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native of Japan ; but the latter has oblong-cordate leaves with 

 an almost closed sinus, and about ten or twelve distant teeth on 

 each side of the blade. Further, the dorsal appendage of the 

 two anterior stamens is constricted in the middle, and the 

 rounded end is as broad as or broader than the point of attachment. 

 In V. Hossii the broadly cordate leaves have a wide sinus and 

 from twenty to twenty-five teeth on eacli side of the blade, 

 whilst the nearly equally triangular dorsal appendage of the two 

 anterior stamens terminates in a small knob. 



14. Viola Selkirkii, Pursh ex Goldie in JEdinb. Phtt. Journ. 

 1822, p. 324 ; DC. Prodr. i. p. 305 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. ix. 

 p. 730 ; Franchet, PI. David, p. 42. 



Viola umbrosa, Fries, Novit. p. 271. 

 Viola karatschatica, Ging. in Linncea, i. p. 406. 

 Chihli : Jehol (David ex Franchet) ; Cobea : northern frontier 

 (ex Maximowicz). 



North Europe eastward to Japan and in North America. 



15. Viola serpens, Wall, in Boxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. p. 449 ; 

 DC. Prodr. i. p. 296 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 184 (varieta- 

 tes) ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. ix. p. 739. 



Viola confusa, Champ, in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iii. p. 260; Walp. 

 Ann. iv. p. 233 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 20. 



Kwastgtuxg : near Canton (Hancel), Pakhoi (PlayfairX); 

 Hoxgkoxg (Champion I). Herb. Kew. 



Mountains of India, Ceylon, and Java. 



Viola inconspicua, Blume (Bijdr. p. 58), formerly supposed to 

 be Chinese and probably the same as V. confusa, Champ., inhabits 

 the mountains of Java and not China. 



16. Viola sylvestris, Kit. in Schult. (Estr. Fl. i. p. 423, y. gry- 

 poceras, Maxim, in Mel. Biol. ix. p. 743. 



Viola grypoceras, A. Gr. in Perry Erped. p. 308. 



Viola sylvatica, var. imberbis, A. Gr. Bot. Jap. 382. 



Viola Grayi, Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. ii. p. 288; Franch. PI. 

 David, p. 43. 



China, without locality (Fortune 23 !) ; Kiangsu : Fengwang- 

 shang (hb. Forbes !) ; Shexsi : in the south (David ex Franchet). 

 Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Europe, Asia, and North America. 



[In the British Museum is a specimen of V. tricolor, L., from 

 Hongkong, collected by Lamont.] 



