5-20-34? Alchemilla pubescens Lamb, Cate #64 = A. hybrida Miller. SO VI 376, BOH XII 144, FL An Massillon (found also at Donchaux 5-15-34) Hairs point only to this but the calyx is def. shorter than calyx lobes (query could they grow later?) Cd with A. vulgaris (Flim 5-20-34). A. vul- has infl of def yellowish cast. Inf spreading out with an open lacy effect, the individual flawd pedicels often distinct to eye. Infl above the lowest subtending bract (each of the main- from-the-stem branches) perfectly glabrous or with only an occasional few hairs on edges of bracte). *A. pub- has infl to which pubescence on sts, calyx etc imparts a grayish tinge (modifying the yellowish cast.) Inf def v finely silvery hairy (conspicuously dif from A. vul- to eye), the hairs on st pedicels of the stem parts stiff spreading horizontally, hairs on calyx parts or bracts not horizontal but not closely appressed. None of the branches as spreading as in A. vul- and infl has no open lacy effect; the in- dividual flw pedicels not being not distinct to eye but forming somewhat (not strongly) compact groups. A vulgaris? prob sep protensis since hairs on st spread horizontally, has fine teeth. A. pubescens has larger rounder teeth (teeth near top of lobe 2x2mm whereas A. vul. has teeth 1x1mm. Fl in both species + 3/2 mm diameter but at S.