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Viola Rothomagensis. Rouen Hearts- 

 ease. 



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pENTANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 



Generic Cbarafier. 



Cal. 5-phyllus. Cor. 5-petaIa, irregularis, poftice cornuta. 

 Anth. cohaerentes. Cap/, fupera, 3-valvis, 1 -[ocularis. 



Specific Cbaracler and Synonyms, 



VIOLA rothomagenfis ; diffufa, hirta, foliis oblongis petiolatis 

 fubcordato ovatis crenatis, bra&eis pinnatifidis : Iacinia 

 ultima majore fubovata. Perfoon Syn. 1. p. 255. TbuiL FL 

 Paris, p. 454. Lam. et Dec. FL Franc. 4. p. 809. 



VIOLA htfpida. Lam. F/or. Fr. 2. p. 679. 



The Rouen Heart's-ease, firft difcovered by Profeflbr 

 Vaillant, and long cultivated, under the name now adopted, 

 in the Botanical Garden at Paris, refembles very much the 

 common Viola tricolor, but has a perennial creeping root, is more 

 diffufe and very hairy; the flowers are pale-blue, and grow on 

 very long footftalks. It either has not been cultivated here, or 

 has pafied unnoticed, not being found either in the Kew or 

 Cambridge catalogue. 



Our drawing was made from a plant communicated by 

 MelTrs. Malcolm and Sweet, of Stockwell. Flowers all the 

 fummer 3 and is propagated by feeds or parting its roots. 



