54 14. VIOLARTEJB. 



represent one very variable or several closely allied species, or 

 what it would be convenient to treat as such. 



11. Viola pinnata, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 934 ; DC. Prodr. i. 

 p. 292 ; Turcz. Fl. Baic. Dah. i. p. 178 (var. j3. dissecta) ; Maxim. 

 in Mel. Biol. ix. p. 717 ; Baker et 8. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xvii. p. 379 ; Franchet, PI. David, p. 41, et in Mem. Soc. Sc. Nat. 

 Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 200. 



Viola dissecta, Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. p. 244. 



Viola pinnata, 8. chaerophylloides, Regel, PI. Radd. i. p. 222. 



Chihli : Jehol (David 1739, ex Franchet). Pohuashan (Bret- 

 schneider\); Shingking: Kwandien mountains and Toon gdi en 

 (Rossi); Shantung: Chefoo (Fauvel ex Franchet); Cokea 

 (Wilfordl Carlesl); Cobban Archipelago: Port Hamilton 

 (Oldham !). Herb. Kew. 



Alps of Europe, Central and Eastern Asia to Japan. 



12. Viola Raddeana, Regel, PI. Radd. i. pp. 251 et 256, t. 7. 

 figg. 1-5. 



Cohea (Carlesl). Herb. Kew. 

 Amur. 



13. Viola (§ Nomimium) Rossii, Hemsl. 



JRhizoma hypogaea crassiuscula. Folia longe petiolata, mollia, 

 late cordata, absque petiolo usque ad 2 poll, longa lataque, sinu 

 aperto, crebre serrato-denticulata, acuminata, vix acuta, utrinque 

 praecipue subtus parce puberula, stipulis integris fere liberis. 

 Flores iraberbi, circiter pollicares, pedunculis cum foliis subaequi- 

 longis, bracteis Bubintegris amplectentibus longe acuminatis ; 

 sepala glabra, ovato-oblonga vix acuta, appendicibus rotundatis vel 

 truncatis latioribus paucidenticulatis ; petala obovato-spathulata, 

 calcari brevi lato scrotiformi ; staminum 2 anteriorum appendi- 

 ces dorsales subaequaliter triangulares, apice obtusae, incrassatae ; 

 connectivorum squamae scariosae, latae, obtusae ; ovarium glabrum, 

 acutum, stylo breviter exserto basi leviter constricto, stigmate 

 breviter rostrato. Capsula non visa. 



Shingking: Kwandien and Changdien (Rossi); Kiangsu : 



Chinkiang (Maries I) ; Kiangsi : Lushan mountains, Kiu- 



kiang (Maries I); Coeea: Soul mountains (Carlesty. Herb. 



Kew. 



An imperfect specimen of this species was sent to Mr. Maxi- 



mowicz, who suggested it might be a variety of his V. Bisseti, a 



