SANGUISORBE^. II. Alchemilla. 



591 



^ * Leaves palmate ; leaflets 



5 A. ALPi^NA (Lin. spec. 179. 

 var. a.) leaves digitate ; leaflets 5- 

 7, lanceolate-cuneated, obtuse, ser- 

 rated at the apex, with the ser- 

 ratures adpressed, clothed with 

 white satiny down beneath. 1/ . H. 

 Native of Europe and North Ame- 

 rica, in mountain pastures ; in the 

 mountainous parts of the north of 

 England and Scotland, common 

 among rocks on the banks of 

 mountain rivulets. 



FIG. 77. 



Hairy Lady's-mantle. PI. ^ to |^ foot. 



12 A. rupe'stris (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 224.) 



1 



hot t. 244. 



Smith, engl. 

 Oedifl. dan. 49. A. 



argentea, Lam, fl. fr. 3. p. 303. 

 The satiny under side of the leaves 

 of this and the^ following species 

 has given rise to the generic En- 

 glish name of Lady's-mantle. 



^/pme Lady's-mantle. Fl. Jul. Britain. __. ^ 



' 6 A. SERicEA (Willd. enum. p. 171.) leaves digitate ; leaflets 

 h lanceolate-obovate, obtuse, connected at the base, serrated at 



PI. i foot. 



leaves profoundly 3-parted, clothed with silky pili beneatl 

 segments deeply serrated ; stipulas entire ; stems branched, 

 creeping; flowers somewhat corymbose, diandrous and trigy- 

 nous. Ijl. G. Native of South America, on the burning moun- 

 tain Ruca-Pichincha, near Quito. Habit of ^. dpliancs. 

 Rock Lady's-mantle. PI. creeping. 



13 A. niva'lis (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. t. 560.) leaves multifid, 

 sheathing, stem-clasping, and imbricating, clothed with silky 

 hairs on the outside; stems tufted; flowers terminal, sessile, 

 usually tern, diandrous, and usually tetragynous. 1|,. F. Na- 

 tive of the province of Popayan, on the snowy top of Mount 

 Paramo de Puraca. 



Snow Lady's Mantle. PI. tufted. 



14 A. triparti'ta (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 68.) hairy; 

 stems creeping, filiform, dichotomously branched, leafy above ; 

 leaves deeply 3-parted ; segments cuneiform, 3-5-cleft ; stipulas 

 unequally bifid; petioles sheathing; peduncles dichotomously 

 corymbose ; flowers diandrous and digynous. 7/ . F. Native 

 of Peru, on the cold tops of mountains, in springs. 



TripartitcAesiweA Lady's-mantle. PI. \ foot. 



the apex, clothed with satiny down beneath. %. H. Native of ^^ ^' oRBIculaVa (Ruiz et Pav.l. c.) leaves orbicularly reni- 



Caucasus. A. alpina, Bieb.'fl. taur. 1. p. 114. exclusive of the 

 synonyms. Much larger in every part than A. alpina. 

 Silky Lady's-mantle. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1 8 1 3. PL ^ to i ft. 



t** 



yjlets 3-5, multifid, 



7 A. pentaphy'lla (Lin. spec. 179.) leaflets 3-5, multifid, 

 glabrous, and rather ciliated ; stipulas foliaceous, bi or tridentate 

 at the apex, i; . H. Native of Europe, on the alps.— Bocc. 

 ■"US. p. 18. t. 1. Stems creeping. 



Pt'^e.leajlet ted Lady s-mant\e. FL July. Clt. 1784. PL cr. 

 99fl ^' ^'^^*^°i*roLiA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 **"• t. 561.) leaves deeply 3-parted, clothed with adpressed pu- 



scence beneath ; segments deeply serrated, lateral ones bifid ; 



ipulas 2-4-cleft ; stems corymbosely many- flowered at the 

 iT't'' ^^^^^ conglomerate, diandrous, and usually digynous. 

 *• "• Native between Mexico and Tolucco, near Tianguillo, 

 and on Mount Orizaba. 



Sthbaldia-leaved Lady's-mantle. FL July. Clt. 1823. PL | ft. 



5 A. APHANofDEs (Mutis. in Lin. fiL suppL 122.) plant 



smoothish ; leaves profoundly 3-parted ; segments ciliated, in- 



j«rmediate one trifid, lateral ones bifid ; stipulas 2-3-cleft ; stems 



fanched, creeping; flowers axillary and terminal, diandrous or 



«randrous and digynous. 1/ . G. Native of New Granada. 



■"*«t Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 225. 



"^panes-like Lady's-mantle. PL creeping. 



^" A. vulca'kica (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea. 5. p. 573.) 



P ose; stems flagelliform, trailing ; cauline leaves ternate ; leaf- 



* s cuneated, deeply 5-7-toothed at the apex ; stipulas bifid on 



toiM ^f^^ ' ^^^^'■s axillary, forming small, leafy racemes at the 

 xP ?^ 'he branches ; stamens 2 ; styles 3. 1/ . G. Native of 

 ««xico, on Mount Orizaba. 



J'ofcanjc Lady's-mantle. PL trailing, 

 tite -y' "'^s"'ta (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaves deeply tripar- 

 j*^- pilose ; segments divided in a fan-like manner ; stipulas 

 di?^ ^^* ' ^^^""^ racemose, erect, hairy ; flowers diandrous and 

 ^synous, disposed in glomerate heads, li. . G. Native of South 



*"■•«, campestris (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea. 5. p. 572.^ 

 Mex- *^."8ated ; leaves canescent beneath. %. G. Native < 



•CO, in grassy places near Jalapa. 

 coin"'"' ^' ^^P^^^^" (Schlecht. et Cham. 1. c.) leaves the same 

 on v"/ ^" ^°th surfaces : stem short. 11 . G. Native of Mexico, 

 "> ^Mount Orizaba. 



form, lobed, deeply serrated, glabrous above, and clothed with 

 silvery villi beneatli ; petioles terete, hairy ; peduncles dichoto- 

 mously corymbose ; flowers 8-cleft, diandrous, digynous. T^ . 

 F. Native of Peru, on cold mountains in humid places, A'pha- 

 nes orbiculata, Pers. ench. 



Oriicw^ar-leaved Lady's-mantle. PI. | foot. 



16 A. pectina'ta (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 226.) leaves roundish-reniform, 9-11-lobed, pectinately serrated, 

 clothed with silvery silky down beneath ; radical leaves many- 

 lobed, on long petioles; stipulas 3-5-cleft; stems dichotomous; 

 flowers 8-10-clcft, diandrous, usually pentagynous. 1/. F. Na- 

 tive of Mexico, near Jalapa, San Andres, and Cruz Blanca. 



Pectinate'\e3.wed Lady's-mantle. PL ^ foot. 



17 A. pinnaVa (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. G9.) leaves pin- 

 nate ; leaflets bifid or trifid ; radical ones petiolate, cauline ones 



claspin 



flowers diandrous, digynous. %. F. Native of Peru, on the 



high cold humid mountains of Tarma and Panatahuara. A'pha- 



g the stem ; stems branched, 



sarmentose, creepmg ; 



nes pinnkta, P 



Pinnate-leaved Lady's-mantle. PI. ^ foot. 



Sect. IL A'piianes (from a priv. and ^uiya)^ phaino, to ap- 

 pear ; that is to say, a plant of no appearance, being small, and 

 lying flat on the ground). Lin. gen. no. 1 0'6. Calyx 4-cleft, rarely 

 5-cleft, with small teeth between the lobes. Stamens 1-2, fer- 

 tile, the rest sterile. Annual plants. 



18 A. arve'nsis (Scop. earn. 1. p. 115.) leaves small, hairy, 

 petiolate, 3-parted ; segments 2-3-cleft ; flowers axillary, glo- 

 merate. . H. Native throughout Europe, in cultivated 

 fields ; plentiful in Britain, also of Iberia and Jamaica. Smith, 

 engl. bot. 1011. A'phanes arvensis, Lin, spec. 179. Oed. fl. 

 dan. t. 973. A. a'phanes, Leers, herb. no. 122. 



Corn Parsley-piert. Fl. April, June. Britain. PI. prostrate. 



19 A. coRNUCOPiofDES (Rocm. et Schult. syst. 3. p. 1'71.) 



leaves hairy, cut, stem-clasping, almost sessile, 3-parted, with 

 the petiole dilated; segments 2-3-cleft; flowers axillary, glo- 

 merate; stipulas cut. ©. II. Native about Madrid, in corn- 

 fields. A phanes cornucopioides. Lag. gen. et spec. nov. p. 99. 



f no. 7. 



Cornticopia-Uke Parsley-Piert. PI. prostrate. 



Cult. The hardy species will grow in any common soil, and 

 are increased by dividing the plants at the root. Those species 

 natives of South America should be grown in small pots, well 





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