Alchemilla.] rosacea. 151 



VI. Alchemilla, Linn. Lady's-mantle. 



Calyx 8-cleft, the 4 alternate and outer segments the smallest. 

 Petals 0. Stamens 1 — 4. Achenes 1 — 2. 



1. A. arvensis, Sm. Field Lady's-mantle. Parsley Piert. 

 " Leaves trifid pubescent, lobes cuneate deeply cut, flowers sessile 

 axillary."— 5r. Fl. p. 126. E. B. t. 1011. Aphanes, L. 



Common everywhere in dvy, barren, sandy or gravelly pastures, cornfields, fal- 

 lows, waste ground, and on wall-tops. Fl. May — October. . 



VII. PoTENTiLLA, Linn. Cinquefoil. 



Calyx 8 — 10 cleft, segments alternately smaller. Petals 4 — 5. 

 Achenes numerous, minute, tipped with a minute style, placed 

 upon a small dry flat receptacle. 



A. Petals yellow. 

 * Leaves pinnate. 



1. P. anserina, L. Silver Weed. Wild Tansy. " Leaves 

 interruptedly pinnate serrated silky especially beneath, peduncles 

 axillary single-flowered, stem creeping." — Br. Fl. p. 122. E. B. 

 t. 861. 



In moist meadows and pastures, wet thickets, on ditchbanks, also in dry waste 

 places, by roadsides, borders of fields, &c. ; very common. Fl. May — July. If. 



The flowers have been remarked by Dr. Bell-Salter and Mr. G. Kirkpatrftk to 

 be powerfully fragrant. 



** Leaves digitate. 



2. P. Tormentilla, With. Tormentil. " Stem-leaves ternate 

 those at the base of the peduncles sessile, leaflets lanceolate or 

 obovate-cuneiform inciso-serrate, stem procumbent or ascending 

 dichotomous upwards, achenes wrinkled. 



a. " Leaves all sessile acute except those of the root, stem ascending." Tor- 

 mentilla ofiicinalis, L. : E. B. t. 863. 



p. " Lower stem-leaves stalked obtuse, stem prostrate sometimes rooting, 

 flowers larger." Tormentilla reptans, L. : E. B. t. 864. Br. Fl. p. 124. 



In (mostly dry) woods, thickets, pastures, and on heathy, moory ground ; every- 

 where. Fl. June — August. 2^. 



/3. On hedgebanks between Alder moor and Coppid Hall. Parkhurst forest, on 

 the right hand of the brow of the hill. Miss G. Kilderbee ! 



3. p. reptans, L. Creeping Cinquefoil. Vect. Five-fingered 

 Grass. " Stem fiHform prostrate creeping, leaves long-stalked, 

 leaflets 5 obovate-cuneiform serrated, peduncles axillary solitary 

 single -flowered longer than the leaf, achenes granulated scabrous." 

 —Br. Fl. p. 124. E. B. t. 862. 



