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cymes, honeyed. Calyx urceolate, persistent, 4-5-bracteolate ; lobes 

 4-5, valvate in bud. Petals 0. Stamens 1-4, inserted on the mouth 

 of the calyx. Disk coating the calyx-tube, its thickened margin all 

 but closing the mouth. Carpels 1-5, basal in the calyx-tube ; styles basal 

 or ventral ; ovule 1, basal. Achenes 1-4, enclosed in the membranous 

 calyx-tube. — Distrib. Europe, India, and America, but chiefly Andean ; 

 species 30. — Etym. Arabic. 



Section 1. Aph'anes, L. (gen.). Annual. Cymes leaf-opposed, dense. 

 Bracteoles minute or 0. Antheriferous stamens 1-2. 



1. A. arven'sis, LamJc. ; leaves cuneate or fan-shaped. 3-lobed, lobes 

 cut. Aphanes, L. 



Fields and waste places in dry soil, N". to Shetland; ascends to 1,6(0 ft. in 

 the Highlands ; Ireland, Channel Islands ; fl. May- Aug. — Hairy, much 

 branched from the base ; branches 2-8 in., erect or prostrate. Leaves 

 J-§ in., narrowed into the short petiole, lobes cuneate ; stipules palmately 

 cut. Flowers hidden by the stipules. Calyx usually 4-cleft. Achenes 1-3. — 

 — Distrib. Europe, IS". Africa, W. Asia ; introd. in N. America. 



Section 2. Alchemilla proper. Perennial. . Cymes corymbose or 

 panicled. Bracteoles conspicuous. Antheriferous stamens usually 4. 



2. A. vulga'ris, L. ; leaves reniform plaited 6-9-lobed green beneath. 

 Moist pastures and streams, N". to Shetland (absent in Kent) ; ascends to 



3,600 ft. in the Highlands; Ireland; Channel Islands; fl. June- Aug. — More 

 or less hairy. Rootstock black, stout, short. Stem 6-18 in., ascending. 

 Radical leaves 2-6 in. diam., lobes serrate, petiole 6-18 iu., cauline smaller ; 

 stipules connate, toothed. Cymes irregularly racemed or panicled. Flowers 

 § in. diam., yellow-green, proterandrous, rarely perfect; pedicel short. 

 Achenes 1 or 2, glandular. — Distrib. Europe (Arctic), N. and AY. Asia, 

 Kashmir, Greenland, Labrador. — Kootstock astringent and edible. — A. 

 monta'na, Willd. (A. hybrida, Pers.), is a dwarf mountain form with leaves 

 and petioles very pubescent or silky. 



3. A. alpi'na, L. ; leaves 5-7 -partite or -foliolate silvery beneath. 

 Mountain streams and rocks, York to Shetland and Ireland, alt. 400-4,000 ft. ; 



fl. June-Aug. — More or less clothed with silky hairs, except the upper 

 surface of the leaves. Rootstock slender, branched. Stems 3-9 in., ascending, 

 slender. Leaves on slender petioles, upper 1-2 in. diam., sessile, orbicular- 

 reniform ; leaflets £-l| in., narrow oblong, sharply toothed at the tip ; 

 stipules connate, cleft. Cymes interruptedly spiked and panicled. Flowers 

 & in. diam., yellow-green ; pedicels short, hairy. Achenes minutely glandular. 

 — DiSTEtiB. Europe (Arctic), N. and \Y. Asia, Greenland. 

 A. conjimc'ta, Bab. (A. arf/entea. t Don), is a sport with subpeltate leaves, the 

 leaflets connate below the middle, found in Forfar and Arran, Faroe Isles, 

 France and Switzerland. 



9. AGRIMO NIA, L. AGRIMONY. 

 Slender perennial herbs. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets serrate ; stipules 

 partially adnate to the petiole. Flowers small, yellow, in terminal spike- 



