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the arge fruits rarely with shallow furrows in its upper half. 

 Taller than Sp. 1, usually more branched ; 1. and Its., A. and fr. 

 larger.— "Waste places, rare. P. VI. VH. E. S. I. 



6. Alchemec'la. lAnn. 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. — E. B. 697. — Slightly hairy. PI. yel- 

 lowish green. L. large on long stalks, st.-l. sessile with large 

 notched connate stipules. — (3. A. mowtana (Willd.) ; st.-l. and 

 petioles silky, old 1. wavy with broad waves. — Moist pastures. 

 P. VI.— Vin. Common Lady's Manth. E. S. I. 



2. A. alpina (L.) ; Radical I. digitate, divisions 6 — 7 separated 

 to their base oblong blunt adpressed serrate at the end white 

 and silky beneath, n. in interrupted spikes of small lateral and 

 terminal corymbs, achene oHong-ovoid suddenly acuminate, st. 

 slightly branched simple below.^ — 8y. E. B. 425. 8t. 61. 2. — 

 St., cal. and imderside of the 1. . beautifully silky. Leaflets 

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

 nearly opposite to each other. Branches usually undivided, as- 

 cending. — Mountains. P. VI. VII. Alpine Lady's Mantle. 



E. S. I. 



8. A. conjunc'ta (Bab.) ; radical I. suhorhicular peltate-palmate, 

 divisions 5 — 7 much connected below oblong blunt adpressed 

 serrate at the end white and very silky beneath, fl. in small 

 lateral and terminal corymbs, achene ovate-ovoid gradually acu- 

 minata st. much branched. — E. B. S. 2983, A. argentea (Don) ; 

 not Lam. — Often taken for A. alpina but its Its. are much 

 larger, their lobes broader and placed in the radical leaves so 

 that the 2 external ones almost if not quite touch each other so 

 as to present the appearance of a peltate leaf; st.-branches long 

 alternate spreading and often again subdivided ; fl. in small 

 nearly simple distant corymbs. [Faroe Isles. ^._^ssa Fl. Dan. 

 2101. Dauphine.] Olova ! Glen Sannox, Airan ! P. VL VII. S, 



4. A. arven'sis (L.); I. palmate 8-Jid wedgeshaped below hairy, 

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

 Linn. E. B. 1011. — St. prosti'ate 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. 



E. S. I. 



