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lets small, many, intermediate ones much smaller. Fl. yellowish 

 white tinged with red. Pet. obovate. — Dry chalky and hme- 

 stone pastures. P. VI. VII. Bropwort. 



Tribe II. Sanguisorbea. 



3. Sanguisorba Linn. Great Burnet. 



1. S. officinalis (L.) ; spikes ovate-oblong, stam. about as long 

 as the calyx, leaflets cordate-oblong. — E. B. 1312. — L. pinnate 

 glabrous ; leaflets about 1 3, stalked, opposite, obtuse, coarsely 

 serrate. Fr. oblong, winged chiefly in its upper half, 'transverse 

 section round, 4 wings thin.^ — /3. media; spikes elongated cyhn- 

 drical. — Damp meadows. P. VI.— VIII. 



4. PoTERiUM Linn. Lesser Burnet. 



1. P. Sanguisorba (L.) ; herbaceous, st. slightly angular, cal. 

 of the/™* hardened quadrangular reticulate-rugose.— E.B.S60. 

 — L. pinnate with many small ovate coarsely serrate subsessile 

 leaflets glabrous or slightly hairy beneath. Lower part of the 

 stems and petioles often downy. — On a dry calcareous soil. 

 P. VI.— VIII. E. I. 



2. P. muricatum (Spach) ; herbaceous, st. slightly angular, 

 calyx of fruit hardened A-winged pitted, pits with elevated and 

 denticulate edges. — Closely resembling the preceding species but 

 usually larger in all its parts. Leaflets usually oval. — Dry places. 

 P. VI. VII. E. 



5. Agrimonia Linn. 



1. A. Eupatoria (L.) ; eal.-tube offr. obconic furrowed to the 

 base, exterior spines spreading, 1. interruptedly pinnate serrate 

 shaggy beneath.— JS. B. 1335. St. 69. 4.— St. erect, about 2 feet 

 high. Spikes long with distant yellow flowers. Leaflets deeply 

 serrated. — Fields and road-sides. P. VI. VII. 



2. A. odorata (Mill.); cal.-tube offr. bellshaped not furrowed, 

 exterior spines declining, 1. interruptedly pinnate hairy and with 

 minute glands beneath. — Scented. Spikes long. Fl. yellow ; pet. 

 obovate-lanceolate, wedgeshaped below, distant, spreading, flat, 

 turning up at the end. Styles spreading. Leaflets deeply and 

 sharply serrate throughout. Cal.-tube of the large fruits rarely 

 with shallow furrows in its upper half. Taller than No. 1, usually 

 more branched; 1. and Its., fl. and fr. larger. — Waste places. 

 P. VI. VII. E. L 



