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DIVISION I 
Common. Water Hemp-Agrimony. 
Eupatorium vulgare: 
The root is compofed of numerous fibres, 
connected to a fmall head. 
The ftalk is round, of a pale green, four feet 
high, and not much branched. 
The leaves are divided in the manner of fin- 
gers; and the fegments are very large, oblong, 
fharp-pointed, ferrated, and of a pale green. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks in 
vaft tufts; and are of a pale flefh-colour. 
It is common by waters, and flowers in June. 
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American Hemp-Agrimony. 
Eupatorium Americanum. 
The root is compofed of numerous fibres, con- 
nected to a {mall head. 
The ftalk is firm, round, upright, of.a redifh 
colour, dufted over with grey, and-is four feet 
high. 
The leaves ftand four at a joint; and they are 
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CG Bauhine calls it only, Eupatorium Cannabi- 
num. Others, Eupatorium Cannabinum mas. 
The leaves of this plant are fometimes undivi- 
ded at the upper part of the ftalks ; and in this 
condition it has been defcribed by fome as a dif- 
tinct fpecies ; but erroneoufly, for it is only a 
flight variety. 
It is a powerful diuretick and deobftruent, 
An infufion of the leaves is good againft the 
gravel ; and in the beginnings of dropfies. 
A ftrong decoétion of the frefh root is a rough 
purge. 
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oblong, broad, ferrated, rough to the touch, and 
of a dufky green. 
The flowers are placed at the tops of the 
branches in fmall heads; and they are of a redifh 
purple. 
it is common by rivers in Virginia, and flowers 
in Auguft, 
Cornutus calls it Eupatorium Americanum Solis 
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CUDWEED. 
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HE flower is compofed of numetous flofeules, placed ina common cup. This is of a rounded 
figure, and formed of many oval, pointed feales. The flofcules ate tubular, and divided 
into five fegments at the edge. The feeds are oblong, {mall, and winged with down. 
Linneus places this with the reft among the /yngenefia. 
DVS 1 ONE 
~ 1. Sea-Cudweed. 
Guaphalium maritimum. 
The root is long and woody. 
The ftalks ate numerous, round, white, and 
not much branched, and about ten inches high. 
The leaves are fhort, obtufe, and not at all di+ 
vided; they are of a white colour, and very 
thick covered with a downy matter. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the branches ; 
and are large and beautiful, of a fhining white 
on the edge, and a gold yellow in the middle. : 
We have it by our fea-coafts. It flowers in 
June. oe 
C. Bauhine calls it Guaphalium maritimum; a 
name others have copied. 
The whole plant has an agreeable fmell. 
2. Long-leaved, upright Cudweed. 
Gnaphalium Anglicum longifolium ereéium. 
The root is long and flender. 
The ftalks are flender, upright, and a foot 
and half high. 
The leaves are long and narrow; and whitifh, 
as are alfo the ftalks. 
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BRITISH SPECIES, 
The flowers grow in fmall, black heads, in the 
bofoms of the leaves from the middle to the top 
of the ftalk ; and the plant is feldom at all 
branched, 
It is common in woods and thickets, and 
flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Guaphalium majus angufto 
oblongo folio. 
3. Common Cudweed: 
Guaphalium vulgare. 
The root is fibrous. 
The ftalk is firm, upright, and ten inches high: 
it is of a tough fubftance, a whitith colour, and 
branched in a fingular manner. 
At the height of about feven inches there ftands 
a fingle head of flowers, which terminates the 
main-ftalk ; and from this rife two or more 
branches, each having at its top another head. 
Thefe are of a yellowith brown; and the leaves 
are oblong and white; frequently alfo there rife 
other branches from the lower part of the ftalk. 
C. Bauhine calls it Guaphalium vulgare majus, 
Others, Herba impia. 
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