92 26. ROSACES. 



6. ALCHEMILLA Linn. Lady's Mantle. 



1. A. vulgaris (L.) ; I. reniform plaited 7 9-lobed, lobes 

 rounded serrated throughout green beneath, fl. in terminal co- 

 rymbs. E. B. 597. Slightly hairy. Fl. yellowish green. L. 

 large on long stalks, st.-l. sessile with a pair of large notched 

 connate stipules. /3. subsericea (Koch) ; st.-l. and'petioles silky, 

 old 1. wavy with broad waves. A. montana Willd. Dry hilly 

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



2. A. alpina (L.) ; radical I. digitate, divisions 5 7 separated 

 to their base oblong obtuse closely serrated at the end white and 

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

 minal corymbs, st. slightly branched simple below. E. B. 244. 

 St. 51. 2. St., cal. and under side of the 1. beautifully silky. 

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

 usually nearly opposite to each other. Branches usually un- 

 divided, ascending. Mountains. P. VI. VII. Alpine Lady's 

 Mantle. 



3. A. conjuncta (Bab.) ; radical I. peltate-palmate, divisions 

 5 7 combined through % of their length oblong obtuse closely 

 serrated at the end white and very silky beneath, fl. in interrupted 

 spikes of small lateral and terminal corymbs, st. with many 

 branches. A. argentea (Don) not Lam. Closely allied to A. 

 alpina but usually much larger; distinguished by the leaflets 

 which are broader and so placed in the radical leaves that the 2 

 external ones almost if not quite touch each other so as to present 

 the appearance of a peltate leaf; st. with long alternate spreading 

 branches, which are often again subdivided; the fl. in small 

 nearly simple distant corymbs, upon longer stalks, and more silky. 

 [Ferroe Isles. Sir W. C. 7Vet?e/y<w.] Clova Mountains. Mr. 

 G. Don ! and Mr. A. 0. Black (1853). Glen Sannox, Arran. 

 Dr. N. Tyache ! P. VI. VII. ' S. 



4. A. arvensis (L.) ; I. palmate 3-fid wedgeshaped below hairy, 

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

 (L.) E. E. 1011. St. prostrate or ascending, 45 in. long. Fl. 

 very small, greenish, in small hairy inconspicuous tufts. Dry 

 fields on sand and gravel. A. V. VIII. Parsley Piert. 



Tribe III. Dryadea. 

 7. SIBBALDIA Linn. 



1. S. procumbens (L.) ; 1. ternate, leaflets wedgeshaped with 

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

 St. 17. 5. L. pilose on both sides. St. woody, procumbent. 

 Pet. very small. " Pistils and stam. very variable in number. 



