92 26. ROSACE.E. 



6. Alchemilla Linn. Lady's Mantle. 



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

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

 rymbs. — E. B. 597. — Slightly haii-y. M. yellowish green. L. 

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

 connate stipules. — 13. subsericea (Koch) ; st.-l. andpetioles 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 

 6 — 7 combined through ^ of their length oblong obtuse closely 

 seiTated 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 IV. C. Trevelyan.'] — 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 hairv, 

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

 (L.) E. 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. 



Tribe IIL Dryadem. 



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. 



