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AGRIMONIA* *. 



Linnean Class and Order. Dodeca'ndria f, Digy'nia. 



Natural Order. Rosa'ceas, Juss. Gen. PI. p.334. — Sm.Gram. 

 of Bot. p. 171. — Lindl. Syn. p. 88 ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. p. 81. — 

 Rich by Macgilliv. p. 528. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 512. 



Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 3.) inferior, of 1 sepal, turbinate, 

 permanent, covered with rigid hooked bristles, with 5 small, pointed, 

 permanent marginal segments ; the tube subsequently hardened, 

 closed over the seeds. Corolla of 5, flat, spreading, notched, petals, 

 each with a small narrow claw, attached to the rim of the calyx. 



' Filaments (fig. 1.) hair-like, arising from the rim of the calyx, 

 shorter than the corolla, indeterminate in number, from 7 to 20. 

 Anthers small, 2-lobed, compressed. Germens 2, sometimes 3, 

 egg-shaped, compressed, at the bottom of the calyx. Styles (figs. 2 

 and 5) lateral, simple, as long as the stamens. Stigma obtuse, un- 

 divided. Seeds (fig. 6.) generally 2, sometimes 1, or 3, egg-shaped, 

 smooth, compressed, pointed, upright, inclosed in the hardened 

 tube of the calyx, (see fig. 4). 



Distinguished from other genera in the same class and order, by 

 the 5-cleft calyx ; the corolla of 5 petals ; and the seeds invested 

 by the hardened calyx. 



One species British. 



AGRIMO'NIA EUPATO'RIA. Common Agrimony. 



Spec. Char. Stem-leaves interruptedly pinnate ; leaflets elliptic- 

 oblong ; the terminal one stalked. Calyx bristly. Spikes elongated. 



Eng. Bot. t. 1335.— Curt. FI. Lond. t. 317.— Linn. Sp. PI. p. 643.— Huds. FI. 

 Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 206. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. ii. p. 511. Eng. FI. v. ii. p. 346. — 

 With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 575. — Lindl. Syn. p. 99. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 217. — Light. 

 FI. Scot. v. i. p. 247. — Mart. FI. Rust. t.37. — Woodv. Med. Bot. Suppl. t. 258. 

 Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 150. — Abbot’s FI. Bed. p. 104. — Purt. Mid. FI. v. i. p. 228. 

 — Relh. FI. Cant. (3rd ed.) p. 189. — Hook Fi. Scot. p. 147. — Grev. FI. Edin. 

 p. 105. — Johnston’s FI. Berw. v. i. p. 105. — FI. Devon, pp. 79 & 171. — Don’s 

 Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. ii. p. 563. — Walk. FI. Oxf. p. 132. — Mack. Cat. 

 of PI. of Irel. p. 46. — Agrimonia vulgaris, Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 577. — 

 Agrimonia, Ray’s Syn. p. 202.— Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 712. 



Localities. — In bushy places ; by road sides ; and on the borders of fields. — 

 Common. 



Fig. 1. Stamens. — Fig. 2. Germen, Styles, and Stigmas. — Fig. 3. Calyx. — 

 Fig. 4. Transverse section of the hardened tube of the Calyx and Seeds. — Fig. 5. 

 A separate Gerinen, Style, and Stigma. — Fig. 6. Seeds. 



* Corrupted from Argemone, a name given by the Greeks to a plant sup- 

 posed to cure the cataract in the eye, called argema, Gr. Dr. Hooker. 



According to Dr. Withering, the name is derived from agros, Gr. a field; 

 and meno, Gr. to inhabit; its usual station being in corn-fields. 



+ The eleventh class in the Linnean Artificial System ; it comprehends 

 those plants with perfect flowers, which have from 12 to 19 stamens in each, 

 both numbers inclusive. 



1 agree with Dr. Hooker in considering the genus Agrimonia would be better 

 placed with its affinities in the class Icosandria. 



