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Show COMMON AGRIMONY. Class XI. Dodecandria. Order I. Digynia. Essent. Gen. Cuar. Calyz five-toothed: Petals five: Seeds two, at the bottom of the calyx. Spec. Cuar, Cuauline leaves pinnate, with an odd one petioled: Fruit hispid. a DESCRIPTION. Tuas plant rises to two or three feet in height. Leaves alter. nate, interruptedly pinnate, composed of five or six pairs, with an odd oneat the end. The large pinne are commonly sessile, opposite, ovate, deeply serrate, rough, on long spikes, not very conspicuous. The flowers are yellow, HISTORY, It is common in fields and hedges, and shadyplaces, in England; and flowers in June and July. MEDICAL VIRTUE. It is a mild astringent and corroborant, and is therefore given for a lax tone of the bowels and solids. For cutaneous diseases it has obtained much reputation. It is given in the form oftea twice a day. ALMOND TREE. AMYGDALUS COMMUNIS. Class X11. Icosandria. Order 1. Monogynia. Essent, Gen. Cuar. Catyxfive-cleft, beneath: Petals five: Drupe perforated in the nut with pores, tee Srec. Cuan. Leaves minutely serrated, with the base beset with glands: Flowers in pairs, sessile. ae DESCRIPTION. Tus tree rises twelve or,more feet, and early in spring displays its pale pink flowers, which are placed in pairs upon its branches ; afterwards appear the leaves, which areelliptic, nar- row, pointed at the end, minutely sawed, standing upon short footstalks. HISTORY. The almond tree nearly resembles the peach. It originally came from Syria and Barbary, but is now muchcultivated in the south of Kurope. There is no apparent difference betwixt the |