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with a short petiole enlarged at the summit. Stipules pinnatifid, 

 with 8-10 lateral straight lobes, terminal lobe subsimilar to the 

 leaves. Peduncles elongated, bracteoles whitish, placed below the 

 curvature. Sepals lanceolate, elliptic, acuminate. Corolla large, 

 petals whitish yellow, oboval, overlapping by their edges— the 

 lateral obliquely oboval, the lower oboval, enlarged and emarginate 

 at the summit and marked with five violet strife. Spur blue-violet, 

 obtuse, compressed, hardly curved, passing the appendages. Cap- 

 sule oval, obtuse. 



The following description of V. Provostii Boreau is drawn up 

 from specimens kindly lent me by the Messrs. Groves : — 



V. Pkovostii Boreau, Fl. Centr. ed. iii. p. 82. V. confinis 

 Jordan ex Nyraan, Conspectus, p. 80; Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. 

 Exsicc. Nos. 1825 bis et ter. Boot apparently perennial or sub- 

 perennial. Lower leaves ovate, erenate. Upper leaves ovate- 

 oblong, crenate-serrate, finely hairy, lamina generally longer than 

 petiole, base cuneate, apex obtuse. Middle lobe of stipules oblanceo- 

 late, entire or occasionally a little erenate, much narrower than 

 leaves, lateral lobes 2-3 on each side. Peduncles much longer than 

 leaves — bracts some distance from the curvature. Flowers showy, 

 paler yellow than lutea, petals longer than sepals. Spur longer 

 than appendages of calyx. Upper petals ±1-1 cm. long, -7 cm. 

 broad, Lamina of upper leaves 1*5 cm. long. 



This description is taken from a plant collected by Rev. W. H. 

 Purchas on a steep limestone bank near Ecton, North Staffordshire, 

 June 1885, Herb. Groves, and identified as above by Mr. Lloyd. 



Specimens I have seen in Messrs. Groves's herbarium from Mr. 

 Lloyd of V, confiMis Jordan agree in almost every particular, except 

 that the leaves are slightly narrower. 



"" Flowers yellow or sometimes more or less violet. 



Median lobe of stipules entire, oblanceolate or oblong-lanceolate. 



V. MONTicoLA Jordan, Obs. 2nd Fragm. p. 36. V. tricolor h. 

 K, bella Gren. & Godr. Fl. France, i. p. 184. Stems erect or 

 ascending. Leaves oval or ovate, suddenly contracted to petiole, 

 upper oblong-ovate. The terminal lobe of the stipule is much 

 narrower than in F. cdpestris Jordan, and entire. Flowers yellow, 

 or more or less violet or tricoloured. Peduncles longer than the 

 leaves. Petals always longer than the sepals. Spur considerably 

 longer than the appendages of the calyx. The head-quarters of this 

 Violet are in the South and East of France, and Jordan's specimens 

 of F. monticola from Bagneres de Luchon are in the National Her- 

 barium. Mr. G. C. Druce records var. bella Gren. & Godron from 

 high ground near Streatley and Tattendon, and at Bradfield and 

 Beenham, Berkshire (Fl. Berks, p. 79). 



I have followed MM. Rouy & Foucaud in considering V. tricolor 

 L. K. bella Gren. & Godr. synonymous with V. monticola Jordan, as 

 I have compared specimens and the original description of var. 

 bella Gren. & Godr. with Jordanian specimens of V. monticola, and 

 they seem to agree in all leading characteristics. 



