THE AGRIMONY. 167 



AGRIMONY. 



Agrimonia. 



Welsh, Tryw, y Drydon, Troed y dryw, Cwlyn, or Caliwlyn y 

 mel, Cychwlyn, Blaen y conyn or y mel, y Felysig, Llysiau 

 'r fuddau. French, Aigremoine. German, Odermennig. 

 Dutch, Agrimonie. Spanish and Portuguese, Agrimonia. 

 Russian, Repnik. Japanese, Daikon so. 



NATURAL. 



Dodecandria. Rosacece. 



Monogynia. Dryadece. 



Agrimonia. 



THE agrimony, of which we have but one British 

 species (Agrimonia Eupcbtoria), is a remarkably 

 handsome plant, whose pinnated leaves, deeply 

 serrated leaflets, and yellow apricot-scented blossom 

 spikes decorate the borders of our fields, road- 

 sides, or other waste places, especially on chalk 

 soils, where it forms a very striking " fore-ground " 

 plant ; and from whence it is gathered with 

 great assiduity by the village herbalist : for the 

 various uses to which it was formerly applied are 

 by no means forgotten. The modern name of 

 liver-wort, which is applied to it, takes us back to 

 the days when Galen asserted its virtues as a 

 strengthener of that particular portion of the human 

 body. It is still applied, by the country people, 

 to ulcerated sores, as it was in the time of Dios- 



