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5. R. Chamcemorns (Cloudberry). Root-stock a creeping rhizome ; 

 stem herbaceous, about 6 inches high, without prickles ; leaves 

 simple, 5-7-lobed ; flowers solitary, large, white, and with the 

 stamens and pistils on different plants. The fruit is orange-red and 

 of a pleasant flavour. A very distinct species, growing in peaty 

 mountainous situations in the north of Great Britain and Ireland. 

 Known in Scotland as avrons, and in Norway as moltebeere. 

 Fl. June, July. Perennial. 



8. Agrimonia (Agrimony) 



1. A. Eupatoria (Common Agrimony). The only British species. 

 A slender herbaceous plant 1-2 feet high, very different in habit 

 from any of the preceding. The leaves are pinnate, with the alter- 

 nate leaflets smaller, and all are deeply cut. The flowers are yellow, 

 and grow in long tapering spikes. The whole plant is covered with 

 soft hairs, and when bruised emits a slightly aromatic scent. Its 

 properties are said to be tonic, and on this account it is often col- 

 lected by village herbalists and made into tea. Common in waste 

 ground. Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



9. Alchemii.la (Lady's Mantle) 



1. A. vulgaris (Common Lady's Mantle). Leaves kidney-shaped, 

 7-9-lobed ; lobes blunt, serrated ; flowers in loose panicles. A 

 herbaceous plant about 6 inches high, with large and handsome soft 

 leaves and numerous small yellowish green flowers. Hilly pas- 

 tures ; not uncommon. Fl. June to August. Perennial. 



2. A. Alpina (Alpine Lady's Mantle). Leaf of 

 5-7 oblong, blunt leaflets, serrated at the end, white 

 and satiny beneath. A very beautiful plant, re- 

 markable for the lustrous, almost metallic hue of 

 the underside of its leaves. Mountains in Scotland 

 and the north of England. Fl. July, August. 

 Perennial. 



3. A. arvensis (Field Lady's Mantle, or Parsley 

 Piert). Leaves 3-cleft, wedge-shaped, downy ; lobes 

 deeply cut ; flowers tufted, sessile in the axils of the 

 leaves. A small inconspicuous weed, 3-6 inches 

 long, with minute greenish flowers, which are 

 almost concealed by the leaves and their large alchemilla 

 stipules. Common everywhere. Fl. May to August. Arvensis {Field 

 Annual. Lad y' s Mantle ) 



