BASTARD HEMP-AGRIMONY: A genus of the polygamia aequalis order, belonging to the syngenesia clas of plants; and in the natural method ranking under the 49th order, Compositae discoides. The characters are: The common calyx is oblong, with many scales. The compound corolla is uniform; the corolllets hermaphrodite, tubular, and numerous: the proper corolla is funnel-shaped; the border 4-cleft, and expanded. The stamina consist of 5 capillary very short filaments; the anthera is cylindric and tubular. The pistillare is an oblong germen; with a filiform stylus, and two slender erect stigmata. There is no pericarpium; the calyx unchanged. The seeds are solitary, oblong, and angular. The receptaculum is naked, convex, and very small. Of this genus there are three species: the conyzoides, the houltonianum, and the altiflimum. All these are natives of warm climates. The two first are annual plants, and consequently can be propagated only by seeds; which, however, come to perfection in this country. The third species will bear the severest cold of this country, but its seeds do not ripen in it.

or MAUDLIN. See ACHILLEA.