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Viola—continued. " 
V. palmata (palmate). A variety of V. cucullata. 
V. palustris (marsh-loving). fl. white or lilac, lin. in diameter, 
-scentless ; sepals obtuse; lateral petals almost glabrous; spur 
short, obtuse; stigma obliquely truncate. April to July. L cor- 
date-reniform, slightly crenate, EN after flowering ; stipules 
glandular. Rootstock white, y, subterranean, waer SI 
runners short, leafless. Europe (Britain), &c. (Sy. En. B. 170.) 
V. pedata (pedate-leaved).* fl. usually bright blue, sometimes pale 
or even white, very e; petals all glabrous, the spur very short + 
stigma large and thick, margined, vo yar truncate. May and 
June. J. pedately about seven-parted, firm; leaflets linear- 
lanceolate, entire or incisely three-toothed at the summit, some- 
| A— THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Viola—continued. 
abruptly narrowed at base. California, 1856. Half-hardy. 
(B. M. 5004; F. d. S. 2426.) 
D orsa (bitten) /. yellow, rather large; lower petal 
V. prem 
veined with brown, emarginate; spur very short; peduncles 
mostly shorter than the leaves. pring. l. ovate-lanceolate, 
repandly denticulate or nuny entire; stipules entire. Stems 
erect, short. North America, 1828. Plant usually densely hirsute. 
(B. R. 1254.) 
V. pubescens (downy). 8. yellow, the lower petals veined with 
purple ; spur extremely short. Spring and early summer. I. very 
broadly cordate, toothed, somewhat pointed ; stipules large, 
ovate or ovate-lanceolate. Stems simple, erect, naked below, two 
Fig, 197. LEAVES AND FLOWERS OF VIOLA CUCULLATA, 
times very narrow and laciniate; stipul ili " 
thick. North America, 1759. See Fig to ane se M. 
89; F. M. 350; L. B. C. 536; S. B. F. G. 69). Syns. V. flabellifolia 
(L. B. C. 777), V. flabellata (S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 247). 
v. atropurpurea (dark purple). dark ; pisti 
Eis Ee l., segments ie e tacks e (P. d. E 1 d iu 
Ef «x 
V. p. bicolor(two-coloured).* A very handsome variety, wi 
two upper petals deep violet, and, as it were, Cebu kes 
V. pedunculata (pedunculate)* jl. dee large; petals 
broadly obovate, the two upper ones wi oc EE claws, the 
lateral ones bearded at base; spur very short; peduncles 
e twice or thrice as long as the leaves. - 0. rhom 
Scarcely lin. long, rather thick, pe gene seg tontheed” 
. 
to four-leaved above. À. 6in. to 12in. North America, 1772 
Plant softly pubescent. (L. B. C. 1249; S. B. F. G. 223.) 
V. p. eriocarpa (woolly-fruited). A stout bescent 
variety, lft. to 2ft. high, vith woolly Pre Pye Ra 300 ; 
E B. F. G. 102, under name of V. eriocarpa.) d 
+ pyrolsfolia (Pyrola-leaved). fl. yellow; sepals acuminate ; 
petals densely bearded within; spur short, Aun. ; stamens 
emarginate at apex. January. l. ovate, sometimes loosely 
ze stipules fringed at apex. Patagonia, 1851. (F. d. 5. 
B 
V. Riviniana (Rivinus)* A form of V. sylvatica. 
V.rothomagensis (Rouen)* fi. bright blue, the side petals and 
lip striped. with black; spur eeh, sasi äere than the 
sepals; bracts near the flower, lanceolate, with a tooth on each 
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