SWISS FLOWERS. 36 



V. biflora^ Two-flowered Violet. With leaves somewhat of 

 the growth of the Dog- Violet, very heart or kidney-shaped, 

 this pretty little Violet is known at once by its flowers being 

 in pairs. They are of a clear bright yellow, with a short 

 spur, and marked by a few very dark-brown lines. These 

 flowers grow on feeble stems, which are also frequently 

 furnished with a pair of leaves. It is not uncommon, and 

 grows in moist shady places of the Alps and Jura : St. 

 Bernard, Mont Pilatus, &c. It may be easily cultivated. 



17, 18, and 19. Dianthus.— Pink. 



(PLATES XL, XIL, and XIII.) 



We seem to be in the midst of the sweet-scented plants 

 just now, and it is hard to say whether the Violet or the 

 Pink is the sweeter. Perhaps it is not the sweetest of the 

 Pinks that are most commonly found adorning the moun- 

 tain side, but all are fair in form and pretty in colour. The 

 Swiss Dianthuses are divided into three kinds : first, those 

 which have several together in a head ; secondly, those 

 with a solitary, or perhaps a double, flower ; and thirdly, 

 those with a solitary or double flower that have the 

 petals deeply fringed or divided. 



D. Carthusianorum (Fig. 17), like all the rest of the 

 family, has ten stamens, five long-clawed petals, and five 



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