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xxvii. rosacea: : rosea:. [ Agrimonia . 
0 . — Barren fl. Cal. of 4 deep segments. Stam. 30 — 40, with 
very long flaccid filaments. — Fertile fl. Cal. tubular, con- 
tracted at the mouth, with 4 deciduous teeth. Stigmas tufted. 
Achenes 1 — 2, invested with the hardened 4-angled tube of the 
calyx. — Named from poterium, a drinking-cup ; the plant 
having been used in the preparation of a drink, called in Eng- 
land a cool-tankard. 
1. P. Sanguisdrba L. ( common Si) ; calyx of fruit sessile 
glabrous unarmed reticulate-rugulose not pitted, the angles 
margined, styles 2, stem somewhat angular. E. B. t. 860. 
Dry and most frequently chalky pastures, abundant. Rather rare 
in Scotland and Ireland. If-. 6 — 8. — Stem 1 — 2 ft. high. Leaves 
pinnate, with ovate serrate leaflets. Flowers dull purplish. Inflores- 
cence in this and the next centrifugal, as in most of the genus. — The 
leaves taste and smell like cucumber, and are eaten in salad. 
2. P. muricdtum Spach ( muricated S.) ; calyx of fruit sessile 
glabrous wrinkled with pits whose margins are muricated, an- 
gles crested, stem somewhat angular. 
Dry calcareous soil. Near Cambridge; Hevdon and Saffron- 
Walden, Essex; Box Hill, Warwickshire. 7J- . 7. — Very similar 
to the last, of which it was formerly considered a variety, and from 
which it is chiefly distinguishable by the fructiferous calyx, and the 
much larger fruit. 
13. Agrimonia Linn. Agrimony. 
Cal. turbinate, at length hardened, covered with hooked bris- 
tles, 5-cleft. Pet. 5, inserted upon the calyx. Stam. 7 — 20. 
Ackenes 2. — Name corrupted from Argemone, given by the 
Greeks to a plant supposed to cure the cataract in the eye, 
called apytpa. 
1. A. Eupatdrium L. ( common A.) ; cauline leaves interrupt- 
edly pinnate softly villous underneath, leaflets 7 — 9 rounded at 
the base with 6 — 8 coarse serratures on each side, terminal one 
stalked, spikes elongated interrupted, calyx-tube obconical 
deeply furrowed to the base, the teeth with a straight point, 
exterior spines spreading. E. B. t. 1335. 
Borders of fields, waste places, and road-sides. fl. . 6, 7. — Stem 
2 ft. or more high. Leaflets deeply serrate ; intermediate smaller ones 
3 — 5-cleft. Flowers yellow, in a long simple or branched spike, with 
a 3-cleft bractea at their bases. 
2. A. odoruta Mill. ( fragrant A.) ; cauline leaves interrupt- 
edly pinnate softly villous underneath, leaflets 7 — 9 rounded at 
the base with 6 — 8 coarse serratures on each side, terminal one 
stalked, spikes elongated interrupted, calyx-tube campanulate 
even when in fruit, the teeth with a straight point, exterior 
spines very patent or reflexed. 
