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M.OWl'.RS Ol' Till'. I'lI'.I.nS AND Mi:\DO\VS 



Hritaiii it otciirs lii cxctv i)url (iI llic cmiiilr) L'xccpl in .Mid Lancashire, 

 as I'ar noiili as ih<j Shcllaiuls. In llic 1 I ii^hlands it is found al a height 

 of 3600 li. h is nali\c also in Ireland and the Channel Islands. 



Lady's Mantle is a plant of the uplands, beint;- rarely found at 

 low levels. Whilst it i^rows in meadows and lields of internicdiati' 

 altitude, it is more otten lound on the sides ol hills, where such plants 

 as ]'iola ca/tctrca, Jlicraciuiii I'l/oscl/a, .Salad iJurnet, Kwlcria, and 

 other plants are found. 



It is an erect plant, with kidney-shaped lea\-es, plaited, with 9 



LI- [Alihi'null,, vul'mris. 1, I 



lobes, and toothed, the stem and leal -stalks beinfr smooth, the leaves 

 trreenish below and downy. The stipules or leaf-like organs on the 

 leaf-stalks are united at the base and toothed. The leaves are mainly 

 radical leaves, and s[)ring from the rootstock, being large ami neat. 

 Such leaves borne on the flowering stems are without stalks. 



The yellowish-green flowers are borne in racemose cymes, which 

 are spiked and panicled. The short flower-stalks are downy, and the 

 texture of the whole plant is more or less silky. The achenes or 

 fruits are few and glandular. 



Occasionally the stem is a foot long, u.sually less, or about 6 in. 

 June to August are the months when the flowers are in bloom. The 

 plant is propagated by dividing the roots. It is a deciduous, herba- 

 ceous perennial. 



The small flowers have no corolla. Because they are green beetles 



