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11. PARIETARIA. 



1. P. officinalis {Vellitory of the IVall), leaves ovato-lanceo- 

 late, involucre of many ovate leaflets. Lightf.p. 634. E. B. 

 t. 879. 



Hab. Waste places and upon walls, as at Burntisland, near Edinb., 

 Light/. Old walls on the road-side between Rutherglen and Farme, 

 lire. On Bothwell castle, abundantly, Hopk. Walls at Cannon 

 Mills, Edinb., 3/r. Greville. Fl. summer months. %. 



Stems often procumbent upon the wall, reddish, pubescent. Leaves 

 alternate. Flowers small, hairy, purplish, collected by threes in 

 clusters in the axils of the leaves, and within a small many-leaved 

 involucre. Central of the 3 flowers female. FiUnnents jointed, 

 in which peculiarity exists the elastic property for the purpose of 

 discharging the pollen, which is very observable in a hot summer's 

 day. Fruit ovate, black, shining. Pericarp closely investing the 

 seed, and concealed by the persistent perianth. 



12. ALCHEMILLA. 



1. A. vulgaris {common Lady's'' Mantle), leaves uniform 

 plaited niany-lobed serrated. 



a. major, leaves almost smooth. A. vulg., Light/, p. 120. 

 E/B.t. 597. 



(B. minor, much smaller, leaves very pubescent. A. lujlrida, Vers, 



Hab. Dry pastures and sides of mountains, abundantly. — 13. Hills^ as 

 at Cathkin, near Glasg., Hopk. Fl. June, July. 1/ . 



One foot high, or more. Radical leaves large, on long footstalks, 

 those of the stem with connate toothed stipules, upper ones ses- 

 sile and very small, lobes 6 — 9. Floii:ers in many rather lax, 

 corymbose, terminal clusters, yellowish green. Germens I — 2, 

 and seeds 1 — 2 : siijle lateral. Var. (5. is much smaller, very pubes- 

 cent, and has the' clusters of flowers more compact. Foreign 

 authors make this a species, and transplanted roots preserve their 

 character. 



2. A. alpina {alpine Lady's Mantle), leaves digitate serrated 

 at the extremity white and satiny beneath. Lightf.p. 120. 

 E. B. t. 244. ' 



Hab. Highland mountains, most abundant. Fl. July, Aug'. 1/ . 



One of the most elegant of our native vegetables, hijlurescence much 

 as in our A. vulgaris j but leaves very different, and under-side beau- 

 tifully satiny. 



3. A. arvensis {Field Lady's Mantle ov Parsley Pier/), leaves tri- 

 lid pubescent, lobes deeply cut, flowers sessile axillary. Light/, 

 p. 121 {Aphanis arv.). ' E. B. t. 1011. 



Hab. Fields and gravelly soils, common. Light/. F/. May, June. ©. 

 Stems branched, leafy, 4 — 5 inches high. Leaves alternate, with 

 large stipvUes. Stam. varying in number. Germens I — 2. 



* Mantle of our Ladi/ (the Viigin Mary), thciefore not Ladies' Mantle, 

 as written by most authors. 



