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5- R. Chamannonts (Cloudberry). — Root-stock a creeping rhizome ; 

 stem herbaceous, about 6 inches high, without prickles ; leaves 

 simple, 5-7-lobed ; flowers solitary, large, white, and with the 

 stamens and pistils on different plants. The fruit is orange-red and 

 of a pleasant flavour. A very distinct specie.s, growing in peaty 

 mountainous situations in the north of Great Britain and Ireland. 

 Known in Scotland as avrons, and in Norway as moltebeere. — 

 Fl. June, July. Perennial. 



8. Agrimonia [Agrimony) 



I. A. Eupatoria (Common Agrimony). — The only British species. 

 A slender herbaceous plant 1-2 feet high, very different in habit 

 from any of the preceding. The leaves are pinnate, with the alter- 

 nate leaflets smaller, and all are deeply cut. The flowers are yellow, 

 and grow in long tapering spikes. The whole plant is covered with 

 soft hairs, and when bruised emits a slightly aromatic scent. Its 

 properties are said to be tonic, and on this account it is often col- 

 lected by village herbalists and made into tea. Common in waste 

 ground. — Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



9. AtCHEriiiLLA (Lady's Mantle) 



1. A. vulgaris (Common Lady's M.a.ni\e).— Leaves kidney-shaped, 

 7-9-lobed ; lobes blunt, serrated ; flowers in loose panicles. A 

 herbaceous plant about 6 inches high, with large and handsome soft 

 leaves and numerous small yellowish green flowers. Hilly pas- 

 tures ; not uncommon. — Fl. June to August. Perennial. 



2. A. Alpina (Alpine Lady's Mantle). — Leaf of 

 5-7 oblong, blunt leaflets, serrated at the end, white 

 and satiny beneath. A very beautiful plant, re- 

 markable for the lustrous, almost metallic hue of 

 the underside of its leaves. Mountains in Scotland 

 and the north of England. — Fl. July, August. 

 Perennial. 



3. A. arvensis (Field Lady's Mantle, or Parsley \V2* 

 Piert). — L^eavcs 3-cleft, wedge-shaped, downy ; lol^es 

 deeply cut ; flowers tufted, sessile in the axils of the 

 leaves. A small inconspicuous weed, 3-6 inches 

 long, with minute greenish flowers, which are 

 almost concealed by the leaves and their large alciiemilla 

 stipules. Common everyv.'here.— Fl. May to.August. Arvensis (Field 

 Annual. ^«'^>''^ ^^''""^^ 



