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membranous. Leaflets 3-9, opposite and alternate oblong, obtuse, 
lobate or serrate. Stipules ovate entire, very broad or narrow. 
Petiole slender |~2in., pedicels axillary, solitary, slender, -J~|in. 
Calyx-lobes obtuse or acute, as are the bracteoles. Petals 
smaller than the calyx, oblong, yellow. Achenes very many, 
minute, smooth or rigid ; receptacle globose, villous ; style 
subterminal. 
• Use: — Tbo roots are employed in Sind as a febrifuge (Mur- 
ray, 143). The medicinal properties depend upon tann in ; 
they ar e astringen t and tonic (Dymock). 
472 . Agnmonia eupatonum Linn.u.F.h.i., II. 461 . 
Syn. ■ — A. nepalensis, Don Prodr. 
English : — Agrimony. 
Habitat : — Temperate Himalaya, from Murree and Kashmir, 
altitude 3- 10,000ft. ; Sikkim, alt. 7-10, 000ft. ; Khasia Mts., 
4-6, 000ft. Mishmi Hills. Westwards from Persia to the Atlantic, 
Siberia and Java. N. America. Java ? (J. W. Hooker). 
A slender, erect, leafy perennial herb. Rootstock woody, short 
or long. Leaves 4-7in. Leaflets 6-21, sessile, alternate, often 
small hairy on both surfaces, larger 1-^in. elliptic-ovate or 
obovate rarely orbicular ; smaller often orbicular and minute ; 
petiole slender. Stipules large, leafy, lunate entire or toothed. 
Racemes slender, lengthening in fruit; pedicels reflexed in 
fruit; bracts 3-fid or 3-partite. Flowers |-in. diam. Petals 
oblong-ovate, yellow. Calyx-tube |in., hardened in fruit, 
grooved, lobes conniving in fruit ; top of tube with a dense ring 
of spines which become hooked in fruit and are erect, with the 
outer spreading. 
Use : — From the remotest times Agrimony has enjoyed a 
high reputation among the herbalists of Europe ; it is strange 
that it should be apparently quite unknown to the native doc- 
tors of India. The root is a powerful astringent, a useful tonic, 
and a mild febrifuge (Watt). 
473 . Rosa damascena, Mill, h.f.b.i., ii. 364 . 
Vern : — Gulab ; Sudburg (H. and Bomb.) ; Gulappa irro- 
