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Some British plants which I have had an opportunity of ex- 

 amining from near Stokenchurch, Oxon, referred to var. bella Gven. 

 & Godr. by Prof. Freyu, agree well in the flowers with specimens of 

 monticola, but the median lobe of the stipule is broader. 



The above description is drawn up from authentic continental 

 material. 



"-.* Upper petals generally bluish violet ; the others pale. 



Petals more rarely yellow. 

 In this series occur tw^o plants closely related to each other. 

 The names of both of them have appeared as suggested identifi- 

 cations for plants of this country. The following notes on them 

 are from the original descriptions of M. Jordan : — 



V. Sagoti Jordan, Obs. Fragm. 2, p. 34. Lower leaves with 

 rather long petioles, oval or oval-oblong, base cuneate or sub- 

 cuneate or lowest subcordate, upper leaves narrower, lanceolate. 

 Stipules pinnatifid. Petals longer than the sepals. Upper petals 

 broad obovate. Differs from T". carpatica Borbas by the lamina of 

 the leaves being not so elongated, and broader. 



In the Flora of Oxfordshire Mr. Druce refers a plant from Stow 

 Wood to V. Sagoti ; and there are specimens in his herbarium re- 

 ferred here, on the authority of Prof. Freyn, from {n) near Forfar ; 

 (b) Ballater, S. Aberdeen ; (c) Braemar, S. Aberdeen. 



V. Paillouxh Jordan, I. c. p. 36. Near V. Sagoti, from which 

 it differs by its upper leaves being more elongated and more pointed. 

 Stipules pinnatifid, but their lobes are longer and more pointed. 

 The petals are very similar to those of V. Sagoti, and are of a bluish 

 violet, sometimes very pale. The sepals are more acuminate. 



.^"^^ Petals generally violet-coloured and yellowish white in the throat, 

 * or upper petal violet, and lateral and lower petal paler. 



To this series belong V. lepida Jordan and V. carpatica Borbds, 

 both of which names have been suggested for British plants. 



V. lepida Jordan, Put/iUus, p. 28. Root perennial. Stems 

 ascending, branched from the base. Leaves pale green, puberulous, 

 lower ovate or lanceolate, somewhat obtuse, crenate. Stipules 

 pinnatifid, lateral lobes linear, subpatulous, intermediate oblong, 

 almost spathulate, subentire or slightly dentate. Petals twice as 

 long as the calyx, upper obovate, of a beautiful caerulean violet, 

 lateral pale blue, lowest broadly obovate, whitish or violet. Spur 

 violet-coloured, patent-defiexed, longer than the appendages of the 

 calyx. Capsule subrotund. 



A plant gathered in 1860, near the Spital of Glen Shee, in Perth- 

 shire, by my father, was referred to this species by Prof. Boreau 

 (Journ. Bot. i. pp. 11, 12). A plant collected by Mr. W. A. Shool- 

 bred near Fort George, E. Inverness, is closely allied ; and another 

 allied plant is one collected by Eev. E. S. Marshall near Roy Bridge, 

 Glen Spean, W. Inverness (Herb. Groves), but this latter perhaps 

 would be better placed as a form of V. amcena T. F. Forster. 



