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ALCHEMI'LIA* * * * § . 
Linnean Class and Order. Tetra'ndria f, Monogy'nia. 
Natural Order. Rosa'ce^e ; sect. SanguisorbeasJ; Juss.Gen. 
31. pp. 334 & 336. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. pp. 171 & 172. — Lindl. 
Syn. pp. 88 & 102. — Rich, by Macgilliv. pp. 528 & 530. — Loud. 
Hort. Brit. p. 512. — Mack. Fi. Hibern. pp. 85 & 105. — Sangui- 
sorbe.e, Lindl. Introd. to Nat Syst of Bot. p. 80. — Don’s Gen. 
Syst. of Card, and Bot. v. ii. p. 589. — Rosales ; sect. Rosinas ; 
subsect. Rosianas ; type, Sanguisorbace^: ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. 
pp. 614, 683, 699, & 707. — Senticosae, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (figs. 1, 2, & 3.) inferior, of 1 sepal, tubu- 
lar, permanent ; tube rather contracted at the apex ; limb spreading, 
in 8 segments, the 4 outer alternate ones smallest. Corolla none. 
Filaments (see fig. 3.) 4, from the mouth of the calyx, opposite to 
the smaller segments, awl-shaped, short. Anthers roundish, mi- 
nute. Germen (see fig. 4.) in the bottom of the calyx, generally 
solitary. Style (see fig. 4.) from the base of the germen, thread- 
shaped, about the length of the stamens (see fig. 3). Stigma 
capitate. Fruit (see fig. 4.) 1- or 2-seeded, surrounded by the 
permanent calyx. Seed inverted. 
The inferior, 8-cleft calyx, the 4 outer segments smallest; the 
want of a corolla; and the 1- or 2-seeded fruit, surrounded by the 
permanent calyx ; will distinguish this from other genera in the 
same class and order. 
Three species British. 
ALCHEMl'LLA VULGARIS. Common Lady’s Mantle [|. 
Lion’s-foot. Lion’s-paw. Great Sanicle. Bear’s-foot. 
Spec. Char. Leaves roundish, kindney-shaped, plaited, many- 
lobed, serrated. 
Engl. Bot. t. 597. — Hook. FI. Lond. t. 210. — Curt. Brit. Entom. v. iv. t. 185. — 
Linn. Sp. Pi. p. 178.— Huds. Fi. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 71. — W il Id. Sp. Pi. v. i. 
pt. i. p. 698.— Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 189. ; Engl. FI. v. i. p. 223. — With. (7th ed.) 
v. ii. p.243. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v.ii. p. 576. — Lindl. Syn. p. 103. — Hook. Brit. 
Fi. p. 70. — Lightf. Fi. Scot. v. i. p. 120. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p.61. — Abbot’s FI. 
Bedf. p. 36. t. 1. — Davies’ Welsh Bot. p. 17. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 102. t. 1. 
and voi. iii. p. 339. — Relh. FI. Cantab. (3rd edit.) p. 66. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 
56. — Giev. FI. Edin. p.39. — FI. Devon, pp. 29 & 172. — Johnst. FI. of Berwick, 
v. i. p. 39. — Winch’s FI. of Northumb. and Durh. p. 10. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of 
Gard. and Bot. v. ii. p. 590. — Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 42. — Perry's PI. Varvic. 
Selects, p. 14. — Bab. FI. Bath. p. 15. — Mack. Catal. of PI. of Irel. p. 19. ; FI. 
Hibern. p. 105. — Alchimilla, Ray’s Syn. p. 158. — Johnson’s Ger. p.949. 
Localities. — I n dry, rather mountainous pastures. 
Figs. 1 & 2. Calyx. — Fig. 3. Front View of a Flower, showing the Stamens, 
Pistil, and fleshy ring, or nectary, which closes its mouth. — Fig. 4, Germen, Style, 
and Stigma. — Figs. 2, 3, & 4, more or less magnified. 
* From the Arabic alkemelyeh, alchemy ; from its pretended alchemical vir- 
tues. Hooker. -f- See folio 46, note -f\ 
$ This section is raised to the rank of an order, by Dr. Lindley, in consequence 
of the plants, which compose it, having apetalous flowers ; an indurated calyx; 
and only one carpel. 
§ From the plaiting and regularity of its leaves, giving an appearance of a Lady’s 
Mantle. Thornton. 
