Agrimonia Eupatoria. Agrimony. 
AGRIMONIA Lin. Gen. PI. Dodecandria Digynia. 
Cal. j dentatus, altero obvallatus. Petala j. Sem. i , in fundo calycis. 
Ran Syn. Gea. io. Herb.® bloke perfecto simplici seminibus nuois solitariis 
SEU AD SINGULOS FLORES SINGULIS. 
AGRIMONIA Eupatoria foliis caulinis pinnatis : impari petiolato, frudibus hifpidis. Lia. Sell Vest t 
372. Sp.Pl.p. 643. pi. Sute, tn 423. • 6 r ' 
AGRIMONIA foliis pinnatis, pinnulis alterne minimis. Haller Hljl.y 91. 
AGRIMONIA Eupatoria. Scopoli FI. Cani. n. 567. 
EUPATORIUM veterum feu Agrimonia. Bauh. Pin. 321. 
AGRIMONIA Ger. emac. 712. 
AGRIMONIA vulgaris. Park. 594. Rail Syn. p. 202. Agrimony. Hudp.n. FI. Aneri, ed. ■*. 206 
Lightfoot FI. Scot ■ p. 247. r 
RADIX perennis, ramofa, rubefcens, fquamis nigri- 
cantibus obfefla. 
CAULIS pedalis ad tripedalem, ereftus, teres, obfolete 
angulofus, hirfutus, rubicundus aut rubro 
pun&atus, (implex vel ramofus. 
FOLIA alterna, fubambrofiaca, hirfuta, interrupte pin- 
nata cum impari, 5 vel 6 juga, pinnae fub- 
oppofita?, feffiles, (ubovata?, venola?, ferrata?, 
ciliata?, pinnula? plerumque integra? aut trifida;. 
STIPULAE duae, oppofita?, majufcula?, amplexicaules, 
patentes, profunde ferrata;. 
BRACTEAE trifidae, laciniis linearibus, hirfutis. 
SPICA terminalis, elongata, hirfuta, floribus breviter 
pedicellatis. 
CALYX: Perianthium monophyllum, quinquefidum, 
fuperum, perfidens, laciniis ovatis, acutis, Jig. 
1. extra fetis filiformibus, rigidis, apice pur- 
pureis, uncinatis, cintdum, Jig. 2. intus lub- 
dantia flava glandulofa claufum ; Involucrum 
ad bafin germinis diphyllum foliolis binis feu 
tridentatis, jig. 3. 
3: ROOT perennial, branched, of a reddilh colour, befet 
I with blackifh fcales. 
I STALK from one to three feet high, upright, round, 
I faintly angular, hirfute, reddifh or dotted with 
I red, (ingle or branched. 
? LEAVES alternate, fomewhat fragrant, hirfute, inter- 
ruptedly pinnated with an odd one at the end, 
compofed of five or fix pair of pinna?, pinna; 
I modly oppofite, fefiile, (omewhat ovate, veiny, 
ferrated, edged with hairs, the fmall pinnae for 
I the mod part entire or trifid. 
I STIPULiE two, oppofite, rather large, embracing the 
dalk, fpreading, and deeply ferra ted. 
I FLORAL- LEAVES trifid, the fegments linear and 
¥ hirfute. . 
COROLLA: Petala quinque, fubovata, flava, pa- 
tentia, feffilia, fubdantia glandulola calycis in- 
ferta, fig. 4, 
STAMINA; Filamenta undecim, feu duodecim, 
lutefcentia, curvata, cum petalis inferta. An- 
t her te didyma?, compreda?, jig. 5. 
PISTILLUM: Germen inferum, jig. 6. Styli duo, 
curvati, longitudine daminum. Stigmata 
obtuia, jig. 7. 
PERICARPIUM : Capsula e calyce orta, nutans, ex- 
tra filicatum, fuperne cintda aridis uncinatis, 
unilocularis, jig. 8. 
SEMINA duo, fubrotunda, glabra, jig. 9. 
| SPIKE terminal, elongated, hirfute, the dowers dand- 
ing on very (hort foot-dalks. 
¥ CALYX : a Perianthium of one leaf, divided into 
five fegments, placed above the germen, 
I and permanent, the fegments ovate, pointed, 
jig. 1. externally furrounded with rigid, fili- 
I form, hooked, bridles, purple at the points, jig. 
I 2. within clofed with a yellow glandular fub- 
dance ; Involucrum at the bafe of the germen, 
I compofed of two leaves, each of which has 
two or three teeth, jig. 3. 
I COROLL A: five Petals, fomewhat ovate, yellow, 
fpreading, ieflile, inferted into the glandular 
i fubdance of the calyx, fig. 4. 
I STAMINA: eleven or twelve Filaments, of a yel- 
lowifli colour, bent and inferted with thepetals. 
I Anthers compofed of two lobes and flat- 
| tened, fig. 5. 
I PISTILLUM: Germen beneath the calyx, fig. 6. 
Styles two, bent, the length of the damina. 
Stigmata blunt, fig. 7. 
I SEED-VESSEL a Capsule, arifing from the calyx, 
drooping, grooved on the oucfide. on the upper 
I part furrounded with hooked beards, of one 
I cavity, fig. 8. 
t SEEDS two, roundifh and fmooth, Jig. 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 railed 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 (uperior to it in virtue, as 
its tade is more aromatic, and its fmell much dronger, and very agreeable. Caspar Bauhine calls it Eupatorium 
odoratum. Fabius Columna Eupatorium Diofcoridis odoratum et aromaticum. Lewi r Difp. ed. Aik. p. 29. 
The leaves of Agrimony have a dightly bitterilh, roughifh tade, accompanied with an agreeable, though very- 
weak, aromatic flavour. The flowers are in l'mell dronger, and more agreeable, than the leaves, and 111 tade 
fomewhat weaker. They readily give out their virtues both to water and rectified fpirit. The leaves impart to the 
former a greenilh yellow, to the latter a deep green colour : the flowers yield their own deep yellow tin&ure to 
both mendrua. Id. 
Agrimony is one of the milder corroborants; and in this intention is fometimes employed, efpecially among the 
common people, againd habitual diarrhoeas, and cache&ic and other indifpofitions, from a lax date of the folids. 
Infufions of the leaves, which are not ungrateful, may be drank as tea. It is lbmetimes. joined with other ingre- 
dients in diet drinks for purifying the blood, and in pe&oral Apofcerns. Id. 
This plant delights in a dry foil, and grows almod every where, in this kingdom, in open padures, in the 
borders of fields, and by the fides of hedges and ditches, flowering from July to September. 
Cattle in general dlflike and leave it untouched. 
