COMPOS IT. E. 121 
SPECIES I.-EUPATORIUM CANNABINUM. Linn. 
Plate DCCLXXXV. 
h. Tc. FL Germ, et Helv. Vol. XVI. Tab. DCCCXCII. 
'. 11. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 33. 
Radical leaves oblanceolate, long-stalked ; stem-leaves opposite, 
shortly stalked, mostly tcrnate-partite, with 3 elliptical acuminate 
senate segments ; those of the branches simple, ovate or lanceo- 
late; all with distant short hairs, and sparingly sprinkled with 
small inconspicuous resinous dots. Anthodes with about 5 florets, 
in dense compound fastigiate corymbs. Pericline cylindrical ; 
phyllaries unequal, imbricated, the external ones ovate or broadly 
lanceolate, the inner ones oblong - strapshaped, sub - scarious. 
Pappus white, longer than the achene. 
In damp places by the sides of rivers, and at the base of cliffs 
on the sea-shore. Common, and generally distributed, extending 
North to Ross and Sutherlandshire. 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Late Summer 
and Autumn. 
Rootstock woody. Stems erect, puberulent, round, striate, 1 to 
6 feet high, with short axillary branches. Stem-leaves divided to the 
base into 3 (more rarely 5) segments, or in small plants undivided. 
Pericline J inch long, with the phyllaries scarious, and generally 
purple towards the apex. Corolla with 5 short teeth, pale reddish- 
lilac or nearly white. Anthers brown. Styles white, very long. 
Achenes prismatic, blackish, sprinkled with resinous dots, with 5 
very prominent ribs ; hairs of the pappus dirty-white, denticulate, 
caducous. Plant dull-green, slightly pubescent. 
Common Hemp- Agrimony . 
French, Eupatoire d, Feuilles de Chanvre. German, Ilaufartiyes Kunigundenkraut. 
The leaves of this plant are used in infusion as a tonic, and in the fenny districts, 
where it prevails, such medicines are very necessary. Country people lay the leaves 
near bread, and they consider that they thus prevent it from becoming mouldy. It is 
called Hemp-Agrimony from the resemblance of its leaves to those of temp, and its 
being classed by the old herbalists with Agrimony under the general name of Eupato- 
rium, or, as Gerarde writes it, Ilepatorium. 
Sub-Order III.— LIGULIPLOR.E. 
Plorets all ligulate and perfect. 
Herbs, with the juice generally milky, the leaves and phyl- 
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