128 PENTANDRIA MOXOGYNIA. [cL. V. 



3. V. paliistris. 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. Dog'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 pas- 

 tures : very common, Eng. Bot. vol. ix. pi. 620. Eng. Fl. vol. i. 

 p. 304. -348. 



5. V. Idctea. Cream-coloured Violet. Stem round ; leaves be- 

 tween 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. Hearths-ease. Stem angular, 

 branched, spreading ; leaves oblong, deeply crenate ; stipules 



lyre-shaped, pinnatih'd. Stem about six inches high, usually 



branched, sometimes simple : flowers varying greatly in size and 

 colour. Annual : flowers through the summer and autumn : 



frows in loose soil: common. Eng. Bot. vol. xviii. pi. 1287. Eng. 

 7. 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. Peren- 

 nial ; flowers from May to September: grows in hilly pastures: 

 common. Eng. Bot. vol. xi. pi. 721. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 307. It is 

 extremely probable that V. tricolor and V. lutea are the same spe- 

 cies. 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 spread- 

 ing, deeply divided into five rounded segments. Filaments awl- 

 shaped, unequal, declining, woolly, shorter than the corolla ; 

 anthers kidney-shaped, compressed. Germen roundish. Style 

 thread- shaped, slightly swelling upwards, declining, rather 

 longer than the stamens ; stigma obtuse. Capsule egg-shaped, 

 two -celled, two-valved ; partition double, frequently incom- 

 plete. Seeds numerous, minute, angular, covering the egg- 

 shaped or globular central receptacle. Name altered from bar- 

 bascuniy which is derived from barba, a beard. 112. 



1. V. Thdpsus. 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 August 

 grows in waste ground, in sandy or gravelly soil : frequent. Eng, 

 Bot. vol. viii. pi. 549. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 309. 352. 





