TETRANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Alchemilla. 243 
Marsh Isnardia. In ponds and watery places. Found in a pool at 
Buxted, Sussex, in 1827, by Mr. W. Borrer. 
A. July. Sm. Eng. FI. E.) 
ALCHEMII/LA.* * Calyx eight-cleft: Bloss. none: Seed one or 
two, inclosed by the calyx. 
A. vulga'ris. Leaves (plaited, lcbed. 
Hook. FI. Lond. 210— E. Bot. 597— Abbot FI. Bed. p. 36 .—Puri. 1. 
E.)—Ludw. 176— FI. Dan. 693—Blackw. 72— Matth. 1177—Trag. 512 
— Fuchs. 612— J. B. ii. 398 (i) — Dod. 140. 2— Ger. Em. 949— Pet. 9. 9—- 
Kniph. .3— Clus. ii. 208. 2— Lob. Obs. 378. 3— Parle. 538— H. Ox. ii. 20. 
row 3. 1 —Pet. 9. 10—Ger. 802—. Mill. 18. 2. 
(Root fibrous, woody. Stems six to twelve inches high, rather procumbent, 
hairy, leafy. E.) Flowers forming a kind of umbel, the General involu- 
crum being a leaf which entirely surrounds the stalk, but the Partial 
involucrum extending only half way round. Leaves cloven generally into 
seven lobes, serrated. Leaf stalk sending a rib along the middle of each 
lobe of the leaf. Seed one, sometimes two, in each seed-vessel. Flowers 
yellowish green. 
Var. 2. Minor. Much smaller : leaves pubescent. Huds. (A more silky 
and elegant plant: clusters of flowers more compact. E.) 
Pluk. 240. 2— Barr. 728—. Mill. 18. 1. 
A. alpina hybrida a. Linn. Sp. PI. who supposes it to be the product of the 
seed of A. alpina impregnated by the pollen of A. vulgaris , (A. vulgaris 
(3. Sm. E.) 
On mountains. P. July. 
Common Lady’s Mantle.+ (Irish: Grub lehoin. Welsh: MantellFair 
gyffredin ,* Simmwr y cor. Gaelic : Copan-an-dru ic; Cota-preasach - 
nion-an Ri. E. Meadows and pastures, frequent. P. June—Sept.J 
A. alpi'na. Leaves with finger-like divisions, serrated (silky at the 
back. E.) 
FI. Dan. 49— E. Bot. 244— Kniph. 5— Munt. 90— Lob. Adv. 307. 1— 
Pet. 9. 11 -Barr. 75Q—Park. 394. 3— J. B. ii. 398. (/) 1 —Clus. ii. 108. 
1— Ger. Em. 988. 5— Ger. 837. 5— H. Ox. ii. 20. row 2. 3. 
* (Because celebrated by the alchymists for its virtues. E.) 
*f* (In the singular; being so named especially of the Virgin Mary, t( Our Lady,” 
whose paraphernalia was rendered complete by the misapplied ingenuity of cloistered 
devotees, as diffused through the ancient herbals. E.) 
f The whole plant is astringent. In the province of Smolandia, in Gothland, a tinc¬ 
ture is made from the leaves, and given in spasmodic or convulsive diseases. Horses, 
sheep, and goats eat it. Swine refuse it. Cows are not fond of it. (The Rev. S. Dick¬ 
enson gives the following curious account of its pernicious effects on cows : “ Being lately 
on a visit at Somerford, the Hon. E. Moncton requested me to examine the herbage of a 
meadow near the river Penk, in which he had the misfortune, a few years ago, to have 
five milking cows die suddenly at once, and several more were with difficulty recovered. 
The symptoms of the disease, which he attributed to some noxious plant, were irremediable 
obstruction in the bowels. Upon examination, I found a very unusual abundance of Alche - 
onilla vulgaris in every part of the field ; and am inclined to believe this plant the cause of 
the fatality, as it is known to be of a very astringent quality. It was the aftermath the 
herd depastured ; and the survivors, upon being introduced into the same field the sum¬ 
mer following, were immediately affected with similar symptoms, but removed in time* to 
prevent the fatal consequences ; since which Mr. Moncton has never hazarded the depas¬ 
turing of it by neat cattle.” E.) 
