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TETRANDRIA. MONOGYNIA, Alchemilhu 



ward. Flowers solitary, appearing before the leaves* Male 

 flowers below the leaves, between a branch and a bud ; female 

 flowers sitting in the bosom of the lowermost leaves. Linn. 



Sea Buckthorn. Common Sallow-thorn. Sea shore, in sand. 

 Lindley coast, Lincolnshire ; Sandwich, Deal and Folkstone, 

 Kent : Whitbv and Lvth, Yorkshire. Isle of Sheppey. [Cley 



Crowe. Between Yar- 



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Winterton. Mr. Woodward.1 S. March — M 



ALCHEMII/LA. Calyx 8-cleft: Moss, none 



seed 1 or 1, inclosed by the calyx. 



vulga'ris. A. Leaves gashed. 



E. hot. 597- Abbot. Fl. Bed. p. 36.-Lud>w. \76~Fl. dan. 693- 



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3-Clus. ii. 208. <2~Lob. obs. 378, 3~Part. 538-//. ox. 

 ii. 20. r0w 3. l-Pet. <?, IC-Ger. 802-Af///. 18. 2. 



Flowers forming a kind of umbel, the General involucr. 

 being a leaf which entirely surrounds the stalk, but the Partial 

 involucr. goes only half way round. Leaves cloven generally 



into 7 lobes, the lobes serrated. 



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the middle of each lobe of the leaf. Seeds generally only 1, but 

 sometimes 2 in each seed-vessel. Flowers yellowish green. 



Bearsfoot. Common ladies mantle. Meadows and pastures, 

 frequent. P. June — Sept.t 



* Cows refuse it ; Goats, Sheep and Horses eat it. The berries are 

 very acid, with an austere vinous flavour, and the fishermen of the gulph 

 of Bothnia prepare a rob from them, which added to fresh fish imparts a 

 very grateful flavour. In sunny sandy situations it is planted for hedges. 

 Linn. 



f The whole plant is astringent. In the province of Smolandia, M 

 Gothland, they make a tincture of the leaves, and give it in spasmodic or 

 convulsive diseases. Horses, sheep, and goats eat it. Swine refuse it. 

 Cows are not fond of it. The Rev. S. Dickenson gives the following 

 curious account of its pernicious effects on Cows. — " Being lately on a 

 visit at Somerford, Mr. Moncton requested mc to examine the herbage of 

 a meadow near the river Penk, in which he had the misfortune, a few 

 years ago, to have five milking Cows die suddenly at once, and several 

 more with difficulty recovered. The symptoms of the disease, which lie 

 attributed to some noxious plant, were irremediable costiveness and ob- 

 structions in the bowels. Upon examination I found a very unusual 



the field ; and am in- 



J7 as it is known to be 



oi a very astringent quality. It was the aftermath the herd depastured; 

 and the survivors, upon being introduced into the ame field the Summer 

 following, were immediately affected with BimUftf symptoms, but removed 

 in time to prevent the fatal consequences ; since which Mr. Moncton w* 



never hazarded the depasturing of it by neat Cattle." 



oiiuLiiuiia in i iic uowen. upon examination l ic 

 abundance of AlchemUla vulgaris in every part of tl 

 dined to believe this plant the cause of the fatality, 



