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KOSACE^. 



ALCHEMILLA ARVENSis (Field Lady's Mantle). 



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. Com- 

 mon everywhere. A small inconspicuous weed, 3 6 

 inches long, with minute greenish flowers, which are 

 almost concealed by the leaves and their large stipules. 

 Fl. May August. Annual. 



13. SANGUISOEBA (Burnet). 



1. S. officindlis (Common Burnet). The only British 

 species. A tall and not inelegant plant, with pinnate 

 leaves; erect, branched stems, sparely clothed with 



