muhl.) Bicknell. Tall Hairy Agrimony. (Fig. 1957.) 
A, Eupatoria hirsuta Muhl. Cat. 47. 1813. 
Agrimonia hirsuta Bicknell, Bull. Torr. Club, 
23: 509. 1896. 
Mostly 3°-4° tall (2°-6°), minutely glandu- 
lar, villous. Leaves large; leaflets thin, 
bright green, mostly 7, spreading, elliptic to 
broadly oblong, or the odd one obovate, apex 
acute, base often subcordate, coarsely ser- 
rate, the margins and nerves beneath ciliate, 
the lower surface rarely pubescent; inter- 
posed leaf-segments ovate, mostly 3 pairs; 
stipules broad, coarsely cut-toothed; flowers 
4//-6/’ broad, the buds ovoid, acute; fruit re- 
flexed, 3’ long, short-turbinate, abruptly 
contracted at the pedicel, the disk convex, 
the dilated marginal rim bearing numerous 
reflexed spreading and erect bristles. 
Woods and thickets, New Brunswick to Min- 
nesota, North Carolina and California. Roots 
fibrous. June-Aug. The European A. Eupa- 
toria J, differs markedly in foliage and fruit 
from any of our species. 
2. Agrimonia striata Michx. Woodland Agrimony. (Fig. 1958.) 
A, striata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am, 1: 278. 1803. Pea 
Agrimonia parviflora DC. Prodr. 2: 587. 1821. 
Not Soland. 1789. 
A, microcarpa Wallr. Beitr. Bot. 1:39. A2.7.f.3. 1842. 
Agrimonia rostellata Wallr. Beitr. Bot. 1: 42. 1842. 
Mostly about 2° high (1°-5°), minutely glan- 
dular, simple or delicately paniculately 
branched; racemes filiform short, loosely flow- 
ered. Roots tuberous. Stem glabrous, or with 
scattered hairs above; leaflets thin, commonly 
5, mostly oblong or obovate-oblong and obtuse, 
crenate or dentate, often cuneate, scarcely cili- 
ate; interposed leaf-segments usually a small 
entire pair; stipules small, entire and lanceo- 
late, or ovate and laciniate; flowers 2//-2'4// 
broad, the buds subglobose, truncate or nearly 
so; fruit 2’” high or less, spreading or nodding, 
hemispheric, the furrows shallow or obsolete; 
disk very tumid, its rim unmargined, its bristles 
short and weak, erect or ascending. 
In dry woods, Connecticut to Virginia and Mis- 
souri. July—Sept. 
3. Agrimonia pumila Muhl. Small- 
fruited Agrimony. (Fig. 1959.) 
Agrimonia pumila Muhl, Cat. 47. 1813. 
Small and slender, 1°-2° high, erect or assur- 
gent, simple, or witha few branches above. Root 
tuberous; stem villous with spreading hairs below, 
appressed-pubescent above; leaves often crowded 
toward the base of the stem, frequently 3-foliolate; 
leaflets 3-5, small, elliptic to obovate or cuneate, 
obtuse or acute at the apex, often pilose above, 
soft-pubescent and pale beneath; interposed leaf- 
segments, if any, a small pair; stipules small, the 
lower ones lanceolate and entire, the upper 
rounded on the outer side and laciniate; racemes 
very loosely flowered, flowers small; fruit 2’’ long 
or less, minutely glandular, hemispheric to turbi- 
nate; disk flat; bristles few, ascending or erect. 
In dry soil, Pennsylvania and Maryland to Florida, 
Kentucky and Louisiana. Aug. 
