9. VTOLACEJ5. 



4. H. polifolium (Mill.) ; shrubby, procumbent, hoary, with 

 stipules, 1. opposite ovate-oblong or oblong-linear more or less 

 ]; volute at the edges, racemes with bracts, style bent at the 

 bae longer than the germen, sep. tomentose inner ones blunt. 

 E. B. 1322. Fl. white.^ Very rare. Brean Down, Som. ; 

 Torquay, Devon. P. VI. VII. " E. 



Order IX. VIOLACE M. 



Sep. 5, imbricate. Pet. 5, regular or irregular. Stain, 5, 

 filaments dilated, connective extended beyond the anthers as 

 a flat membrane. Ovary 1-celled with .3 parietal placentas. 

 Style with a hooded stigma. Caps, with 3 valves. Eiiibryo 

 straight, in fleshy albumen. Stip. persistent. Minute but fer- 

 tile fl. which do not open are found on many species. 



] . VIOLA. Sep. 5, extended at the base. Pet. 5, unequal, 

 the lower one extended into a hollow spur behind. Stam. 

 5. Anlh. connate, 2 lower ones spurred behind. 



1. VI'OLA Linn. 1 Violet. 



A. Two interm. pet. patent laterally. Style from a slender base. 

 * St. creaping. Stigma flat above. Fr.-st. erect. Caps, nodding. 



1. V.palus'tris (L.) ; anth.-spurs short thick rounded, cor.- 

 spur very short blunt, /. reniform-cordate glabrous. E. B. 444. 

 R. iii. Anth.-cells nearly parallel. Fl. pale lilac with purple 

 streaks. Scentless. Wet and boggy places. P. IV. VI. 

 Marsh-Violet. E. S. I. 



** Rhizome short. Stigma hooked ; beak deflexed. Fruit- 

 stalks prostrate. Caps, globular, downy. 



a. Stoles from axils of terminal rosettes. 



2. V, odordta (L.) ; anth.-tpurs lancet-shaped decurved blunt, 

 cor.-spur blunt straight, lateial pet. entire lower one emarginate, 

 1. cordate, with stoles. E. B. 619. JR. iii. Anth.-cells diverging 

 below. Spurs of the pet. inflated towards the end, slightly 



* 



1 The following hybrids have been identified : 



V. odorataxhirta (V. permixta Jord. ?) ; V. canina^lactea ; V. 

 niana ; V. caninaxstagnina ; V. Rivinianaxcanina. 



H. & J.G. 



