AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS. 89 
The species differ in general appearance, as 
well as in some characteristics of the calyces. 
Alchemilla, Lady’s Mantle, is another genus 
of this Nat. Order, of which A. vulgaris is found 
in pastures, especially dry and hilly ones; it 
has yellowish green flowers without corolla, and 
roundish plaited leaves with lobes. The Alpine 
Lady’s Mantle, 4. alpina, is valued in gardens 
for the beauty of its leaves, which are white 
and silky beneath; the stem and calyx are also 
silky; the lobes of the leaves extend nearly to 
the base. In a larger kind, called by gardeners 
A. argentea, the lobes are only a third of the 
way down, the leaves having the under surface 
like white satin. A curious but unattractive 
little plant of this genus is A. arvenszs, Parsley 
Piert, with greenish flowers close to the stem, 
and leaves variously cut, found commonly in 
dry fields and on gravel. 
Among the Rosace# is also Agrimonia Eu- 
patoria, Common Agrimony, of Linn. Cl. XL, 
Dodecandria, the flowers having from 12 to 20 
stamens ; it is seldom absent from the waysides, 
where it displays its long, close, tapering spike 
of yellow flowers, succeeded by the little burs 
which are the capsules. Almost every bank 
