12 FLOWERS Ol" THE HII.I.S AM) DRY IM.ACES 



no erect stem, the leju'es arising troin the roolslock direct!}'. The 

 leaves are Hkewise heart-shaped, but in this case the stoles or trailing 

 stems with buds are absent or very short, and the bracts are below 

 the middle of the flower-stalk. Moreover, the whole plant is 

 hairy, or rou;4hly hairy, giving it a greyer, less green, appearance 

 when dry. 



The Howers are not fragrant and less clark blue than those of the 





H\iK\ \iol.Kl ( I 7.y/<( hiitii, I..) 



Sweet \'iolet, but the spur is long and hooked, and the anther sj)urs 

 are linear. The plant tlowers later than the Sweet X'iolet. The 

 capsules are jjcndent in this as well as in the latter, and in each 

 the spring tlowers do not produce seeds, while the later cleistogamic 

 flowers without petals do. The flowers vary in number of spurs, some 

 having sack-like ends to the petals or rudimentary spurs. 



The Hairy \'iolet is not more than 6 in. high. The tlowers may be 

 found from .April to May or June. Hie plant is perennial, increased 

 b\- division of the root. 



The flower is pollinated in the same way as / 'io/a odorafa (which 

 see). Both are conspicuous flowers, and haxc two types of tlowcr; 



