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reniform, plaited, lobed, roundish, the root-leaves on long stalks, 

 the upper ones nearly sessile ; lobes more or less deep, rounded, 

 toothed or serrated; teeth mucronate; lower stipules scarious, 

 surrounding the stem ; upper ones herbaceous, leaf-like, toothed 

 or incised, spreading. Flowers in dense, terminal corymbs. Pe- 

 rianth (calyx) slightly hairy. 



Pastures. Perennial; June- September. 



yM^;.§, subsericea, Koch. — Stem-leaves and petioles silky. 



A, alpina, Linn. Alpine Lady's Mantle, — e.b. 244. l.c. 357. 

 A. 6. C. 15. Lat. 54-60°. Alt. 150-1400 yds. Tem. 45-34°. 



Koot woody. Stems several, erect, downy, branching above. 

 Radical leaves on long staUis, b-7 -painted; divisions obovate- 

 oblong, obtuse, serrated at the end, beautifully silky silvery below. 

 Lower stipules scarious, upper ones like the leaves. Calyx 

 spreading, reflexed. 



Mountains. Perennial; June. 



A. conjunct a, Babington, is distinguished from A. alpina by 

 the lobes being connected for about one-third of their length; also 

 by its large size and more silky appearance. — Clova Mountains 

 (Mr. G. Don). Common in gardens, and it flowers at the same 

 time as the typical plant. 



A. arvensis, Scop. Parsley Piert. — e.b. 1011. l.c. 358. 

 A. 18. C. 80. Lat. 50-60°. Alt. 0-150 (550) yards. Tem. 

 52-43°. 



Root annual. Stems prostrate- ascending, producing lateral 

 bundles (bunches) of flowers throughout nearly its whole length, 

 hairy or downy. Root-leaves with a rounded or orbicular out- 

 line, palmate, with cuneate lobes, decayed before the plant flowers. 

 Stem-leaves equal ; stipules subulate, fleshy, united at the base, 

 and closely embracing the bunch of flowers. Calyx downy, with 

 erect, spreading teeth, which have a pearly-white margin. 



In poor soils, sandy places, and roadsides. Annual; May- 

 August. 



POMACEiE, Juss. (a section of Rosacea) . The Apple- 

 AND Pear-tree Family, 



An order of trees and shrubs, sometimes spinous (spines are 

 abortive branches). Leaves scattered, often in tufts, simple or 

 pinnatifid or pinnate. Stipules free (not joined together as in 

 Rosacea:), caducous. Flowers in umbellate tufts in few-flowered 



