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XXTIT. ROSACEA : ROSE-^.. [.^P^^^^ionia. 



having been used m the preparation of a drink, called in Eno-- 

 land a cooUtankai^d. ° 



1. P. Sanguisorha L. (common S.)\ calyx of fruit sessile 

 glabrous unarmed reticulate-rugulose not pitted, the ano-l^g 

 margined, styles 2, stem somewhat angular. E. B. t. 860.^ 



Dry and most frequently chalky pastures, abundant. 

 in Scotland and Ireland. 



Rather rare 

 h' 6—S.— Stem 1—2 ft. high. Leaves 

 pinnate, with ovate serrate leaflets. Flowers dull purplish. Infores^ 



cence in this and the next centrifugal, as in most of the genus The 



leaves taste and smell like cucumberj and are eaten in salad. 



2. P. muricdtum Spach (niuricated S.) ; calyx of fruit sessile 

 glabrous wrinkled with pits whose margins are muricated, an- 

 gles crested, stem somewhat angular. 



Dry calcareous soil. Near Cambridge ; Ileydon and Saffron- 

 Walden, Essex ; Box Hill, Warwickshire. 1^. 7. — Very similar 

 to the last, of which it was formerly considered a variety, and from 

 which it is chiefly distinguishable by the fructiferous cali/x, and the 

 much larger jTrw//. 



13. Agrimonia Linn. Agrimony. 



Cal turbinate, at length hardened, covered with hooked bris- 

 tles, 5-cleft, Pet. 5, inserted upon the calyx. Stam. 7—20. 

 JcJienes2, — Name corrupted from Argemone^ given by the 

 Greeks to a plant supposed to cure the cataract in the eye, 



called apyeixa, 



1. A. Enpatoria L. (common A.) ; cauline leaves interrupt- 

 edly pinnate softly villous underneath, leaflets 7 — 9 rounded at 

 the base with 6 — 8 coarse serratures on each side, terminal one 

 stalked, spikes elongated interrupted, calyx-tube obconical 

 deeply furrowed to the base, the teeth with a straight point, 

 exterior spines spreading. E, B, t. 1335. 



Borders of fields, waste places, and road-sides. 1/.. 6, 7.— Stem 

 2 ft. or more high. Leaflets deeply serrate; intermediate smaller ones 

 3 — 5-cleft. Flowers yellow, in a long simple or branched spike^ with 

 a 3-cleft hractea at their bases. 



2. A. odordta Mill, (fragrant A?) ; cauline leaves interrupt- 

 edly pinnate softly villous underneath, leaflets 7—9 rounded at 

 the base with 6— 8 coarse serratures on each side, terminal one 

 stalked, spikes elongated interrupted, calyx-tube campanulate 

 even when in fruit, the teeth with a straight point, exterior 

 spines very patent or reflexed. 



Beaumont, Jersey, Hampshire; Start-point, Devon; Gwitbian, 

 Cornwall; Lough Neath, Ireland. "2/.. 6, 7. — Of this we have seen 

 no British specimens. According to C, A. Meyer, it differs from the 

 last only by the mature calyx. 



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