CL. IV.] TETRANDRIA TETRAGYNIA. 105 



15. ALCHEMl'LLA. LADY'S MANTLE. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, tubular, permanent ; limb divided 

 into eight segments, the four outer alternate ones smaller. Corolla 

 none. Filaments awl-shaped, erect, small, standing on the mouth 

 of the calyx ; anthers roundish. Germen egg-shaped, in the bot- 

 tom of the calyx. Style thread-shaped, as long as the stamens, 

 standing on the base of the germen ; stigma knobbed. Seed one, 

 oval, compressed. Named on account of its supposed alchemical 

 .powers. 78. 



1. A. vulgdris. Common Lady's Mantle. Leaves lobed, plaited. 



Root large, somewhat woody, with long fibres : stems about six inches 

 high, round, hairy, branched, leafy : root-leaves numerous, on long stalks, 

 kidney-shaped : stem-leaves much smaller, on short stalks : flowers yel- 

 lowish-green, in numerous corymbose clusters. Perennial : flowers in 

 June and July : grows in pastures, and by the side of brooks, rivers, and 

 pools: common. Eng. Bot. vol.ix. pi. 597. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 224. 



260. 



2. A. alpina. Alpine Lady's Mantle. Leaves with finger-like divi- 

 sions, silky on the back. Leaves divided into five or seven elliptical 



or inversely egg-shaped lobes, serrated towards the extremity, and covered 

 with a beautiful silky down on the back. Prennial : flowers iirJuly : 

 grows on the high mountains of Wales, the north of England, and Scot- 

 land, as well as Ireland, by the sides of rills and streams : abundant. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. iv. pi. 244. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 225. 261 . 



3. A. arven'sis. Parsley Piert. Leaves flat, three-lobed, variously 



cut. Root small, fibrous: stems three or four inches high, spreading, 



round, leafy: leaves alternate, on short stalks: flowers green : stamens 

 generally four, sometimes one. Annual : flowers from May to August : 

 grows in corn-fields and dry gravelly pastures : common. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. xv. pi. 1011. Eng. FL vol. i. p. 225. 262. 



TETRAGYNIA. 



16. 1'LEX. HOLLY. 



Calyx inferior, one-leaved, four-toothed, permanent. Corolla 

 wheel-shaped, of four elliptical segments or petals, much larger 

 than the calyx. Filaments awl-shaped, shorter than the corolla ; 

 anthers small, two-lobed. Germen roundish. Styles none ; stig- 

 mas four, obtuse, permanent. Berry globular, four-celled, each 

 cell one-seeded. Seeds oblong, pointed. Name used by the 

 Romans. 79. 



1. T. Aquiftilium. Common Holly. Leaves egg-shaped, acute, thorny. 

 An evergreen tree, with smooth greyish bark, shining thorny leaves. 



whitish flowers, and scarlet berries. Birdlime is procured from the bark 

 by maceration : the wood is used for veneering, and for making handles 

 of knives, &c.; it makes an impenetrable fence, and bears cropping, nor 

 is its verdure ever observed to suffer from our most severe winters : flowers 



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