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its upper -half, transverse section round, 4 wings tMn. — Damp 

 meadows. P. VI.— VHI. E. S. I. 



4. Poie'kiuii: Linn. Lesser Burnet. 



1. P. Scmyuisor'ha (L.) ; herbaceous, st. slightly angular, cal. 

 of the fruit hardened quadrangular irregularly wrinMed.—'L. 

 pinnate with many small ovate coarsely serrate subsessUe leaf- 

 lets, glabrous or slightly hairy beneath, Lower part of the stems 

 and petioles often downy. — On a dry calcareous soil. P. VI. — 

 vin. E.'S. L 



J;2. P. muricdtum ^Spach) ; herbaceous, st. slightly angular, 

 calyx oi fruit hardened ^wingeA pitted, pits with elevated and 

 denticulate edges. — a. P. platylophium (Jord.) ; fi\-cal. with 

 rather blunt denticulate wings, pits with sharply denticulate 

 edges. — 13.' P. ^ienolop^ium {Joid.) ; fr.-cal. with 'sharp entire 

 wings, pits with rather bluntly denticulate edges. , Both of these 

 closely resemble the preceding species, but are usually larger in 

 all their parts. Leaflets usually oval — -Dry places. P. VI. VII. 



E. 



5. Ag-eimo'nia Linn. Agrimony. 



1. A. JBupatdria (L.) ; cal.-tuhe offr. obconic furrow^ed to the 

 base, exterior spines spreading, 1. interruptedly pinnate serrate 

 shaggy beneath.^ — St. 59. 4. — St. erect, about 2 feet high. 

 Spites long with distant yellow flowers. Leaflets deeply ser- 

 rate.— Fields and roadsides. P. VI. VH. • ,E. S. I. 



2. A. odordta (Mill.) ; cal.-ttibe offr. bellsKaped not furrowed, 

 exterior spines declining, 1. interruptedly pinnate hairy and with 

 minute glands beneath. — JE. B. S. 2983; — Scented. Spikes long. 

 Fl. yellow ; pet. obovate-lanceolate, wedgeshaped below, dis- 

 tant, spreading, flat, turning up at the end. Styles spreading. 

 Leaflets deeply and sharply serrate throughout. Cal. -tube of 

 the large fruits rarely with shallow furrows in its Jupper half. 

 Taller than Sp. 1, usually more branched; 1. andlfs., fl. and fi. 

 larger.^^ Waste places, rare. P. "ST.. VII. '-'''■ E.I. 



6. Alchemil'la Linn. Lady's Mantle. 



1. A. vulgaris (L.) ; I. reniform or nearly orbicular plaited 

 7 — 9-lobed, lobes rounded serrate throughout green beneath, 

 fl. in terminal corymbs. — Slightly bairj- Fl- yellowish green. 

 L. large on long stalks, st.-l. sessile with large notched con- 

 nate stipules. — ^/3. *!(feerjfe»'fKoch) ; st.-l. and petioles silky, 



