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blunt, teeth obtuse or obtusish, inflorescence meagre pedicels 
all or most with fairly numerous hairs,,/?, large 3^ — 4 (5) mm. 
diani. yelloivish green, ?<rceo^fs pear-shaped + thickly spreading 
hairy. — Usually small (f. apnea) 8 — 12 cm. high, 1. reaching 
3^ cm. long and 4 cm. broad, lobes with 5 — 6 teeth each side ; 
sometimes (f. vegeta) larger to 25 (in shade to 40) cm. high, 1. 
reaching 6 cm. long and 8 cm. broad, lobes with 6 — 8 (9) teeth 
each side. — Usually in dry sunny hill grassland, f. vegeta in 
open woods. P. IV.-IX. E.S.I. 
\h. A. filicaulis Buser 3 resemhling sp. la throughout except 
in distribution of hair.s, 1. usually moderately hairy, petioles 
sometimes glabrescent, laminae ± hairy above, sparsely below, 
sometimes glabrescent except in folds above, uppe^- part of 
stem almost always glabrous, rarely with a few scattered 
hairs, sometimes stem glabrous throughout, pedic. glabrous, 
urceoles ± sparsely hairy or upper ones glabrous, rarely all 
glabrous except for solitary hairs. — Critical ; Forfar, Perth, 
Inverness, Shetland. P. VI.-VII. S. 
Ic. A. pratensis (Schmidt 1, emend.) Lindbergh; stems and 
petioles thickly spreading hairy, I. yellow green flat glabrous 
above, lobes (9 complete) short broad moderately rounded, 
teeth equal acute, like a staircase, infl. richly branched laxly 
rich clustered, pedicles 1 — 2 (3) mm. glabrous,^, yellow very 
small, 2^—3^ mm. diam., urceoles hemispherical most glabrous, 
a few with solitary or sparse-spreading hairs (more in autumn 
specimens).— Upland grassland. P. V.-VIII. E.S.I. 
Id. A. alpestris Schmidt (emend. ?); Lindberg ; medium to 
large, almost glabrous : lowest (2) intemode and petioles with 
very sparse {1 sometimes dense) appressed, and a few slightly 
spreading, silky hairs, laminae ^vith short hairs on the upper 
part of veins beloic, often on the teeth and very rarely a few ui 
the folds above, basal stip. brownish, stem (4) 20 — 40 (60) cm. 
high, 1. yellow-green or clear blue green, petioles 2 — 25 cm. long, 
lamina reniform 83 — 15 x 3 — 12 cm., loljes (9 complete) rather 
long and deep, teeth (6) 7 — 9 (10) each side unequal sharply 
ovate obtusish (large 1.) or more ac. (small rounder 1.), ajncal 
tooth very small with contracted base, stem 1. large with large 
broad short-toothed stip., infl. long narrow branches rather 
erect, pedic. quite glabr. fl. yellow green 4 — 4i mm. diam, 
urceoles campamdate 2i — 3i mm. long glabroiis, sep. and 
epical, glabr.— Damp mountain meadows. P. V.-VIII. E.S.I. 
\e. A. acutidens Buser emend. Lindbg ; differs from sp. 
Id : medium-sized or usually small 4 — 45 cm. procumbent or 
1 A. vulgaris L. em. Buser; A. ptistoralis Buser: like Ic but 1. moderately 
hairy both sides, etc., has been found in Yorkshire. 
