ALCHEMILLA VULGARIS, LINN., AND ALLIED FORMS. 43 
’ of development its parts are entirely covered with shining silky 
hairs; but these soon begin to disappear, and by the time the 
leaves are developed there are few hairs to be seen, unless a 
small quantity which form a tuft at the point of each tooth on 
the leaves, and a few remaining on the teeth of the calyx up to 
the time when the petals are shed. The leaves of this plant are 
of a dull green colour and thickish texture, and it occurs from 
sea-level up to an elevation of about 2,000 feet.—(2) Var. B, 
Linn. (= Var. glabra, Wimm. et Grab.), has long engaged my 
attention. By the time when its parts are fully developed, it 
differs from the type in the absence of hairs, except those forming 
tufts at the points of the teeth on the leaves; the petioles are 
smooth and shining; and the colour of the iamina is a soft 
yellowish-green, becoming light yellow in drying, while all the 
other parts become dark brown. This, so far as my experience 
goes, is a truly alpine or subalpine form.—(3) We now come to 
Var. C, and to more dangerous ground. I feel confident, how- 
ever, that this is the plant described by Willdenow as A. montana. 
All its parts are covered with a very dense short greyish 
pubescence, which remains on the leaves and stems during the 
winter. In the growing state, this pubescence gives the plant 
a light greyish appearance, and the colour becomes darker in 
specimens which have not been carefully dried. This form occurs 
from the sea-shore up to a high elevation on our mountains,—(4) 
Of the fourth form (Var. D) I cannot speak very definitely, but 
it is distinguished by its covering of long brown hairs, and 
usually occurs on ballast-heaps and canal-banks. 
Although familiar with the flora of the Perthshire and Forfar- 
shire mountains, I have not yet succeeded in finding A. conjuncta ; 
but if I should discover it, I will also have a look round for A. 
hybrida, the rarest of all the forms. It is satisfactory to know 
that there is still something for us to hunt for on our Scotch 
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