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(40) Fragaria. Strawberry. 



P. vesca : leaflets 3, ovate, toothed, sessile at the end of a 

 long leaf-stalk; flower-stems erect, leafless, bearing a few 

 pedicellate white flowers. — Wood Strawberry. — Groves and 

 thickets. Fl. May, June. 



(41) PotentiUa. Cinquefoil. 



P. Pragariastrum : stems tufted ; leaves digitately divided ; 

 flowers white. — Dry gravelly pastures. Fl. March, April. 



P. verna : stem short, tufted, sometimes procumbent ; 

 leaves digitately divided ; flowers yellow. — Mountain pas- 

 tures. Fl. April, May. 



(42) Alchemilla. — Lady's Mantle. 



A. vulgaris : radical leaves 7-9-lobed, plaited ; flowers in 

 terminal panicles, on the decumbent or ascending stems. — 

 Mountain pastures. Fl. April to August. 



A. arvensis : annual ; leaves 3-lobed, cut ; flowers in ses- 

 sile axillary heads. — Parsley Piert. — Sandy fields. Fl. May 

 to August. 



(43) Mespilus. Medlar. 



M. germanica : small tree ; leaves nearly sessile, lanceo- 

 late or oblong ; flowers large, white, solitary, sessile on short 

 leafy branches. — Hedges, rare. Fl. May. 



(44) Crataegus. Hawthorn. 



C. Oxyacantha : shrub or small tree, thorny ; leaves obovate, 

 wedge-shaped, stalked, cut into 3-5 toothed lobes ; flowers 

 white or pink, scented, in sessile corymbs on short leafy 

 branches. — Whitethorn or May. — Hedges and woods. Fl. 

 May, June. 



