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TETRANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
MONOCHLAMYDEX. SANGUISORBEA. 
ALCHEMILLA. (Lapy’s Mantz.) 
Generic Character. Calyx eight-cleft: the four alternate and 
outer segments the smallest. Fruit one or two-seeded. 
ALCHEMILLA ARVENSIS. [eld Ladys Mantle. This 
pretty little plant is not very common everywhere. It is 
found on wall tops, in fields, and gravelly soils. The leaves 
are large, alternate, divided into three lobes, and. each 
deeply cut. Stipules (the small leaf-like appendages on the 
stalk) large. Stems branched, leafy, four or five inches 
long, frequently prostrate. Flowers small, green, and in 
bunches. 
ALCHEMILLA vuLGARIS. (Plate XII. Fig. 46.) Common 
Ladys Mantle, This is abundant in alpine pastures. 
Leaves of the root large, and divided into from six to nine 
lobes on long footstalks. Flower yellow-green, and in 
many loose, terminal clusters. About a foot high. 
ALCHEMILLA aLpIna. Alpine Lady’s Mantle. Found on 
mountains in the north of England, but more commonly in 
Scotland. It is disinguished from the others by the leaves 
being deeply divided, and white and silky beneath. It does 
not flower till July, and is a most elegant plant. — 
