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adopted for this species the name A. striata Michx. See under that 
species, where the case is discussed in full. 
Agrimonia microcarpa Wallroth. The first name for this 
species was A. pumila Muhl., printed in his Catalogue. The only 
thing said about this species beside the name is: ‘‘Small, Miss.,’’ 
which means that the trivial name is small agrimony and that it 
grows in Mississippi. Now the only small agrimony growing in 
Mississippi is the present species and Mr. Bicknell evidently 
identified Agrimonia pumila Muhl. correctly. It had never been 
published under that name however, before Bicknell adopted it 
in his paper. There is no question that the species that Bicknell 
had in mind and that I now discuss is A. pumila Muhl. There is 
even more doubt that A. microcarpa Wallr. belongs to this plant. 
Wallroth cites three specimens: Pennsylvania (Moser), southern 
Georgia (Beyrich), and Jalapa (Schiede). As there is no indication 
of type, the first specimen should be regarded as such. I have 
seen no specimen of it from Pennsylvania, the nearest being from 
Maryland. In the former state it is represented by A. platycarpa 
Wallr. It is not likely that Wallroth should have confused the 
two species, as he is the author of both. Beyrich’s plant undoubt- 
edly belongs to A. microcarpa as here understood, but Schiede’s 
plant from Jalapa, Mexico, belongs to A. Pringlei. The latter 
is glandular-granuliferous and must, therefore, be placed near 
A. striata. No one before Bicknell seems to have noticed the 
tuberous character of A. microcarpa and the other non-glandular. 
species. This is not found in A. Pringlei. 
Agrimonia platycarpa Wallr. This has not been recognized 
since Wallroth’s time. It is closely related to A. microcarpa. In 
the latter the leaves are situated near the base of the stem, having 
either 3 leaflets of nearly the same size, or else also an additional 
much smaller pair below. In A. platycarpa the leaflets are 5 or 
7 and the lower only slightly reduced. The fruit in A. platycarpa 
is broader than in A. microcarpa, usually broader than long, 
and with a more prominent flange or rim. Its range is more 
northern than that of A. microcarpa. 
Agrimonia pubescens Wallr. This was first distinguished by 
Torrey & Gray under the name Agrimonia Eupatoria mollis. It 
Was raised to specific rank by Britton,* following the Madison 
* Bull. Torrey Club 19: 221. 1804. 
