AGRIMONIA — AGRIMONY. 



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OiUenia sfipiilacenj Nuttall, a species closely resembling the preceding, 

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

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

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



AGRDIONI A. — AoniMONY. 



Agrimonia EupatoriaLinne. — Agrimony. 



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

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



Tia. 124.— Aiirimonin Knp!\li(kia. 

 Flower euliirgutj. 



Fio. 130.— Asr'monin Kiiimtorln, 



Fia. 125. —Agrimonia Eupntoria, 

 Flowers nnturnl eizo. 



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, obloug-obovate, coarsely 



