50 SWISS FLOWERS. 



mentioned under the name C. vulgaris (Fig. 31). Not un- 

 common on Alpine and Jura rocks : Saleve, foot of the 

 Mole, the Abymes near Chambery. 



32. Alchemilla.— Lady's Mantle. 



(PLATE XIX.) 



This plant, known to us by the name of Lady's Mantle, 

 has rather insignificant green flowers, and would scarcely 

 deserve mention in a small selection such as this, where the 

 difficulty is to know what to choose among so many 

 claimants, were it not for the prettiness of the growth and 

 the great beauty of the leaves of A. Alpina. The yellow- 

 wreen flowers of the family are without petals, but they 

 have a double kind of calyx divided into eight, four of 

 which divisions are smaller. There are four stamens, some- 

 times not so many. 



A. Alpina. The radical leaves are on long foot-stalks; they 

 are palmate, with from seven to nine divisions, irregularly 

 notched at the edge, green at the top, and covered under- 

 neath with silvery shining hairs, which also clothe the stem. 

 It would be worth while to dry these leaves for nosegays. 

 Common in all the pastures of the Alps and the Jura. 



