ROSACES lot 



stem-leaves 5 partite, upper stem-leaves tripartite, passing into bracts. Segments 

 wedge-shaped, serrated above the middle, silky below and at the margin. Petals 

 narrow, wedge-shaped, white. Stamens and carpels very hairy. 



Mountain rocks descending to Ste. Agnes above Menton and to the rochers de 

 Marges and rocks by the river at Ampus. July-August. 



P. Saxifraga Ard. A small tufted species, with woody stock. Radical 

 leaves digitate with 5 lanceolate segments, irregular, glabrous above, silky and 

 silvery beneath, with margin rolled in and 3-5 unequal teeth at top. Petioles 

 long and slender. Flowers white on long, slender pedicels. Petals obovate, 

 longer than the calyx. Carpels hairy. 



Limestone cliffs in the Maritime Alps from about 2200 ft. Above Menton, at 

 870 m. where first discovered, Gorge de Saorge, San Dalmazzo di Tenda, Valley 

 of the R. Var between the Vesubie and Tinee, etc. May-June. 



P. rupestris L. Rock Potentil. Stems 10-18 in. high, springing from an 

 almost woody base. Leaves chiefly radical, pinnate, long petioled ; leaflets 5 or 7, 

 ovate, doubly toothed, green ; stem-leaves fewer and smaller, often with only 

 3 leaflets. Flowers few, rather large, milk-white, in a loose corymb. 



Rocks and stony, hilly places, especially in the mountains, local. May-July. 



P. alba L. is found in mountain woods and rocks in Alpes-Maritimes. The 

 root-leaves are digitate, with 5 ovate-lanceolate leaflets, green and glabrous 

 above, silky and silvery beneath. 



ALCHEMILLA L. LADY'S MANTLE. 



In addition to the small A. arvensis, so common in sandy fields, the follow- 

 ing species or sub-species of this difficult and little-understood genus are found in 

 the higher mountains of the Var, viz. A. alpina L., A. glomerata G. Camus 

 (summit of Marges), A. saxatilis Buser, A. splendens Christ., A. Vetteri 

 Buser, A. pubescens Lam. In the Ligurian and Maritime Alps Messrs. 

 Bicknell, Burnat, Gremli, and Buser have determined various other species, but 

 want of space in this volume precludes us from any attempt at description or 

 arrangement. Moreover, though some of these plants are very pretty, especially 

 in the foliage, they are of little importance. 



AQRIMONIA L. 



A. Eupatoria L. Common Agrimony. This well-known plant is common 

 on the borders of fields and woods, and flowers from May to October. Leaves 

 often 6 in. long, pinnatisect with very unequal segments, hairy or villous ; calyx 

 obconical, strongly ridged, tipped with hooked bristles after flowering. Flowers 

 yellow, rather small, homogamous, in a long leafless spike. 



POTERIUM L. 



P. muricatum Spach. Plant 1-2^ ft. high, erect, robust, often reddish. 

 Leaves imparipinnate, almost glaucous beneath. Leaflets oblong or ovate. 

 Flowers in globular heads, on long peduncles. Fruit ovoid, 4 angled, reticulate, 

 with deep hollows on the face, ridges muricate and toothed. 



Dry, stony places, common. April-July. 



P. dictyocarpum Spach. A rather smaller and more slender plant closely 

 allied to the last. Leaflets broadly oval, coarsely toothed, usually glabrous. 

 Flowers in globular heads, long peduncled. Fruit ovoid, the 4 sides are reticu- 

 late and separated by broader wings, less deeply pitted. 



Woods and meadows, especially in the montane region. May-July. 



P. Magnolii Spach. Closely allied to the two last and differing chiefly in its 

 ovoid or subglobular fruits, covered with rough obtuse tubercles, irregularly and 

 deeply sinuate-crenate. Leaflets broadly ovate, numerous, the lowest very 

 small. 



Dry arid places in the Var, especially near the sea. May-July. Us d'Hyeres, 

 Carqueiranne, Estercl, La Falede, etc. 



