66 ViolaceCB. {Viola, 



at the base; stam. 5, the 2 lower spurred at the base, anth. 

 connate ; ov. i -celled, ovules numerous on 3 parietal pla- 

 centas ; stigma obtuse, more or less 3-lobed ; capsule 3-valved ; 

 seeds several, nearly globose. — Sp. about 100; 11 in Fl. 

 B.Ind. 



Leaves linear-oblong, dilated at base . . . . i. V. Patrinh. 

 Leaves ovate with cordate base 



Glabrous. Capsule linear-oblong . . . . 2. V. DISTANS. 



Hairy. Capsule subglobose 3- V. SERPENS, 



1. V. Patrinii, DC. Prod. i. 293 (1824). 



V. hnstata, Moon Cat. 17. V. Walkeni, Wight, 111. i. 42. Thw. 

 Enum. 20. C. P. 1087. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 183. Wight, 111. i. t. 18 (K Walkerii). 



A perennial herb, with a short, tufted, woody rootstock 

 without stolons ; 1. all radical, erect, very variable, usually 

 oblong or linear-oblong, obtuse at apex, dilated below into a 

 broad triangular base, and thence very gradually tapering 

 into petiole, coarsely crenate-serrate, glabrous, petioles slender, 

 varying from \~6 in., winged in upper part, glabrous ; fl. on 

 slender erect ped. exceeding the leaves, bracts linear ; sep. 

 lanceolate, acute, glabrous ; pet. \ in., oval-obtuse, with short 

 claws, spur inflated ; stigma dilated, 3-lobed ; capsule twice 

 the length of persistent sep., valves straight. 



Montane zone from the highest elevations down to 3000 ft.; rather 

 common. Fl. Jan. 



Distributed widely through Northern and Central Asia to Japan ; in 

 India only on the mountains. 



Wight figures the flowers pale lemon-yellow. 



2. V. distans, Wall. Cat. n. 4022 (1828). 



V. Wightiana, wax. glabra, Thw. Enum. 20. C. P. 153 (part). 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 183. 



A perennial herb, with a stout, erect rootstock giving off 

 numerous long, trailing branches (stolons), rooting at nodes 

 and bearing leaves and flowers, whole plant glabrous ; 

 1. i-i^^ in., ovate-cordate, acute, shallowly crenate-serrate, 

 petioles longer than leaves, stip. free, very acute, fimbriate ; 

 fl. about i in., ped. axillary, rather longer than leaves, bracts 

 minute ; sep. lanceolate, acute ; pet. oval-oblong, spur not 

 inflated ; stigma truncate, obscurely 3-lobed ; capsule | in., 

 linear-oblong, acute, glabrous, valves straight. 



Upper montane zone in wet places ; rather rare. Abundant on 

 Nuwara Eliya Plain. Fl. April ; pale violet, lower pet. with darker 

 veins, spur green. 



Also in the Himalaya, Nilgiri, and Pulney Mountains. 



