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stalks ; Pyrenees. P. intermedia, L. ; flowers on long 

 stalks, upper leaves opposite ; Pyrenees, Dauphiny. P. 

 delphinensis, G. and G. ; stem suffruticose, stipules lan- 

 ceolate-acuminate ; Dauphiny. 



G. Flowers yellow, sepals and petals 5 each, leaves 

 digitate, with usually 5 leaflets; not alpine. P. reptans, 

 L. (including ascendens, Grml.), is a very common road- 

 side plant. 



H. Flowers yellow, sepals and petals 5 each, floral 

 stem terminal ; not alpine. P. argentea, L. ; leaflets 

 usually 5, incised, very white beneath; walls and dry 

 places in the lowlands. P. collina, Koch (Guntheri, 

 Pohl); resembling the last, but leaflets grey-tomentose 

 beneath ; rare. P. cinerea, auct. (incana, Fl. Wett.) ; 

 similar, but leaves grey-tomentose on both sides; rare. 

 P. canescens, Bess. (inclinata } VilL); stem erect, leaflets 

 oblong-lanceolate ; occasional. P. recta, L. ; stem erect, 

 very leafy, 12-18 in., flowers sulphur-coloured; dry 

 banks, local. P. supina, L. ; petals shorter than the 

 calyx, stem decumbent, flowers small, pale yellow ; Bale. 



Tribe POTERIE^E. Petals 4, 5, or o; carpels 1-3, 

 developing into achenes enclosed within the calyx-tube. 

 Genera 10-13. 



10. AGRIMONIA, L. 



Calyx 5-lobed ; petals 5 ; flowers yellow, in terminal 

 spike-like racemes; stamens 12-20; carpels 2; leaves 

 pinnate. Not alpine. 



A. Eupatoria, L., Agrimony; calyx-tube obconical ; 

 very common in hedge-banks and thickets. A. odorata, 



