AGRIMONIA AGRIMONY. 



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Gillenia stipulacece Nuttall, a species closely resembling the preceding, 

 and growing in similar situations, is possessed of identical properties. 

 Both species were formerly official, but have been dropped from the Phar- 

 macopoeia, since they are, at best, but poor substitutes for ipecacuanha. 



AGRIMONIA. —Agrimony. 



Agrimonia EupatoriaLinne. — Agrimony. 



Description. — Calyx turbinate, contracted at the throat, 5-cleft, armed 

 with hooked bristles. Corolla : petals 5, twice as long as the calyx, yellow. 



Fig. 124.— Agrimonia Eupatoria. 



Flower enlarged. 



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Fig. l'?0.~ Agr'monia Eupatoria. 



Fig. 125.— Agrimonia Eupatoria. 

 Flowers natural size. 



Stamens 12 to 15, inserted with the petals in the throat of the calyx. Ova- 

 ries 2 ; styles terminal. Fruit 2-achenia inclosed in the persistent, indu- 

 rated calyx. 



An herbaceous perennial, 2 to 4 feet high. Leaves interruptedly pin- 

 nate ; leaflets 5 to 7, with minute ones intermixed, oblong-obovate, coarsely 



