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LYTHRUM. Gen. pi 604. 

 Cal. i2-fidus, Petala 6, calyci inferta. Cap5> 2 lo- 

 cularis, polyfperma. 

 falicaria 1, LYTHRUM. foliis oppofitis cordato-lanceolatis, 

 fioribns fpicatis dodecandris. Sp. pL 640. (Ger. 

 em. ^y6. f. 5. Pel. herb. t. 6i. f. 6) 



Purple-fpiked Willow-herb, or Looieftrife. Jvglis, 

 On the banks of ditches and rivers, and in marlhy 

 places frequent. %, VII. 



The ftalk is three or four feet high, erc6l, qua- 

 drangular, and branch'd towards the top into 

 long verticillated fpikes of fpecious purple flowers, 

 the leaves grow either oppofite, or three in a 

 whirl : the petals are flaccid : the calyces feflile, 

 and lo-angukr. 

 It is of an aftringent quality, but rarely ufed in 

 •K medicine. Cattle are fond of it. 



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AGRIMONIA. Gen. pL 607. 

 Cal. 5-dentatus, altero obvailatus. Petala 5. Sem, 

 2, in fundo calycis. 



eupatoriai. AGRIMONIA foliis caulinis pinnatis, impari pe- 

 tiolato, frudibus hifpidis. Sp. pi. 645. {Miller. 

 icon. 15. Ger. em. 712) 

 Agrimony. Anglis. 



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