I. VIOLA. 17 



(4) Viola Hirta. Hairy 618 



(5) " Mirabilis. Marvellous .... 1045 



(6) " Montana. Mountain 1329 



(7) " Odorata. Odorous 309 



(8) " Palustris. Marshy 83 



(9) " Tricolor. Three-coloured ... 623 

 (9s) " Tricolor. Yar. Arenaria, Sandy 



Three-coloured 2647 



(10) " Elatior. Taller 68 



(11) " Epipsila. (Heaven knows what : it is 



Greek, not Latin, and looks as if 

 it meant something between a 

 bishop and a short letter e) . . 2405 



I next run down this list, noting what names we can 

 keep, and what we can't ; and what aren't worth keep- 

 ing, if we could : passing over the varieties, however, 

 for the present, wholly. 



(1) Arvensis. Field-violet. Good. 



(2) Binora. A good epithet, but in false Latin. It is 



to be our Yiola aurea, golden pansy. 



(3) Canina. Dog. Not pretty, but intelligible, and 



by common use now classical. Must stay. 



(4) Hirta. Late Latin slang for hirsuta, and always 



used of nasty places or nasty people ; it shall not 

 stay. The species shall be our Yiola Seclusa, 

 Monk's violet meaning the kind of monk who 



leads a rough life like Elijah's, or the Baptist's, 

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