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APRIL. 8 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
THALAMIFLOR2. VoILACEA. 
VIOLA. (VioLEr.) 
Generic Character. See page 48. 
Viota uinta. Hairy Violet. Leaves heart-shaped, 
stalks of flowers rough with hairs as well as the leaves, 
those of the calyx obtuse, root not creeping. Flowers pale, 
rather dingy, blue and scentless. This species is found in 
woods and pastures in England, principally in chalk and 
limestone soil. It flowers during this month and the next. 
Viota paLustris. Marsh Violet. Leaves heart or kidney- 
shaped, quite smooth, spur very short. Flowers very pale 
blue. Bogs and marshy places, as its name denotes, are 
the situations in which this species is found. Not common 
in the south, but abundant in the mountains of Scotland. 
Viota cantina. Dog's Violet. Leaves heart-shaped and 
acute, those of the calyx very much so. Flowers scentless, 
blue, purple, and sometimes white. From April to August 
this plant is found in flower, on banks, in woods and dry 
pastures, and the clefts of rocks upon high mountains. 
Vioxa TRIcotor. Pansy Violet, or Heart’s-ease. Leaves 
oblong, and deeply scalloped. The flowers very variable, 
both in size and colour. This plant shows remarkably what — 
