102 26. EosAOE^. 



tinged with red. Pet. obovate. — Dry chalky and limestone 

 pastures. P. VI. VII. Dropwort. E. S. I. 



Tribe II. Sanguisorbece. 



3. SANatrisoE'BA 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 IS, stalked, opposite, blunt, coarsely 

 serrate. Spikes rarely long, cylindrical. Fr. oblong, winged 

 chiefly in its upper half, transverse section terete, 4 wings thin. 

 —Damp meadows. P. VI.— VIU. E.S.I. 



4. Pote'eittm Linn. Lesser Burnet. 



1. P. Sanguisvr'ha (L.) ; herbaceous, st. slightly angular, cal. 

 of the fruit hardened quadratigular with 4 thin entire wings arid 

 netted veins. — E. B. 860. — 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 soU. P. VI. — VIII. E. S. I. 



J2. P. muricdtum (Spaoh) ; herbaceous, st. slightly angular, 

 calyx oi fruit hardened i-winged pitted, pits with elevated and 

 denticulate edges. — E. B. 8. 2989. — a. P. platylophum (Jord.) ; 

 fr.-cal. with rather blunt denticulate wings, pits with sharply 

 denticulate edges. — /3. P. stenolophum (Jord.) ; fr.-cal. with sharp 

 entire wings, pits with rather bluntly denticiJate edges. — Both 

 of these closely resemble Sp. 1, but are usually larger in all their 

 parts. Leaflets usually oval. — Dry places. P. VI. VII. E. 



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5. AoKiMo'iriA Linn. Agrimony. 



1. A. Eupatdria (L.) ; cal.-tube of fr. dbconic furrowed to the 

 base, exterior spines spreading, 1. interruptedly pinnate serrate 

 shaggy beneath.— X B. 1335. St. 59. 4.— St. erect, about 2 

 feet high. Spikes long with distant yellow flowers. Leaflets 

 deeply sen-ate.- Fields and roadsides. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



2. A. odordta (Mill.); cal.-tube of fr.hellshaped not furrow- 

 ed, exterior spines declining, 1. interruptedly pinnate hairy and 

 with minute glands beneath. — E. B. S. 2982. — Scented. Spikes 

 long. Fl. yellosv; pet. obovate-lanceolate, wedgeshaped below, 

 distant, spreading, flat, turning up at the end. Styles spreading. 

 Leaflets deeply and sharply serrate throughout. Cal.-tube of 



