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406 TETRANDRIA. DIGYNIA. ; 
Species. 1. S. fetida. Well knownas a rank and 
offensive weed througlout the United States, from Cana- 
da to Carolina. The genus Pothos to which this plant ts 
allied, though very distinct, exists almost exclusively 
within the tropical parts of America, _ 
158. ALCHEMILLA. L. (Ladies-mantle.) 
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Calix tubulous, border spreading, 8-cleft, 
segments alternately smaller. Petals 0. Stami- 
na very small. Germ 1; style 1, lateral, trom 
the-base of the germ. Stigma 1. Seed 1, covered 
by the connivent calix. 
Herbs with palmate or subdigitate leaves; flowers C0- 
rymbose axillary and terminal. | 
Species. 1. .4. alpina. On the mountains of New 
Hampshire. A plant common to the alpine regiong of Eu- ~ 
~ rope. This genus, containing 6 species, with the excep- 
tion of 1 at the Cape of Good Hope, and another in New 
Granada, is confined to Europe. | 
: <2 Order Il.—Diexnta. ; 
( 159. Al ! ‘S. £. (Parsley Piert.)— = s 
Cali B-cleft, alternate segments minute. 
= _ Petals 0. Stamina minute. Styles 2. Seeds 2» 
