22 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



Root stock shortly creeping, giving off numerous branches 

 clothed with brown scales ; these branches do not produce a barren 

 primary stem, as in V. sylvatica, but terminate in elongated 

 simple or branched stems from 2 to 6 inches long. The leaves 

 are narrower and firmer in texture than those of V. sylvatica, 

 and much less deeply cordate at the base, but the lobes are always 

 more or less distinctly produced and rounded on each side. The 

 flowers are f to f inch across, and much bluer in colour than those 

 of V. sylvatica ; in form they closely resemble those of the sub-species 

 V. Riviniana, but the spur of the lower petal, and consequently the 

 anther spurs included within it, are shorter. The capsule, too, is 

 generally shorter and more obtuse than that of any of the forms of 

 V. sylvatica. 



Dillenius' Dog Violet. 



Sub-Species II.— Viola lactea. Sm. 



Plate CLXXVI. 



V. lancifolia, Thore. Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. III. Viol. Tab. XV. Fig. 4506. 



V. laucifolia, Thore, et Auct. Flur. 



V. canina ft, Bab. Man. Brit. Bot. ed. v. p. 39. 



V. pumila ft, Hook & Am. Brit. Fl. p. 48. 



V. puraila, Fries (non Vill.), Mant. III. p. 123. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, with the base rounded, not at all 

 cordate. Stipules elliptical-lanceolate, laciniate. Petals oblong- 

 elliptical, somewhat acute at the apex, pale greyish lilac ; spur 

 of the lower petal about twice the length of the appendages of the 

 calyx. Capsule sub-globular. 



On damp (?) heaths. Apparently very local. I have only 

 seen specimens from Tunbridge Wells, Sussex ; Flushing, Cornwall ; 

 and Bickleigh, Devon. 



England. Perennial. Summer. 



V. lactea certainly approaches very near some of the forms 

 of V. flavicornis, but the shape of the petals and the shorter 

 spur always afford marks by which to distinguish it, Avhile in its 

 usual state the different shape of the leaves is also conspicuous. 

 It maintains its characters unchanged by cultivation. 



Smith's Dog Violet. 



French, Violette Lactee. 



SPECIES VI.— VIOLA STAGNINA. 



Plate CLXXVII. 



V. lactea, Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. III. Viol. Tab. XVI. Fig. 4507. 



Ttootstock creeping, extremely slender, thickened towards the 

 apex, and dividing into numerous branches, each division termi- 



