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MONOGYNIA. 



LYTHRUM. Gen. pL 604. 

 Cal. 1 2-fidu.s, Pelala 6, calyci inferta. C^ps, 2 lo- 

 cularis, polyfperma. 

 falicaria i. LYTHRUM. foliis oppofitis cordato-lanceolatis, 

 floribus Ipicatis dodecandris. Sp. pi 640. (Ger. 

 em. 476./. 5. Fet. herb. t. 61. f. 6) 

 Pnrple-fpiked Willow herb, or Loofeftrife. Ji^^lis. 

 On the banks of ditches and rivers, and in marihy 

 places frequent, n. VII. 



The ftalk is three or four feet high, ere£l, qua- 

 drangular, and branch'd towards the top into 

 longverticillated fpikes of fpec!ous purple flowers, 

 the leaves grow either oppofite, or three in a 

 whirl : the petals are flaccid : the calyces fcfiile, 

 and lo-angular. 



It is of an aftringent quality, but rarely ufed in 

 medicine. Cattle are fond of it. 



D I G Y N I A. 



AGRIiMONIA. Gen. pi. 607. 

 Cal. 5-dentatus, akero obvallatus. Petala 5. Sem. 

 2, in fundo calycis. 

 eupatoriai. AGRIMONIA foliis caulinis pinnatis, imparl pe- 

 tiolato, frudibus hifpidis. Sp. pi. 64 j. (^Miller. 

 icon. 15. Ger. em. 712) 

 Agrimony. An^lis. 



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