Agrimonia Eupatoria. Agrimony. 



AGRIMONIA Lin. Gen. PL Dodecandria Digynia. 



Cal 5 dentatus, altero obvallatus. Petala 5. Sem. 2, in fundo calycis. 

 Rait Syn. Gen. 10. Herbje flore perfecto simplici seminibus nudis solitariis 



SEU AD SINGULOS FLORES SINGULIS. 



AGRIMONIA Eupatoria foliis caulinis pinnatis : impari petiolato, fructibus hifpidis. Lin Svfi Vesr -b 



372. Sp. PL p. 643. Fl. Succ. n. 423. " ' J * &% F ' 



AGRIMONIA foliis pinnatis, pinnulis alterne minimis. Haller Hi/I. 991 . 



AGRIMONIA Eupatoria. Scopoli Fl. Carn. n. 567. 



EUPATORIUM veterum feu Agrimonia. Baub. Pin. 321. 



AGRIMONIA Ger. emac. 712. 



AGRIMONIA vulgaris. Park. 594. Rati Syn. p. 202. Agrimony. Hud/on. Fl. Angl. ed. 2. p. 206. 

 Light foot FL Scot- p. 247. 



RADIX perennis, ramofa, rubefcens, fquamis nigri- ^ROOT perennial, branched, of a reddifh colour, befet 

 cantibus obfefla. | with blackim fcales. 



CAULIS pedalis ad tripedalem, ereftus, teres, obfolete | STALK from one to three feet high, upright, round, 

 angulofus, hirfutus, rubicundus aufc rubro ? faintly angular, hirfute, reddifh or dotted with 



punctatus, fimplex vel ramofus. | red, fingle or branched. 



FOLIA alterna, fubambrofiaca, hirfuta, interrupte pin- % LEAVES alternate, fomewhat fragrant, hirfute, inter- 

 nata cum impari, 5 vel 6 juga, pinnae fub- | ruptedly pinnated with an odd one at the end, 



oppofitac, feffiles, fubovatae, venofae, ferratae, % compofed of five or fix pair of pinnae, pinnae 



ciliatae, pinnulae plerumque integrae aut trifidae. | moftly oppofite, fertile, fomewhat ovate, veiny, 



$ ferrated, edged with hairs, the fmall pinnae for 



I the mod: part entire or trifld. 



STIPULE duae, oppofite, majufculae, amplexicaules, | STIPULE two, oppofite, rather large, embracing the 

 patentes, profunde ferratae. % ftalk, fpreading, and deeply ferrated. 



BRACTEiE trifidae, laciniis linearibus, hirfutis. | FLORAL-LEAVES trifld, the fegments linear and 



% hirfute. 



SPICA terminalis, _ elongata, hirfuta, floribus breviter | SPIKE terminal, elongated, hirfute, the flowers ftand- 

 pedicellatis. 3. ing on very fhort foot-ftalks. 



CALYX: PERiANTHiuMmonophyllum, quinquefidum, | CALYX: a Perianthium of one leaf, divided into 

 fuperum, perfiftens, laciniis ovatis, acutis, fig. | five fegments, placed above the germen, 



1. extra fetis filiformibus, rigidis, apice pur- % and permanent, the fegments ovate, pointed', 



pureis, uncinatis, cinctura, fig. 2. intus fub- | Jig. 1. externally furrounded with rigid, fiii- 



ftantia flava glandulofa claufum ; Involucrum % form, hooked, briftles, purple at the points, fig. 



ad bafin germinis diphyllum foliolis binis feu | 2. within clofed with a yellow glandular 'fub- 



tridentatis, fig. 3. I ftance; Involucrum at the bafe of the germen, 



I compofed of two leaves, each of which has 



I two or three teeth, fig. 3. 



COROLLA: Petala quinque, fubovata, flava, pa- ? COROLLA : five Petals, fomewhat ovate, yellow, 

 tentia, feffilia, fubfrantia glandulofa calycis in- | fpreading, feffile, inferted into the glandular 



ferta, fig. 4, •% fubftance of the calyx, fig. 4. 



STAMINA: Filament a undecim, feu duodecim, | STAMINA : eleven or twelve Filaments, of a yel- 

 lutefcentia, curvata, cum petalis inferta. An- % lowifh colour, bent and inferted with the petals. 



therje didymae, compreffae, fig. 5. Anthers compofed of two lobes and flat- 



$. tened, fig. 5. 



PISTILLUM: Germen inferum, fig. 6. Styli duo, * PISTILLUM : Germen beneath the calyx, fig. 6. 

 curvati, longitudine ftaminum. Stigmata | Styles two, bent, the length of the ftamina. 



obtufa, fig. 7. * Stigmata blunt, fig. 7. 



PERICARPIUM: Capsula e calyce orta, nutans, ex- | SEED-VESSEL a Capsule, arifing from the calyx, 

 tra_ fulcatum, ^fuperne cindla ariftis uncinatis, ^ drooping, grooved on the outfide, on the upper 



unilocularis, fig. 8. | part furrounded with hooked beards, of one 



^ cavity, fig. 8. 



SEMINA duo, fubrotunda, glabra, fig. 9. t SEEDS two, roundim and fmooth, fig. 9. 



Agrimony is a plant of very general growth, being found not only in Europe, but in Virginia and Japan. 



It has been chiefly regarded as a medicinal plant, and as fuch is often raifed in gardens. Culture does not feem 

 to produce any material change in its quality. Another fpecies or variety, of foreign original, common alfo in our 

 gardens, and differing little in appearance from our indigenous Agrimony, promifes to be iuperior to it in virtue, as 

 its tafte is more aromatic, and its fmell much ftronger, and very agreeable. Caspar Bauhine calls it Eupatorium 

 cdoratum. Fabius Columna Eupatorium Dioficoridh odoratum et aromaticum. Lewis Difp. ed. Aik. p. 29. 



The leaves of Agrimony have a {lightly bitterifh, roughifh tafte, accompanied with an agreeable, though very 

 weak, aromatic flavour. The flowers are in fmell ftronger, and more agreeable, than the leaves, and in tafte 

 fomewhat weaker. They readily give out their virtues both to water and rectified fpirit. The leaves impart to the 

 former a greenifh yellow, to the latter a deep green colour : the flowers yield their own deep yellow tincture to 

 both menftrua. Id. 



Agrimony is one of the milder corroborants ; and in this intention is fometimes employed, efpecially among the 

 common people, againft habitual diarrhoeas, and cachectic and other indifpoiitions, from 'a lax ftate of the folids. 

 Infufions of the leaves, which are not ungrateful, may be drank as tea. It is fometimes joined with other ingre- 

 dients in diet drinks for purifying the blood, and in pectoral Apozems. Id. 



This plant delights in a dry foil, and grows almoft every where, in this kingdom, in open paftures, in the 

 borders of fields, and by the fides of hedges and ditches, flowering from July to September. 



Cattle in general diflike and leave it untouched. 



