74 VIOLACEAE 



Bagley. Kennmgton. Radley. Wootton. Cothill, Marcham. 

 Steventon. Lockinge. Wittenham. Wantage. Near Uffington. 



3. Pang. Streatley with var. alba, Pamplin. Common about Beedon, 



W. M. Rogers. Hampstead Norris. Basildon. Pangbourn. 

 Bradfield. Asbampstead. 



4. Kennet. Newbury, Russell's Cat. 1839. Common about Beedon, 



W. M. Rogers. Wickham, Mrs. Batson. Near Snelsmore. Shefford. 

 Hungerford. Newbury. Theale. Aldermaston. Kintbury. 



5. Loddon. Ridges, Penny. Frequent about Park Place. Varying 



in colour from pale lilac to deep claret, Stanton. Near Wai'grave. 



Near Cookham. Sbottesbrooke, Windsor Park. Frogmore. 



Early. Farley. Maidenhead. 



The Violet varies in colour ; blue, purple (F. suhcarnea, Jord. 



Pugill, PI. Nov. p. 21), lilac, and pure white specimens are found 



which retain their colour in cultivation. 



The above localities are only a selection from a large number, as 

 Viola odorata is widely distributed and undisputably native. 



Var. iMBERBis (Leighton, in Loud. Mag. Nat. Hist. viii. 277, as a 

 species), Hensl. Cat. Brit. PL ed. 2, is a slight variety, proving con- 

 stant in cultivation, in which the little tuft of hairs on the lateral 

 petals is absent. Leighton found this variation in the white-flowered 

 form only, but I have met with the blue-flowered plant at Pangbourn ; 

 the white-flowered form which is not unfrequent occurs at Cumnor, 

 Bagley, Streatley, Hampstead Norris, Wargrave, &c. 



V. odorata xhirta, V. permixta, Jord. Obs. PI. Crit. vii. 6 (1849). The 

 above hybrid is variable and sometimes approaches one parent and 

 sometimes the other. It has been noticed near Denchworth by 

 Rev. W. 0. Wait, and it occurs at Cumnor, Wytham, Bagley Wood, 

 Streatley, Basildon, &c. In one instance near Wytham the flowers 

 had a large white eye, the white variety of V. odorata with which it 

 was growing being doubtless one of the parents. The hybrid had 

 much of the aspect of F. scotophylla, Jord. I.e. 9. 



A curious form of F. odorata, with lilac flowers and very narrow 

 lateral petals, was found by Mr. Tufnail in Sonning Lane. 



F. odorata is found in all the bordering counties. 



V. Mrta, Linn. Sp. PI. 934 (1753). Hairy Violet. 



Top. Bot. 55. Syme, E. B. ii. 17, t. 172. Nyman, 78. Fl. Oxf. 42, 



Native. Septal. Hedge-banks, wood-borders, grassy places, chalk 

 downs, open woods. Locally abundant. P. Februai'y-May. Also 

 in September in Wytham woods. 



First record. Viola martia major hirsiita inodora, nobis. Copiose provenit 

 in montosis silvis circa Oxonium . . . detecta fuit a Jacobo Bobert 



