Viola nurabUis, in which complete flowers appear early in 

 the spring upon scapes ; after these are fallen, the plant 

 becomes caulescent, and fertile flowers, which are for the 

 most part apetalous, are produced upon the steins in the axils 

 of the leaves. We are informed, however, by Mr. George 

 Graves, editor of the new edition and continuation of the 

 Flora Londinensis, now publishing, that this circumstance, 

 of the seed being produced from apetalous flowers coming 

 later in the season, and growing on very short scapes, con- 

 cealed among the leaves, is by no means peculiar to Viola 

 cucullata ; but that the same economy takes place in several 

 other, perhaps in all the stemless, species. 



A hardy perennial; propagated by seeds or parting its 

 roots ; likes a loamy soil and a damp situation. We do not 

 know that any figure of this species has been before given 

 in any botanical work. 



