264 DICOTYLEDONS. — ROSACE.^. Alchemilla. 



■** Leaves digitate. 



2. p. argentea, leaves quinate, leaflets cuneiform cut white and 

 downy beneath, their margins revolute, stem decumbent, 

 p. 162. — Barren stony soils. 



3. P. verna, radical leaves quinate, leaflets obovate green on both 

 sides sharply serrated hairy beneath and at the edges, petals 

 obcordate longer than the cal., stem decumbent, p. 162. — ■ 

 Rocky pastures. 



A. P. opaca, radical leaves of 7 or 5 oblongo- cuneiform deeply 

 serrated hairy leaflets, petals obcordate a little longer than the 

 cal.,stem filiform decumbent, p. 163. — Scotland. 



5. P. aurea, radical leaves quinate those of the stem ternate, leaf- 

 lets wedge-shaped their marsiins with silky hairs deeply serrated 

 at the extremity, petals obcordate larger than the cal., stem 

 decumbent, p. Kio, — Mountci'ms. 



6. P. rfp/a7/5, leaves cjuinate, leaflets obovato-cuneiform serrated, 

 peduncles axillary single-floweied longer than the leaf, stem 

 tiliform creeping, p. 163. — Meadoius and pastures. 



*** Leaves ternate. 



7. P. f.ndentata, leaves ternate, leaflets oblongo-cuneiform three- 

 toothed at the extremity glabrous above hairy beneath, petals 

 ovate longer than tl;3 cal., stem ascending, p. 163. — Rocks. 



8. P. Frapfaria, leaves ternate, leaflets obovate deeply serrated 

 silky on both sides (especially beneath), petals obcordate as long 

 as the cal., stems procijmbent. p. 164. — IVoods, tanks, and 

 pastures. 



6. TORMENTILLA. 



Cal. 8-cleft; segments alternately smaller. Petals 4. Pericarps 

 roundish, fixed to a small dry receptacle. 



1 .T. officinalis, leaves ternate all sessile, leaflets lanceolate inciso- 

 serrate,stem nearlv erect dichntomous.p. 164. — Barren places. 



2. T. repians, leaves ternate on footstalks, leaflets obovato-cunei- 

 form inciso-dentate, stem prostrate, p. 164. — I Taste places. 



7. COMARUiM. 



Cal. 10-cleft; segments alternately smaller. PetaU 5 less than 

 the calyx. Pericarps inserted upon a large spongy villous per- 

 manent receptacle. 



1. C. palustre, p. 165. — Peat logs and marshes. 



Sect. IV, SANGUisoRBE.r.. Achenia superior, inclosed in the 

 calyx. Sud suspended. Stamens usually dejinile. 

 1. ALCHEMILLA. 

 C/2Z. 8-cleft; segments alternately smaller. Slam.l — 5. Pericarp]. 

 1. A. lul'Turis, lca\C5= uniform plaited mauy-lobcd serrated. 



