Mr. C. C. Babington on the British Violets, 103 



petals entire, lower one emarginate ; leaves cordate, scions creep- 

 ing. PI. VII. fig. 2.— Eng. Bot.619. Reich, f. 4498. 

 Antherine spur narrowed to an obtuse point ; spur of the petals in- 

 flated towards the end, slightly channeled above. Flowers purple, 

 often white. Bracteas above the middle of the flower-stalk. Pe- 

 tioles with deflexed hairs. Lateral petals with a hairy line, which 

 is sometimes wanting (V. imberbis, Leight.). — %. March, April, 

 common. 



3. V. hirta (Linn.). Cells of the anthers diverging below ; spurs 

 nearly linear, obtuse ; spur of the corolla obtuse, hooked at the 

 point ; petals entire or slightly emarginate ; leaves cordate, scions 

 wanting. PI. VII. fig. 3..— Eng. Bot. 894. Reich, f. 4493. 



Antherine spur scarcely broader at the base than the apex ; spur of 

 the petals compressed, not channeled ; sepals obtuse. Flowers pale 

 blue, sometimes white ; lateral petals usually with a hairy line. 

 Bracteas below the middle of the flower-stalk. Petioles with 

 spreading hairs. 



Var. /3. cttlcarea. Flowers smaller, peduncles much longer than the 

 leaves, sepals oblong-ovate, obtuse. — % . April, May; common on 

 a limestone soil. /3. Gogmagog Hills, Cambridgeshire. 



C. Antherine spurs lancet-shaped ; stipules lanceolate, an evident stem ; 

 leaves cordate or lanceolate. 



4. V. canina (Linn.). Cells of the anthers parallel ; spurs lancet- 

 shaped, acute, spurs of the corolla obtuse ; leaves cordate-ovate or 

 oblong; stipules entire, ciliate or dentate; stems ascending. PI. VII. 

 fig. 4 — Eng. Bot. 620. 



Spurs of the petals inflated in their lower half, slightly channeled 

 above. Flowers blue or rarely white. — % . April to August ; com- 

 mon on banks, in woods, &c. 



The leaves are cordate- ovate, or somewhat oblong-acute, 

 not acuminate; the stipules usually oblong-lanceolate, and 

 the fruit truncate-obtuse or apiculate in the typical variety ; 

 leaves cordate-ovate or subreniform-acuminate ; stipules lan- 

 ceolate-attenuate, and the fruit acuminate in var. ft. sylvatica ; 

 leaves roundish-cordate, rather acute, small; flowers large, 

 base of the stem woody in y.pusilla (V. flavicornis, Sm.) 'Eng. 

 Bot/ 2736 ; similar to the last, but with the leaves cordate- 

 oblong in 8. montana (V. montana, Linn.?)*; leaves cordate- 

 ovate, subattenuated above, and slightly narrowed into the 

 petiole ; stipules large, incised, base of the stems woody in 

 e. Ruppii ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, narrowed into the petiole, 

 the lowermost cordate ; stipules large, incised ; flowers cream- 

 coloured in f. lactea (V. lactea, Sm.) 'Eng. Bot/ 445. Not- 

 withstanding the great difference which exists between the 



* The specimens of V. montana in the Linnsean Herbarium appear to 

 me to belong to canina, being a large upright form of that plant, with im- 

 mense stipules and cordate-lanceolate leaves. 



