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and hardened. Seeds: two, roundifh.— EJfcntial Character. 
Calyx five-cleft, fenced with another; petals five; feeds 
two, at the bottom of the calyx. 
Species, i. Agrimonia eupatoria, or common agrimony: 
ftem-leaves pinnate, the end-lobe petiolate, fruits liifpid. 
This fpecies is a native of woods, Iliad y places, hedges, 
and borders of corn-fields, in Great Britain, and moft parts 
of Europe. It is perennial, and flowers in June and Ju¬ 
ly. The root in fpring is fweet-feented, and the flowers 
frefii gathered fmell like apricots. Kalm informs us, that 
the Canadians ufe an infufion of the root in burning fe¬ 
vers, with great fuccefs. Dr. Bill affirms, that an infu¬ 
fion of lix ounces of the crown of the root, in a quart of 
boiling water, fweetened with honey, and half-a pint of it 
drunk three times a day, is an effectual cure for the jaun¬ 
dice. He advifes to begin with a vomit, afterwards to 
keep the bowels foluble, and to continue the medicine fo 
long as any fymptoms of the difeafe remain. The leaves 
make a pleafa'nt tea, laid to be ferviceable in hcemorrha-- 
ges, and in obffrnbtions of the liver and fpleen. The 
country people alfo ufe them fometimes by way of cata- 
plafm in contufions and frefii wounds. When this plant 
is coming into flower, it will dye wool a good bright full 
Nankeen colour: gathered in September, it yields a 
darker yellow. It gives a good dye at all times, and, 
being a common plant eafily cultivated, deferves r to have 
trials made of it by the dyers. In the Berlin a6fs it is re¬ 
commended for drolling leather. Sheep and goats eat it, 
but kine, horfes, and fwine, refufeit. 
2. Agrimonia repens, or creeping agrimony: ftem-leaves 
pinnate, the end-lobe feilile, fruits hifpid. This is of 
humble growth, feldom riling above two feet high ; the 
pinnas of its leaves are longer and narrower than thofe 
of the former, and the fpikes of flowers very fliort and 
thick. The roots fpreading widely, it multiplies falter 
than the common fort; the feeds alfo ar6 much larger and 
rougher. This was fent by M. Tournefort to the royal 
garden at Paris; and from hence other botanic gardens 
have been fupplied with it. It much refembles ti c fore¬ 
going, but the items are Ihorter, thicker, and hirfute; the 
ffipuies are the length of the intefftices, are reflected, and 
almoft cover the whole Item. The end-lobe is not pedi- 
celled, and the fpike is fliort, denfe, feilile, with braftes 
the length of the flower. 
3. Agrimonia decumbens : leaves-pinnate hirfute, Hern 
procumbent, fruits every way It;fpid-hooked. A native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. 
4. Agrimonia agrimonoides, or three-leaved agrimony : 
ftem-leaves ternate, fruits fmooth. Native of Italy and 
Carniola, in lnoift woods, and among bullies. 
5. Agrimonia parviflora, or fmall-flowered agrimony : 
ftem-leaves pinnate, leaflets many lanceolate, petals half 
as long again as the calyx, fruits hifpid. Native of North 
America, and flowers in July. 
Propagation and Culture. Thefe are hardy- perennial 
plants, which will thrive in ahnoft any foil or lituation, 
and require no other care than to keep them clear from 
weeds. They may be propagated by parting their roots, 
which fliould be done in autumn, when their leaves begin 
to decay, that the plants may be well eflablifiled before 
the fpring. They fliould not be planted nearer than two 
feet,'that their roots may have room to fpread. They 
may alfo be propagated by feeds, which fliould be fown 
in autumn; for, if they are kept out of the ground till 
fpring; they feldom come up the fame feafon. 
Agrimonia, J. in botany. See Bidens and Trium- 
fetta. 
AGRIMONOIDES,/! in botany. See Agrimonia. 
AGRIMONY (Baftaril-Hemp), f. in botany. See 
Ageratum. 
Agrimony (Hemp), f. in botany. See Eupatori- 
tjm. 
Agrimony (Water-Hemp),in botany. See Bidens. 
AGR IONIA, /, in Grecian antiquity, fcftivals annually 
celebrated by the Bccotians in honour of Bacchus. At 
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thefe feftivals, the women pretended to fearcli after Bac¬ 
chus as a fugitive; and, after fome time, gave over their 
enquiry, faying, that he was fled to the Mufes, and was con¬ 
cealed among them. 
AGRIOPH AGI,/! in antiquity, a name given to thofe 
who fed oil wild beafts. The word is Greek, compound¬ 
ed of aypio?, “ wild, favage,” and <payw, “ 1 eat.” The 
name is given, by ancient writers, to certain people, real 
or fabulous, laid to have fed altogether on lions and pan¬ 
thers.. Pliny and Solinus fpeak of Agriophagi in Ethio¬ 
pia, and Ptolemy of others in India 011 this fide the Gan¬ 
ges. 
AGRIPPA,/". in midwifery, a term applied to children 
brought forth with their feet foremoft. 
Agrippa (Herod), the fon of Ariftobulus and Mari- 
amne, and grandfon to Herod the Great, was.born in the 
year of the world 3997, three years before the birth of 
cur Saviour, and feven years before the vulgar ;era. Af¬ 
ter the death of Ariftobulus his father, Jofephus informs 
us, that Herod his grandfather took care of his education, 
and fent him to Rome to make his court to Tiberius. The 
emperor conceived a great affection for Agrippa, and pla¬ 
ced him near his fon Drufus. Agrippa very foon won the 
graces of Drufus, and af the emprefs Antonia. But, 
Drufus dying fuddenly, all thofe who had been much 
about him were commanded by Tiberius to withdraw from 
Rome, left the fight and prefence of them fliould renew 
his affliction. Agrippa,-who had indulged his inclination 
to liberality, was obliged to leave Rome overwhelmed with 
debts, and in a very poor condition. He did not think 
it fit to go to Jefiifalem, becaufe lie was not able to make 
a figure there fuitable to his birth. He retired, therefore, 
to the caftle of Maffada, where he lived rather like a pri¬ 
vate perfon than a prince. Herod the Tetrarch, his un¬ 
cle, who had married Herodias his filler, ailifted him for 
fo'nie time with great generality.. He made him principal 
niagiftrate of Tiberias, and prefented him with a large fum 
of money : but all this was not fufficient to ahfwer the ex- 
cefiive expences and profufion of Agrippa; fo that He¬ 
rod growing,weary of aflifting him, and reproaching him 
with his bad oeconomy, Agrippa took a refolution to quit 
Judea and return to Rome. Upon his arrival, he was re¬ 
ceived into the good graces of Tiberius, and commanded 
to attend Tiberius Nero, the fon of Drufus. Agrippa, 
however, having more inclination for Caius the foil of 
Gerrnanicus, and grandfon of Antonia, cliofe rather to 
attach himfelf to him ; as if he had fome prophetic views 
of the future elevation of Caius, who at that time was be¬ 
loved by all the world. The great alliduity and agreeable 
behaviour of Agrippa fo far engaged this prince, that lie 
kept him continually about him. 
Agrippa being one day overheard by Eutyches, a Have 
whom he had made free, to exprefs his willies for Tibe¬ 
rius’s death and the advancement of Caius, the Have be¬ 
trayed hint to the emperor; whereupon Agrippa was load¬ 
ed with fetters, and committed to the cuftody of an offi¬ 
cer. Tiberius foon after dying, and Caius Caligula fuc- 
ceeding him, the new emperor heaped many favours and 
much wealth upon Agrippa; changed his iron fetters into 
a chain of gold; fet a royal diadem upon his head; and 
gave him tl;e tetrarciiy which Philip, the fon of Herod 
the Great, had been poftelTed of, that is, Batansea and 
Trachonitis. To this he added that of Lyfanias; and 
Agrippa returned very foon into Judea to take pofleflion 
of his new kingdom. 
Caius being foon after killed, Agrippa, who was then at 
Rome, contributed much by his advice to maintain Clau¬ 
dius in pofleflion of the imperial dignity, to which he had 
been advanced by the army. But in this affair Agrippa 
afted a part wherein he fliewed more cunning and addrefs- 
than linearity and honefty ; for, while he made a ftiow of 
being in the intereft of the fenate', he feeretly advifed 
Claudius to be refolute, and not to abandon his good for¬ 
tune. The emperor, as an acknowledgement for his kind 
offices, gave him all Jiidea and the kingdom of Cluilcis, 
which- 
