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4. Pote'eium Linn. Lesser Burnet. 
1. P. Sanguism-'ba (L.) ; herbaceous, st. slightly angular, cal. 
of the frv it hardened quadraTiguI ar with 4 thin entire ivings and 
netted veins.— F. B. 860. — L. pinnate, with many small ovate 
coarsely serrate subsessile leaflets glabrous or slightly hairy 
beneath. Lower part of the stems and petioles often doAvny. — 
On a dry calcareous soil. P. VI. — VIII. E. S. I. 
12. P. polyg'amum, (W. & K.) ; herbaceous, st. slightly 
angular, calyx oi fruit hardened A-ivinged pitted, pits with ele- 
vated and denticulate edges. — E. B. S. 2989. P. muricatum 
(Spach). — a. P. j)latylophum (Jord.) ; fr.-cal. with rather blunt 
denticulate wings, pits with sharply denticulate edges. — ^3. 
P. stenolophum (Jord.) ; fr.-cal. with sharp entire wings, pits 
with rather bluntly denticulate edges. — Both of these closely 
resemble Sp. 1, but are usually larger in all their parts. 
Leaflets usually oval. — Dry places. P. VI. VII. E. 
5. Ageimo'nia Linn. Agrimony. 
1. A. Eupatoric, (L. excl. vars.) ; cal.-tube of fr. ohconic 
furrowed to the base, exterior spines spreading, 1. interruptedly 
pinnate serrate shaggy beneath. — E. B. 1335. St. 59. 4. — St. 
erect, about 2 feet high. Spikes long with distant yellow 
flowers. Leaflets deeply serrate.— Fields and roadsides. 
P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 
2. A. odordta (Mill.) ; cal --tube of fr. bellshaped not furrowed, 
exterior spines declining, 1. interruptedly pinnate hairy and 
with minute glands beneath. — E. B. S. 2982. — Scented. Spikes 
long. n. yellow ; pet. obovate-lanceolate, wedgeshaped below, 
distant, 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 upper half. 
Taller than Sp. 1, usually more branched ; 1. and Its., fl. and fr. 
larger. — Waste places, rare. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 
6. Alchemil'la Linn. em. Scop. Lady's Mantle. 
1. A. vidgdris (L.) ; I. reniform or nearly orbicular plaited 
7 — 9-lobed, lobes rounded serrate throughout green beneath, 
fl. in terminal corymbs, or rather racemose cymes. — E. B. 597. 
— Slightly hairy. Fl. yellowish green. L. large on long stalks, 
st.-l. sessile with large notched connate stipules. — /S. A.filicaidis 
(Buser) ^ ; st.-l. and petioles silky, old 1. wavy with broad waves, 
1 Rev. E. F. Linton in a paper on the segregates of A. vulgaris (J. of B. 1895, 
p. 110) states that A. moiitana Willd. to which this var. was referred in Ed. viii. 
is not British. 
