S4 SEEDS SOWN BY THE PARENT PLANT. [CHAP. 



by the sepals, and the whole having a triangular form. 

 When older (Figs. 3 7 and 38, *) they look at first sight 

 like an ordinary seed capsule, so that the bud seems 

 to pass into the capsule without the flower-stage. 



* IG. 37- Viola kirta. 

 a, young bud ; 6, ripe seed capsule. 



The Pansy Violets do not possess these interesting 

 flowers. In the Sweet Violet ( V. odorata and V. kirta, 

 Fig. 37) they may easily be found by searching among 

 the leaves nestling close to the ground. It is often 

 said, for instance by Vaucher, that the plants actually 



