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2. V. odorata, L. 71 Sweet Violet, .1 to .15. Root Jihrous ; 

 stems somewhat indurated. Leaves deeply cordate, crenate, .03 to .04 

 long, those of summer stolons reniform-cordate ; stipules ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, fringed. Flowers .02 broad ; sepals obtuse ; capsule globular, 

 pubescent — April to June. 



Var. I>eliiiliartii, Boiss. Stipules more or less hirsute, long 

 fringed — Woods ; central Palestine, and Gilead, to Lebanon, and 

 northward. 



Var. swavis, Boiss. Stipules linear-lanceolate, long fringed. 

 Lower petal retuse — Woods ; northern Syria. 



1 1 Stems tranclied. Floicers as large as those of F. odorata. 



3. V, §ylvatica, Fries. %. Wood Violet .25, nearly glabrous. 

 Leaves renif orm to cordate. Stipules lanceolate, acute, long-fringed. 

 Flowers pale violet ; sepals lanceolate, acute ; capsule ovate, 3-angled 



— April to June — Woods ; middle to subalpine zone of Lebanon. 



* * Annuals. Stigma urn-shaped, hairy at hase. 

 t Pedicels with 2 small bracts leyond the middle, usually near flow&r. 



4. v. tricolor, L. Pansy. .15 to .3, glabrescent or more 

 or less hairy, branching from base and above. Leaves crenate, lower 

 ovate-cordate, upper lanceolate, limb .01 to .04 long ; stipules pin- 

 natifid ; lateral lobes linear, middle oblong-sjmthulate, crenate. Petals 

 variegated, yellow, purple, and violet ; spur longer than appendices 

 of calyx — Spring — Escaped from gardens. 



5. V, parviila, Tin. © .05 to .1, villous-pubescent. Leaves 

 minute, nearly entire, the loicer nearly round, the tipper lanceolate to 

 linear ; stipules 3-4-parted into linear lobes, the middle one longer, ob- 

 long. Petals white, with bluish base, shorter than calyx ; spur short&r 

 than appendices of calyx — Spring — Subalpine regions ; Jebel el 

 Fughry (Lebanon) ; Antilebanon. 



Var. calcarata, Post. Petals a little longer than sepals. Spur 

 a little longer than appendices — Heights above Bludan, Antilebanon. 



6. V, pentadactyla, Fenzl .03 to .1, retrorsely scab- 

 ridulous. Leaves entire, the lowermost rouud, the others spathulate- 

 oblong-linear ; stipules bipartite, the inner lobe like tlie leaf and as long, 

 the outer narrower and shorter. Corolla blue, twice as long as calyx ; 

 spur twice as long as appendices of calyx — Spring — Fields ; Ajiti- 

 lebanon to Aleppo and Aintab. 



1 1 Pedicels bractless. Spur of corolla shorter than appendices of calyx. 



7. V. occulta, Lehm. .1, rougli, or glabrescent. Leaves re- 

 motely somewhat crenate, lower ovate, upper oblong-spathulate or 

 lanceolate ; stipules half as long as leaf, lanceolate, pinnatipartite. 

 Sepals large, growing ; appendices large ; corolla pale, shorter than calyx 



— Spring — Samaria to subalpine Lebanon, Antilebanon, Cassius, 

 Aintab, and northward. 



8. V. modcsta, Fenzl, .1 to .15, rather glabrous or pubes- 

 cent. Leaves obsoletely crenate, the lowest round-ovate, the others 

 oblong to linear-lanceolate ; stipules much shorter than leaf linear- 



