128 PENTANDRIA AIOXOGYNIA. [CL. V. 



3. V. palustris. Marsh Violet. Stem none ; leaves kidney-shaped, 

 smooth ; root creeping ; spur very short ; lateral petals with a central 



hairy line. Stipules egg-shaped, nearly entire : flowers drooping, very 



pale blue, with purple streaks. Perennial : flowers in April : grows in 

 bogs and wet mossy ground : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. vii. pi. 444. Eng. 

 Fl. vol. i. p. 303. 347. 



4. V. canina. Ddg's Violet. Stem angular ; leaves heart-shaped ; 



leaves of the calyx acute ; stipules serrate ; bracteas linear, entire 



Leaves nearly smooth, crenate : flowers drooping, blue with purple lines, 

 and a greenish-white spur. Perennial : flowers through the summer : 

 grows in woods, thickets, hedges, and pastures : very common. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. ix. pi. 620. Eng. FL vol. i. p. 304. 348. 



5. V. Idcten. Cream-coloured Violet. Stem round ; leaves between 

 egg-shaped and lance-shaped ; stipules toothed ; bracteas lance-shaped ; 



leaves of the calyx acute. Flowers bluish-white, with purplish streaks. 



Perennial: flowers in May: grows in hilly pastures: rare. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. vii. pi. 445. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 304. 349. 



6. V. tricolor. Pansy Violet. Heart's-ease. Stem angular, branched, 

 spreading ; leaves oblong, deeply crenate ; stipules lyre-shaped, pinna- 



tifid. Stem about six inches high, usually branched, sometimes 



simple : flowers varying greatly in size and colour. Annual : flowers 

 through the summer and autumn : grows in loose soil : common. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. xviii. pi. 1287. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 306. 350. 



7. V. lutea. Yellow Pansy. Stem triangular, unbranched, erect, 

 decumbent at the base ; leaves broadly oblong, crenate, fringed ; stipules 



lobed, palmate. Stem three or four inches high : flowers very large, 



generally yellow, sometimes purple. Perennial : flowers from May to 

 September: grows in hilly pastures: common. Eng. Bot. vol. xi. pi. 

 721. -. Fl. vol. i. p. 307. It is extremely probable that V. tricolor 

 and V. lutea are the same species. 351. 



27. VERBA'SCUM. MULLEIN. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, deeply divided into five erect, acute, 

 nearly equal, permanent segments. Corolla of one petal, wheel- 

 shaped, unequal, the tube very short; the limb spreading, deeply 

 divided into five rounded segments. Filaments awl-shaped, un- 

 equal, declining, woolly, shorter than the corolla; anthers kidney- 

 shaped, compressed. Germen roundish. Style thread-shaped, 

 slightly swelling upwards, declining, rather longer than the sta- 

 mens ; stigma obtuse. Capsule egg-shaped, two celled, two- 

 valved; partition double, frequently incomplete. Seeds numerous, 

 minute, angular, covering the egg-shaped or globular central re- 

 ceptacle. Name altered from barbascum, which is derived from 

 barba, a beard. 112. 



1. V. Tlidpsus. Great Mullein. Leaves decurrent, woolly on both 



sides; stem simple; cluster dense. Root spindle-shaped: stem erect, 



three or four feet high, woolly : flowers nearly sessile, large, golden 

 yellow. Biennial : flowers in July and Augrust : grows in waste ground, 

 in sandy or gravelly soil : frequent. Eng. but. vol. viii. pi. 549. Eng. 

 Fl. vol. i. p. 309. 352. 



