AGRIMONIA AGRIMONY. 



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Gillenia stipulacecK Nuttall, a species closely resembling the preceding, 

 and growing in similar situations, is possessed of identical properties. 

 Both species were formerly official, but have been dropped from the Phar- 

 macopoeia, since they are, at best, but poor substitutes for ipecacuanha. 



AGRIMONIA. AGRIMONY. 



Agrimonia Eupatoria Linne. A grimony. 



Description. Calyx turbinate, contracted at the throat, 5-cleft, armed 

 with hooked bristles. Corolla : petals 5, twice as long as the calyx, yellow. 



PIG. 124. Agrimonia Eupatoria. 

 Flower enlarged. 



FIG. 126. Agrimonia Eupatoria. 



FIG. 125. Agrimonia Eupatoria. 

 Flowers natural size. 



Stamens 12 to 15, inserted with the petals in the throat of the calyx. Ova- 

 ries 2 ; styles terminal. Fruit 2-achenia inclosed in the persistent, indu- 

 rated calyx. 



An herbaceous perennial, 2 to 4 feet high. Leaves interruptedly pin- 

 nate ; leaflets 5 to 7, with minute ones intermixed, oblong-obovate, coarsely 



