576 351.A]chemiI. 59. AGRIMONIACE^. Pl.ex.caL 



III. 351. ALCHEMILLA. Tragus. Ladies-mantle, 



Calyx 4-cut, -i-bracteated ; corolla ; stamens 4, very 

 short ; ovary 1 ; akenium enclosed in the persisting calj^x. 

 — Leaves palmately lobed, stipuled. 



a. Alchemillse verae. Root perennial ; style 1. 



1 . Alchemilla vulgaris. Common ladies-mantle. 

 Leaves kidneyshape, 9-lobed, acutely serrated, rather 



naked ; corymbus terminal. 



Alchemilla, Ridi Syn. 158, 1 ; Ger.em. 949, I. 

 Alchemilla major vulgaris, Park. 538. 

 Alchemilla vuliiaris, Lin. S. P. 178. 



Liangs foot. Lion's paw. Pied de Lyon. Great sanicle. Bears-foot 

 North. 



Fields and hilly pastures ; perennial ; June and July. 

 Stem panicled ; leaves 7 to 9-lobed, lobes blunt ; sti- 

 pules cut. 



2. yllchemilla pulescens. Downy ladies-mantle. 

 Leaves lobed, silky, acutely serrated ; stem and petioles 



hairy, hairs close ; corymbus terminal. 



Alchemilla minor, Hudson Fl. Angl. ed. 1, 59. 

 Alchemilla vulgaris /3, SmUfi Ft. Brit. 190. 

 Alchemilla pubescens, Lamarck Encycl. Meth. 

 Alchemilla liybritla, Persoon Syn. 1, 149. 



Alpine pastures ; perennial ; July. 



3. yllchemilla alpina. Alpine ladies-mantle. 

 Leaves digitate, serrate, silky beneath. 



Alchemilla alpina pentaphyllos, Rail Syn. 158, 9.. 

 Pentaphyllum petrosum, Heptaphyllum Clusii, Ger, em. 988,5. 

 Tormentilla argentea, Park. 393. 

 Alchemilla alpina, Lin. S. P. 179. 

 Stone cinquefoil. 



Alpine micaceous rocks; perennial; July. 

 Leaves 5-parted ; stem upright ; calyx silky on the out- 

 side. 



b. Aphanes. Root annual; styles 2 ; ovaries 2, one gene- .m 

 rally abortive. 



4. Alchemilla arvensis. Fallow ladies-mantle. 

 Z/eat/e^ 3-cut, downy; lobes 2 or S-cwi ; Jioiuers sessile, 



axillary. 



