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19. ALCHEMILLA. 
Alchemilla, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 165; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 622. 
About thirty species, having their maximum concentration in the Andes of America 
from Mexico to Chili. A few are dispersed over the temperate and frigid regions of the 
Old World, including the mountains of India and Tropical and South Africa and 
Australia. 
1. Alchemilla hirsuta, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. p. 224. 
Var. a. campestris. 
Norra Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 721) ; 
SoutH Mexico, in grassy places near Jalapa (Schiede & Deppe; Linden, 103). 
Var. 8. alpestris. 
Sours Mexico, Mount Orizaba (Schiede & Deppe)—Andes of SourH AMERICA. 
Hb. Kew. 
2. Alchemilla orbiculata, Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Peruv. i. p. 68. 
SoutH Mexico, Chiapas (Ghiesbreght, 613), pastures in the region of Orizaba (Bour- 
geau, 2505), Ciudad Real and Jalapa (Linden, 706, 103), Totontepec, Oaxaca (Lieb- 
mann), peak of Orizaba, 12,000 feet (Galeott, 558).—Andes of Sourn America. Hb. 
Kew. | 
3. Alchemilla pectinata, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. p. 226. 
_ SovrH Mexico, in woods near Jalapa and San Andres (Schiede & Deppe), Toluca 
(Berlandier, 1078).—Cotomsia. Hb. Paris. 
4, Alchemilla sibbaldizfolia, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. p. 225, t. 561. 
Norta Mexico, Sierra Madre (Seemann, 2179), San Luis (Virlet d’Aoust), 6000 to 
8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 227); Sourn Mexico, valley of Mexico (Bourgeau, 308), 
Zimapan (Coulter, 72), peak of Orizaba, 9000 to 12,000 feet (Galeotti, 509), near 
Tianguillo, between Toluca and the city of Mexico, 9000 feet (Humboldt & Bonpland) ; 
GuaTeMALA, without locality (Friedrichsthal), Volcan de Agua, 10,000 feet (Salvin & 
Godman).—Andes of Sour America. Hb. Kew. 
5. Alchemilla tripartita, Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Peruv. i. p. 68. 
Norta Mexico, San Luis (Virlet d’ Aoust) ; Sourn Mexico, peak of Orizaba, 14,000 
to 15,300 feet (Liebmann), Real del Monte (Coulter, 71), Santa Fé and Pedregal, near 
Mexico (Bourgeau, 308, 811), near San Angel (Schaffner).—Andes of Sovurn AMERICA. 
Hb. Kew. | 
6. Alchemilla venusta, Schl. et Ch. in Linnea, v. p. 573. 
Sovran Mexico, without any precise locality (Schiede & Deppe). 
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