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ROSACEA 



serrate leaves and terminal bracteate spike-like racemes of small 

 yellow flowers ; sepals 5, imbricate, persistent ; petals 5 ; stamens 

 12 — 20; carpels 2, i-ovuled, within the spinous calyx-tube ; fruit 

 of i or 2 achenes. (Name of Greek origin.) 



1. A. Eupatbria (Common Agrimony). — A slender, herbaceous 

 plant, 1—2 feet high, shaggy with soft hairs ; leaves interruptedly 



agrim6nia eupat6ria (Common Agrimony). potSrium sanguisorba (Salad Burnet). 



pinnate, deeply toothed ;flozvers shortly stalked and distant on the 

 long, tapering spike-like raceme ; calyx-tube obconic, deeply fur- 

 rowed, spinous round its mouth, woody in fruit. — Fields and road- 

 sides ; common. — Fl. June — August. Perennial. 



2. A. odordta (Scented Agrimony). — A closely allied species, 

 more branched, with an aromatic resinous scent, with flowers 

 larger and closer, and the calyx-tube bell-shaped and not furrowed. 



