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hill-sides ; flowers yelloW; occasionally rose-coloured (var. 

 roseum, PI. 9), especially in the Pyrenees, or white. H. 

 polifoliuniy Pers. ; flowers white, sepals tomentose, leaves 

 hoary on both sides ; Ticino, Jura, rare. 



B. Leaves without stipules : — H. alpestre^ Rchb. 

 {pelandiann, DC.) ; flowers yellow, leaves slightly hairy ; 

 high elevations ; Alps, Ticino, and Pyrenees. H. canum^ 

 Dun. {vinealej Pers.); flowers small, yellow, calyx hairy, 

 leaves hoary beneath ; at lower elevations ; Jura, 

 Dauphiny, Pyrenees. H. Fumana, Mill. {Fumana pro- 

 cumbens, G. and G.) ; capsule partially 3-celled, stamens 

 20-40, the outer ones sterile; Jura, Ticino, Dauphiny, 

 Pyrenees. Several other species occur in the Pyrenean 

 valleys. 



Order IX.— VIOLACE^. 

 Leaves stipulate, axillary and solitary, or in small 

 cymes, with two small bracts ; calyx and corolla usually 

 irregular; seed-vessel a i -celled 3-valved capsule, with 

 three parietal placentae. A rather large order, distri- 

 buted through the temperate and tropical regions of the 

 globe. 



I. Viola, L. 



Flowers soHtary or in pairs; sepals unequal; petals 

 unequal, the lower ones larger and spurred at the base ; 

 anthers sessile, the two lower ones often with appendages 

 projecting into the spur of the corolla. 



A . Stipules not leafy ; upper petals directed forwards ; 

 stigma beaked. The species of this section commonly 

 produce closed apetalous flowers in the autumn, which are 

 fertile. It includes the following familiar English species : 



