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serrate /eaves and terminal bracteate spike-like racemes of small 

 y dlow //uKvrs ; sepals 5, imbricate, persistent ; /f/((/jr 5 ; stamens 

 ij — 2o;carpcIs 2, i-ovuled, within the spinous calyx-tube ; /«^// 

 Gt' I or 2 achenes. (Name of Greek origin.) 



I. A. Eiipatorui (Common Agrimony). — A slender, herbaceous 

 plant, I — z feet high, shaggy with soft hp.irs ; leaves interruptedly 



AGElM(jNiA EurATi'iKiA {Cominoii A gn'mon]'). POTFUHIM sanguim'jkba {Siil,iJ Buyiict). 



pinnate, deepl)' toothed ;//yii"f7'j- shortly s;ta]kcd nnd distant en tlie 

 long, tapering spike like raceme; ealy.x-tiihe ubconic, deeply fur- 

 rowed, spinous round its mouth, woody in fruit. --Idelds and revad 

 sides ; common. — Id. June — August. I'erennial. 



2. ^-i. od(}i\il,i (Scented Agrimony). ^A closely allied species, 

 more liranched, witfi an aromatic n-sinous scent, «ilh flmtvis 

 larger and clo.ser, and the e:uy.x-/i(/'e bcU-shaped and not furrowed. 



