194 ROSACEAE 



ALCHEMILLA, Linn. Gen. n. 153 (AlchimiUa, Tourn. Inst. t. 289}. 



A. arvensis, Scop. Fl. Carn. ed. 2, i. 115 (1772). Parsley Piert 

 Aphanes arvensis, Linn. Sp. PI. 123 (1753). Percepier Anglo7-um, Lob. 



Top. Bot. 157. Syme, E. B. iii. 136, t. 422. Nyman, 238, Fl. Oxf. iii. 



Native. Glareal. Dry sandy fields, banks, and pastui-es, and on mud- 

 topped walls in and about villages. Locally abundant and 

 widely distributed, being least frequent on the grassy chalk 

 downs, from some portions of the northern escarpment of which 

 it may be absent. Often seen on ant-hills in grassy places. A. 

 May-October. 



First record. North Heath, Mrs. Russell's Newbury Cat. of 1839. 

 A. arvensis is found in all the bordering counties. 



A. vulg-aris, Linn. Sp. PI. 123 (1753). Lady's Mantle. 



Top. Bot. 156. Syme, E. B. iii. 137, t. 423. Nyman, 238. Fl. Oxf. no. 



Native. Sylvestral. Pastures, grassy places in woods. Very local 



and rare. P. May-August. 

 First record. AlchimiUa, Lion's Foot or Ladies Mantle. In many 

 places in Barkeshire, Gerard's Herbal, 803, 1597. Alchemilla vulgaris, 

 Bear's-foot, Dr. Noehden. Frequent in meadows and pastures. 

 The whole plant is astringent, and it has been found injurious if 

 not fatal to cows,, where it is abundant, Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809. 

 2. Oek. Roadside through BagleyWood going to the Fox, Thurland, 

 1873. Roadside near the Brickyards, Foxcombe Road, 1890, 

 Sister Jane Frances. Probably these refer to the same locality. 



4. Kennet. Kintbury, Elcot, Reeks in Britt. Contr. Woodhay. 



Meadows near Shaw, Weaver. Near Wickham, Miss Boicen. 

 Plentiful near Bagnor Marsh. 



5. Loddon. In a damp meadow near the Spring at Crazey Hill, 



Stanton. Frequent there in 1896, Tufnail. 



Var. FiLicAULis (Buser, in Bull, de L'Herb. Boiss. (1893), App. 22, as 

 a species). Shaw, Jackson ; this is the plant from Bagnor Marsh and 

 probably from the other Berkshire localities. Perhaps A. vulgaris, 

 var. minor, Huds. Fl. Angl. ed. 2, 71, will be found to be synonymous. 



A. vulgaris is found in all the bordering counties. 



AGRIMONIA, Linn. Gen. n. 534 (Tournefort, Inst. t. 155). 



A. Eupatoria, Linn. Sp. PI. 448 (1753). Agrimony. 



Eupatorium Veterum sett Agrimonia, C. B. Pin. 321. A. vulgaris, Park. 594. 



Top. Bot. 154. Syme, E. B. iii. 129, t. 417. Nyman, 238. Fl. Oxf. 109. 

 Native. Pascual. Roadsides, hedge-banks, wood-borders, copses, &c. 

 Locally abundant and widely distributed. P. June-September. 

 First record. A. eupatoria, Dr. Noehden, Mavors Agr. Berks, 1809. 



