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XIII. vioLACE^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 



186 



&. V. canina, var. sylvatica^ Fries. {sp.)\ rootstock short orO, flowering 

 steins from a short central axis, leaves ovate-cordate obtuse crenate-serrate, 

 stipules leafy fimbriate, sepals acute or acuminate, spur straight or hooked, 

 style of r. odorata. Boiss. Fl. Orient i. 459. 



Kashmir and Kishtwar, alt. 4-8000 ft. Jacqueniont &c.— Disteib. N. Asia, and 

 westward to the Atlantic. 

 ^st distinguished from F, odoratahj the acute or acuminate sepals. 



^*^' X'alconeri, ZT./. <£r T, ; stem or very short, stolons or branches 



«out erect 6-10 in., leaves large ovate-cordate very broadly crenate and 



I^^y^^^pi<jHaceous toothed stipules densely covered with black glands, 



owers 4 m. diam., sepals subulate-lanceolate, spur saccal 

 ceeding the cells. 



Kashmib, Falconer. 



anther 



form 



i •-*»•* .UU.VU M,^M^\^X JJVTT^IU »U» Q*»«» ^^V»«W* -»V fW 



Im' tT' ^""^^^arensis, Hoi/le lU. 75, t. 18, f. 3 ; small, glabrous, steni- 

 shoi+^t- *^°^ ^' ^^^^^s tufted oblong obtuse subentire base cuneate, sepals 

 WdJ b^ ^^^^ed, spur short obtuse, style clavate, stigma subhorizuntal 



DiSIff^^?^^,"'^'^ ^""^ Tibetan Himalaya, from Kumaon to Balti, alt. 11-15,500 ft.— 

 n^^- AflFghanistan. ' 



ertwf 1 • •" - Leaves tufted, J-J in., tapering into the 



petioJe, pale green. Flowers \-^ in. diam., purple. Capsules elliptic, acute. 



-■•■". nugaanist; 

 denffi^!^''^"'^?''' ^oo'Jy. niucli branched. 



diflb 

 basea 



aristate 



Fl. 



or -lanceolate acute obscurely crenate, 



axillary 



ParSel' d^ k^ ^^^^ ^^'^^*^' ^^^^^ clavate compressed, stigma lateral of 2 oblong 



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Dry 



raV 

 Sli 



5''8l>flj powdery. 

 <itincks slender, br 



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DisTBiB. Affghanistan, Persia, 



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Stems 1-6 in. Leaves i-J in., apiculate, petioles as long, 

 ts subulate. Floioers 3- in. diam. Capsules 1-1 in., elliptic, acute. 



V ficm^^nT-^,""*^^- •* '^""- '^'"*- 1440 resembles an apetaloi 

 ^> ^°tt- Cat. 1450, is probably a form of V. serpens 



Wall. Cat. 1440 rfisfimbles an anetalous form 



Herbs 



2. XOirXDZUM, Yentenat. 

 or undershrubs. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite. Flowers axil- 



5arv nrL ^'^dershmbs. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite. Flowers &xil- 

 5, lower I ^^ ^^ purple. Sepals 5, subequal, not produced at the base. Petals 

 free 2 or d p^' ^^**^®d, saccate or spurred at the base. Anthers connate or 



cJavate i "^ gibbous or spurred at the back. Ovari/ ovoid ; style 



Seeded' ^"^^^'^fd, stigma oblique. Capsule 3-vaIved, 



Vf!"* .globose, testa crustaceous. 



subglobose, few- 



ipaI a -.o-""^^oc, team crusiaceous.— DiSTElB, Species about 40, chiefly 

 'Pai American. 



cent le ***^*7**lcosum, ^ ..^. ... _ ^ , „ 



C'«.'l4'fJ^^m"?*'^ or lanceolate serrate-toothed, flowers solitary 



. '■'ti'a: w J. A 7. . ._ .„. ,. .„ . jg. ^^ J 3Q3 £ enneasper- 



odr. 33. I. Wightianum, Wdl: 



Ging. in DC. Prodr. i. 311 ; glabrous or pubes- 



- - ■■ "■ Wall. 



^^uln nW %A ^- Prodr. 32 ; IPw/tf /^/. t 

 ^'«U02a ^ 1 ^^' ^"^^^ ^"^^^ '■ ^^'^ ^' P'' 



tnm, ^^r, I- leptorhizum, BC. ; W. dc A. I.e. I. heterojjhyUum and erec- 



-^-^mS /y io ^^iV-'^^^' I- Ijexasperuium, i?a/2. tV r^i t ^ - 



Viola suffruticosa and enneas{)erma, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1. 649 ; 



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n- 12. 



in Hook Kew Joum. iv. 342 ; 



q]i •■ • iwic* suuruiiuosa aiia euuea»peiiurt, -ii"*"- .^ •" ^ 



"*^v u. 44 7. V. f rutescens a?ic? erecta, Eoth, Nov. Sp. 1 68. 



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