n. o. rosace. 525 



membranous. Leaflets 3-9, opposite and alternate oblong, obtuse, 

 lobate or serrate. Stipules ovate entire, very broad or narrow. 

 Petiole slender i-2in., pedicels axillary, solitary, slender, -§-Jin. 

 Calyx-lobes obtuse or acute, as are the bracteoles. Petals 

 smaller than the calyx, oblong, yellow. Achenes very many, 

 minute, smooth or rigid ; receptacle globose, villous ; style 

 subterminal. 



Use : — The roots are employed in Sind as a febrifuge (Mur- 

 ray, 143). The medicinal properties depend upon tannin ; 

 they are astringent and tonic (Dymock). 



472. Agrimonia eupatorium Linn, h.f.b.i., ii. 461. 



Syn. ' — A. nepalensis, Don Prodr. 



English : — Agrimony. 



Habitat : — Temperate Himalaya, from Murree and Kashmir, 

 altitude 3- 10,000ft. ; Sikkim, alt. 7-10,000ft. ; Khasia Mis., 

 4-6,000ft. Mishmi Hills. Westwards from Persia to the Atlantic, 

 Siberia and Java. N. America. Java ? (J. W. Hooker). 



A slender, erect, leafy perennial herb. Rootstock woody, short 

 or long. Leaves 4-7in. Leaflets 6-21, sessile, alternate, often 

 small hairy on both surfaces, larger 1-iin. elliptic-ovate or 

 obovate rarely orbicular ; smaller often orbicular and minute ; 

 petiole slender. Stipules large, leafy, lunate entire or toothed. 

 Racemes slender, lengthening in fruit ; pedicels reflexed in 

 fruit ; bracts 3-fid or 3-partite. Flowers £in. diam. Petals 

 oblong-ovate, yellow. Calyx-tube -Jin., hardened in fruit, 

 grooved, lobes conniving in fruit ; top of tube with a dense ring 

 of spines which become hooked in fruit and are erect, with the 

 outer spreading. 



Use : — From the remotest times Agrimony has enjoyed a 

 high reputation among the herbalists of Europe ; it is strange 

 that it should be apparently quite unknown to the native doc- 

 tors of India. The root is a powerful astringent, a useful tonic, 

 and a mild febrifuge (Watt). 



473. Rosa damascena, Mill, h.f.b.i., ii. 364. 

 Vern :— Gulab ; Sudburg (H. and Bomb.) ; Gulappa irro- 



