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far. ft, aprlca (D. C. prod. 1 . p. 298.) very small, and almost 

 stemless. If. . H. Native on hills at Lobenheim and Benstadt. 

 V. hirta aprica, Spreng. nov. prov. 43. no. 97. 



Sand Violet. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1823. PI. j foot. 



88 V. SARMENTOSA (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 172.) hairy; stigma? 

 stem filiform, undivided, procumbent ; leaves roundish, hairy, 

 crenate ; stipulas small, toothed ; peduncles shorter than the 

 leaves ; sepals awl-shaped. If. . H. Native of Caucasus. 

 V. arenaria y sarmentosa, D. C. prod. 1. p. 298. Flowers 

 blue. Spur obtuse, short. 



Sarmentose Violet. Fl. May, July. Clt. PI. decumbent. 



89 V. RUPE'STRIS (Schmidt, fl. boh. ex Spreng. syst. 1. p. 

 799.) stem simple, pruinose, pubescent ; leaves cordate-round- 

 ish, smoothish, crenulated ; stipulas lanceolate, serrated. If. . H. 

 Native of Bohemia. Flowers blue. Stigma unknown. 



Rock Violet. Fl. May, July. PL i foot. 



90 V. PU'MILA (Vill. dauph. 2. p. 266. cat. strasb. p. 288. 

 t. 5.) smoothish; stigma papillose, somewhat reflexed ; stems 

 branched, diffuse, procumbent ; leaves ovate-lanceolate ; foot- 

 stalks marginate ; stipulas ovate-lanceolate, toothed or cut ; 

 spur cylindrical, somewhat recurved at the apex, obtuse, yel- 

 lowish, scarcely the length of sepals ; valves of capsule rather 

 erect, glabrous, truncate at apex ; seeds ovate, of a black- 

 chesnut colour. If.. H. Native of Dauphiny in Vascony; on 

 dry heaths in Germany, Switzerland, and Piedmont. Flowers 

 pale-blue, with a hairy throat. 



Var. a, lancifolia (D. C. prod. 1. p. 299.) leaves lanceolate, 

 gradually tapering into the footstalk at the base. V. lancifolia, 

 Thore, chlor. land. 357. 



Var. ft, ericetorum (D. C. prod. 1. c.) leaves truncate at the 

 base or somewhat cordate, but tapering abruptly into the foot- 

 stalk. Native of turfy heaths. V. ericetorum, Schrad. ined. 



Var. y, littoralis (D. C. prod. 1. c.) stem elongated ; leaves 

 cordate, ovate ; flowers apetalous. Native on the coast of the 

 Baltic sea near Warnemunde. V. littoralis, Spreng. nov. prov. 

 p. 43. 



Dwarfish Violet. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1818. PI. | foot. 



91 V. SCHMIDTL/ONA (Roam, et Schult. syst. 5. p. 363.) stigma 

 hooked ; leaves cordate, acuminate, rather crenate ; bracteas 

 approximating the flower ; lower petal truncate. If. . H. Na- 

 tive of Bohemia and Austria. V. nummularium, Schmidt, boh. 

 no. 246. Stoloniferous. Spur short. Flowers blue. 



Schmidt's Violet. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. ? PI. | foot. 



92 V. MONTA V NA (Lin. spec. 1325.) smooth ; stigma papillose, 

 somewhat reflexed ; stems simple, erect ; lower leaves cordate, 

 upper ones ovate, acute ; footstalks marginate ; stipulas oblong, 

 toothed, or cut on one side ; 2 lateral petals bearded ; spur 

 conical, truncate, erect, greenish, shorter than the acute sepals ; 

 valves of capsule arched, rather acute ; seeds ovate, of a chesnut- 

 colour. If. . H. Native of the temperate parts of Europe and 

 Siberia, particularly Lapland, Austria, Germany, and on mount 

 Baldo. Sims, bot. mag. 15:)5. Riv. t. 119. Morr. hist. 2. p. 

 475. sect. 5. t. 7. f. 7. Flowers pale-blue. 



Var. a, stricta (D. C. prod. 1. p. 299.) stems strict ; lower 

 leaves cordate, smooth. V. stricta, Horn. hafn. V. Horneman- 

 niana, Rcem. et Schult ? V. montana a, fl. fr. 4. p. 807. Native 

 of mountainous meadows and thickets. 



Far. ft, pubescens (D. C. prod. 1. c.) stems strict ; lower 

 leaves cordate, pubescent. V. erecta, Gerard, in litt. 



Mountain Violet. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1683. PI. 1 foot. 



93 V. PERSICIFOLIA (Roth. Hoff'm. fl. germ. 311.) puberulous ; 

 stigma papillose, somewhat reflexed ; stem simple, erect, rather 

 flexuous ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, serrated, smoothish, 

 running into the petiole at the base ; stipulas large, cut ; sepals 

 ovate-lanceolate ; spur short, blunt ; 2 lateral petals bearded. 

 }/ . H. Native of Germany and Siberia. Flowers blue. V. 



montana ft, persicifolia, D. C. prod. 1. p. 299. V. pratensis. 

 Mer. et Koch. This species differs from V. montana, in the 

 leaves always tapering gradually into the petioles, not cordate at 

 the base. 



Peach-leaved Violet. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1683. PI. 1 ft. 



94 V. LA'CTEA (Smith, fl. brit. 1. p. 247.) smooth; stigma 

 papillose, somewhat reflexed ; stems ascending, simple ; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, bluntish, lower ones small, ovate ; footstalks 

 marginate ; stipulas jagged ; sepals long, linear. I/ . H. Native 

 on mountainous boggy heaths in Switzerland, France, and Bri- 

 tain ; on the sides of bogs on Waterdown forest, near Tunbridge, 

 at Pendarvis, Cornwall ; and in hilly pastures near Peebles, Scot- 

 land. Smith, engl. bot. t. 445. V. Lusitanica, Brot. phyt. 

 p. 39. t. 17. V. montana y, lactea, D. C. prod. 1. p. 299. 

 V. stagnina, Kit. Flowers milk-white, or of a very pale-blue, 

 with purplish streaks. Two lateral petals bearded. 



^/z7A-coloured-flowered Violet. Fl. May, June. Britain. 

 PI. i foot. 



95 V. Ru'ppn(AH. pedm. 2. no. 1C46. t. 26.) smooth ; stigma 

 papillose, somewhat reflexed ; stems procumbent ; lower leaves 

 cordate, upper ones lanceolate ; footstalks marginate ; stipulas 

 jagged; sepals lanceolate, acute. If.. H. Native of the Alps 

 of Piedmont. Lod. bot. cab. t. 686. V. cordata, Willd. ? V. 

 Brossonetiana, Room, et Schult. Flowers pale-blue or white. 



Ruppius's Violet. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1822. PI. procumbent. 



96 V. LANCIFOLIA (Besser, gal. no. 256.) stem erectish ; 

 leaves cordate-oblong, crenulated, rather pilose, dotted ; stipulas 

 lanceolate, toothed ; sepals acute ; spur emarginate, 2-lobed ; 

 petals bearded. I/. H. Native of Podolia. V. floribunda, 

 Fisch, mss. ? Flowers blue. Stigma unknown. 



Lance-leaved Violet. PI. -J foot. 



t f Stems shrubby. 



97 V. DECU'MBENS (Lin. fil. suppl. 397.) stigma hooked, 

 naked ; stems much branched, procumbent ; leaves linear, very 

 narrow, entire, crowded ; stipulas linear-awl-shaped, adhering ; 

 spur tubular, obtuse, straight, scarcely the length of sepals. 

 ~lf. . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope on Hottentot moun- 

 tains. Flowers blue, with a pale-green spur. 



Decumbent Violet. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1819. Shrub de- 

 cumbent. 



98V. SCROTIFORMIS (D. C. mss. and prod. 1 . p. 299.) stigma ? 

 stems branched ; leaves linear, bluntish, entire ; lower ones 

 remote ; stipulas awl-shaped, adhering ; spur saccate ; auricles 

 scarcely exceeding the sepals. tj . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Flowers pale-blue. 



Scrotum-formed Violet. Fl. June, July. Shrub $ foot. 



99 V. ARBORE'SCENS (Lin. spec. 1325.) stigma hooked, naked ; 

 stems branched, erect, roundish, pubescent ; leaves lanceolate, 

 tapering to the base ; stipulas oblong, adhering ; spur cucullate, 

 obtuse, scarcely exceeding the auricles of the calyx ; valves of 

 capsule boat-shaped, obtuse, few-seeded ; seeds ovate, and be- 

 fore the opening of the capsule they are of a darkish-purple, 

 afterwards quite black, with white caruncles. Tj . G. Native 

 among stones and in the fissures of rocks and amongst gravel, 

 in the south of Europe and north of Africa. Flowers pale blue. 



Far. a, linearifblia (D. C. prod. 1. p. 299.) covered with 

 pruinose papillae ; leaves long, linear, entire. Native of Corsica. 



Far. ft, integrifolia (D. C. prod. 1. c.) leaves lanceolate, entire. 

 Native in the sand on the shores of the Mediterranean, and on 

 rocks in Spain. V. Hispanica fruticans, Barrel, icon. t. 568. 



Arborescent Violet. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1779. Shrub IJft. 



100 V. SUBEROSA (Desf. atl. 2. p. 313.) stigma hooked, 

 naked ; stems branched ; branches usually decumbent, tubercled ; 

 leaves narrow-lanceolate, serrated, smooth, tapering into the 

 petiole at the base, crowded on the tops of the branches ; sti- 



