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ditches, growing two or three feet high, in many upright spikes 

 of large purple flowers, which are borne in whirls four or five 

 together, with two leaves under each whirl. The calyx is fur- 

 nished with six long teeth, and between these six short teeth. 

 Upon its tube are inserted the twelve stamens and the six purple 

 petals. The stem is square and somewhat hairy. The leaves 

 in pairs, lance-shaped, and sessile. 

 O. S. Hyssop-leaved Purple Loose-strife, small and rare. 



AGRIMONY. A GRIMONIA. 



COMMON AGRIMONY. Agrimonia eupatoria. 



Plate 6, fig. 12. 



This is a most graceful and elegant plant ; not uncommon on 

 the borders of fields, and resembles no other of native growth. 

 Its leaves are pinnate or winged ; that is, formed of several 

 leaves joined together on the same stalk. Here there are 

 two or three pair of large leaves, with very small ones 

 between them, and a large one at the end all deeply serrated, 

 aud chiefly growing from the root. There is but one flowering 

 stem this grows upright from the ground, bears leaves on the 

 lower part, and flowers in a spiked manner above each other, 

 with a small three- cut leaf or bract under it. The calyx is 

 blunt, five-cleft, green, often spotted with purple. Petals five, 

 yellow. The seed vessel very rough and hairy. The fresh- 

 gathered leaves have a faint smell. 



MIGNIONETTE. WELD. RESEDA. 

 WELD. YELLOW WEED. DYER'S ROCKET. Reseda luteola. 



Plate 6, fig. 13. 

 Leaves oblong, entire. Calyx four-cleft. 



Plant upright, branched, one or two feet high, found on 

 walls, rubbish, &c. Leaves oblong and blunt. Stem furrowed 

 and hollow. Flowers in long spikes, nodding at the top, which 

 Linnaeus said follows the course of the sun, being towards the 

 east in the morning, south at mid-day, and west in the evening. 

 Calyx four-cleft. Petals five, three of them three-cleft, but not 



