313 BRITISH BOTANY. 



thers. Ovaries 3 or 1, ovate-oblong in the calyx-tube. Style 

 capillary. Stigmas tufted. Fruit an angular, rugged achenium, 

 one- or two-celled, covered by the hardened urceolate calyx-tube, 

 with oval, solitary seeds. 



P. Sanguisorba, Linn. Common Salad Burnet. — e.b. 860. 

 L.c. 355. A. 13. C. 40. Lat. 50-57°. Alt. 0-300 yds. Tem. 

 51-47°. 



Root somewhat woody. Stems erect, angular, hollow, fur- 

 rowed, especially above, densely downy below, nearly glabrous 

 above. Leaves compound, 6-8 pairs of roundish or oblong 

 toothed leaflets, with an odd one ; the lower on long petioles, the 

 upper sessile, all stipulate ; stipules of the lower leaves membra- 

 nous, attached by their whole length, with linear, herbaceous 

 segments ; those of the upper leaves broader, incised or toothed ; 

 leaflets oblong-obovate, mostly truncate at the top and truncate 

 or cordate at the base, deeply toothed, glaucous green below. 

 Fruit reticulated, wrinkled, more or less downy, with four promi- 

 nent angles. Calyx-lobes deciduous. 



Dry banks. Perennial ; June, July. 



P. muricatum, Spach. Warty-fruited Burnet. — l.c 355'^. 

 Area undetermined. 



Stems erect. Leaflets oblong, incised or deeply serrated ; teeth 

 long, sharp. Tube of the calyx indurated, quadrangular ; angles 

 winged, sides pitted, elevated margins of the pits dentate. 



Essex (Saflron-Walden) ; Warwickshire (near Leamington sta- 

 tion) ; Somersetshire. Perennial ; June. (Compare ' Phytolo- 

 gist,' vol. iii. pp. 707-715.) 



Alchemilla, Linn. — Annual or perennial plants, with pal- 

 mately-lobed or palmately-parted leaves. Flowers in corymbose, 

 terminal and lateral cymes, or in tufts opposite to the leaves. 

 Calyx in 8, rarely 10, divisions, in two rows; the outer sepals 

 smaller than the inner. Stamens 4, or fewer by abortion, on a 

 disc. Style central, basal, or with a capitate stigma. Carpels 

 1, rarely 3, enclosed in the calyx, which becomes cylindrical. 

 Seed erect. 



A. vulgaris, Linn. Common Lady's Mantle. — e.b. 597. l.c 

 356. A. 18. C. 75. Lat. 50-60°. Alt. 0-1300 yds. Tem. 

 50-35°. 



Root somewhat woody. Stems slender, ascending or erect, 

 round, hairy, branching at the top. Leaves hairy or downy. 



