CXIV. 



ALCHEMILLA VULGARIS. 



Common Lady's Mantle. 



Class IV. Tetrandria. — Order I. Monogynia. 



Nat. Ord. Rosacea. 



Gen. Char. Perianth inferior, eight-cleft ; the alternate 

 segments smallest. Style from the base of the germen. 

 Fruit one or two seeded, surrounded by the persistent 

 perianth. 



Spec. Char. Leaves reniform, plaited, many-lobed, 

 serrated. 



SYNONYMES. 



Greek .... XcovtottoSiov. 



( Alchemilla vulgaris. Bauh.Pin. 319. 

 Alchimilla. Raii St/n. 158. Ger. Em. 949. 



J Alchymilla major vulgaris. Park. Theatr. 538. 

 1 Pes Leonis. Fuchs. 584, c. 234. 



J Alchemilla vulgaris. Lin. Sp. PI. 178. Eng. Fl. i. p. 223. 



L Eng. Bot. t. 597. 



French Alchimille ; Pied de lion ; Manteau des dames. 



Italian .... Alchimilla ; Piede di leone. 

 Spanish — Alquimila ; Pie de leon comun. 

 Portuguese. Alchimilla. 



German Sinau ; Frauenmantel ; Lbwenfuss. 



Dutch .... Zinauw ; Leuwenklaauw ; Onze vrouwe mantel. 

 Swedish . . . Dragblad. 



Description. — The root is perennial, oblique, fibrillose, lig- 

 neous ; dark brown externally, and marked with the annular re- 

 mains of former leaves. The stems are more or less numerous, 

 erect, slender, cylindrical, leafy, naked, or clothed with hairs, and 



