110 6. ROSACES. 



|"y. A. alpestris (Schmidt); whole plant nearly glabrous, 1. slightly 

 hairy on the nerves beneath and with tufts of silky hairs on the teeth. _i 

 Moist pastures. P. VI. VIII. Common Lady's Mantle. 



E. s. r. 



2. A. alpina (L.); radical 1. digit ate, divisions?) 7 separated 



to their base oblong blunt adpressed serrate at the end white 

 and silky beneath, fl. in interrupted spikes of small lateral and 

 terminal corymbs, achene oblong-ovoid suddenly acuminate, st. 

 slightly branched simple below. Si/. JE. . 425. St. 51. 2. 

 St., cal. and underside of the 1. beautifully silky. Leaflets 

 rarely slightly combined, outer ones of the radical 1. usually 

 nearly opposite to each other. Branches usually undivided, as- 

 cending. Mountains. P. VI. VII. Alpine Lady's Mantle. 



E. S. I. 



3. A. c077/w??c'ta(Bab.); radical 1. suborbicular peltate-palmate, 

 divisions 5 7 much connected below oblong blunt adpressed 

 serrate at the end 'white and very silky beneath, fl. in small 

 lateral and terminal corymbs, achene ovate-ovoid gradually 

 acuminate, st. much branched. JE. B. S. 2983. A. argentea 

 (Don) ; not Lam. Often taken for A. alpina but its Its. are 

 much larger, their lobes broader and placed in the radical leaves 

 so that the 2 external ones almost it not quite touch each other 

 so as to present the appearance of a peltate leaf; st. -branches 

 long alternate spreading and often again subdivided; fl. in 

 small nearly simple distant corymbs. [Faroe Isles. A. Jissa 

 Fl. Dan. 2101. Dauphine.] Olova ! Glen Saniiox, Arran ! 

 P. VI. VII. S. 



4. A. arverisis (Scop.) ; /. palmate %-Jid icedyeshaped below 

 hairy, lobes with 3 6 teeth at the end, fl. sessile axillary. 

 Aphanes Linn. JE. B. 1011. St. prostrate or ascending, 4 5 in. 

 long. Fl. very small, greenish, in small hairy inconspicuous 

 tufts. Dry fields on sand and gravel. A. V. VIII. Parsley 

 Piert. E. S. j. 



Tribe III. Dryadea. 



7. SIBBAL'DIA Linn. 



I. S. procum'bens (L.) ; 1. ternate, leaflets wedgeshaped with 

 3 teeth at the end, fl. corymbose, pet. lanceolate. E. B. 897. 

 St. 17. 5. Pot. Sibbaldii, Hall. L. pilose on both sides. St. 

 woody, procumbent. Pet. very small, yellow. Pistils and 

 stam. very variable in number. Dry summits of Scottish 

 mountains. Above Highcup Scar ; Teesdale. P. VII. E. S. 



