Flora Medica

deciduous ;stigmas simple. Achenia ovate, compressed, hairy,each with a long lateral tail, formed of the enlarged, hardened,lower part of the style, terminating in a hook. Receptacle cylindrical,dry, hairy, seated on the permanent reflexed calyx.Smith.457. G. rivale Linn, sp. pi- 717. Eng. Bot. t.Meadows106. SmithEng.fl. ii. 430. DC. prodr.ii. 551 . and woodsthroughout Europe.Root somewhat woody, blackish, creeping, and running deep intothe ground; astringent, with the flavour of cloves. Herbage hairy,deep green. Stem 8 to 12 inches high, slightly panicled, otherwisesimple. Radical leaves stalked ;their terminal lobe very large, rounded,lobed, and sharply crenate ; stem-leaves few, stalked, ternate or 3-lobed; stipules of the latter ovate, acute, cut, purplish. Flowersalmost pendulous, singularly elegant, growing upright as the fruit ripens.Calyx of a rich purplish brown, erect; subsequently reflexed. Petioleerect, cloven, of a tawny brown. Smith. This and the next arestomachic, and said to be useful medicines in diarrhoea.458. G. urbanum Linn. sp. pi. 716. Eng. Bot. t. 1400.Woddv. t. 259. Smith Eng. fl. ii. 429. DC. ii.prodr. 551.S. and C. i. t. 36. Common in hedgerows and woods throughoutEurope. (Avens. Herb Bennet.)Root of many stout brown fibres, astringent, and in some degreearomatic, said to give an agreeable clove-like flavour to beer, and evento wine. Stem 2 feet high, erect, round, rough and finely hairy;branched at the upper part, bearing several flowers. Radical leaves onlong stalks, interruptedly pinnate, somewhat lyrate, the odd leafletrounded, often deeply 3-lobed; stem-leaves ternate, stalked; uppersimple, 3-lobed, wedge-shaped all ; variously notched and serrated,grass-green, veiny, hairy. Stipules of the stem-leaves very large,rounded, lobed, serrated, leafy. Flowers terminal, solitary, stalked ;commonly small, bright yellow, erect. Calyx spreading, reflexed as thefruit advances. Achenia in an ovate head, numerous, ovate, downy,besides a few long coarse hairs about the summit, each tipped with arigid, purplish, deflexed awn or tail, which is quite smooth, ending in asmall sharp hook. Smith.459. Geum canadense Jacq. hort. ii. 1. 175? (Chocolate Root,Blood Root.)Root principally,but leaves also, employed in Prince Edward'sIsland as a mild tonic. It is agreeably bitter and is found particularlyuseful in the diarrhoea of children. Med. bot. trans. 1829. p. 8.AGRIMONIA.Calyx inferior, tubular, permanent, with 5 small, acute, permanentmarginal segments;the tube subsequently hardened,closed over the seeds and burred with hooks. Petals 5, flat,spreading, notched, each with a small narrow claw attached tothe rim of the calyx. Filaments capillary, from the rim ofthe calyx, shorter than the corolla, indeterminate in number,226