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axillary from a short flowerless central rosette of 1. E. B. 

 020. Cwrt. i. 182. Fl. scentless. V. Jlavicornis (Forst.) is a 

 dwarf form having small 1. and larger fl. /3. nemorosa (Neum. 

 W. & M.) 5 cal. -appendages large much cut, veins of lower 

 pet. not extending to the edge, spur thick not furrowed. 

 Hedge-banks, thickets, and heaths. Common. P. IV. V. 

 Wood Violet. E. S. I. 



6. V. rupes'tris (Schmidt) ; anth.-spur very narrowly lancet- 

 shaped, cor.-spur blunt, 1. roundly cordate, flowering branches 

 axillary from a short Powerless central rosette of leaves, ped. 

 young 1. and acute caps, downy, pet. broadly obovate, lower pet. 

 -with many branched veins throughout, cal. -appendages broad 

 squarish persistent. V. arenaria (DC.) ed. viii. Sy. E. B. 

 174 b. R. iii. 9. A small compact plant with large flowers. 

 Elevated pastures. Upper Teesdale and Westmoreland. B. V. 

 VI. E. 



7. V. canina (L.) ; anth.-spur lancet-shaped (3 times as long 

 as broad), cor.-spur blunt, 1. cordate-ovate roundly acute, pri- 

 mary and lateral stems flowering and lengthening. R. iii. 10. 

 E. B. S. 2984. Rather caespitose. L. always roundedly acute, 

 longer than those of Sp. 4. Fl. bluish purple, scentless. Cor.- 

 spur yellow, 1 3 times as long as cal.-appendages. Lower 

 pet. spathulate. V. flamcornis (Sm.) is a small form with 

 cordate leaver. When the 1. are cordate-cblong it is perhaps 



V. montana (Linn.). /3. V. lancifolia (Thore) ; /. ovate-lanceolate 

 rounded below, stip. lanceolate incise-serrate. V. lactea Sm. 1 

 E. B. 445. V.pumila Fries (not Vill. which is V.pratensisFr.^ 

 and has a sobole). L. narrowing gradually from near their 

 base, to a narrow but rounded point. [Var. crassifolia (Gronv.) 

 with large fl. and thick fleshy 1. has been found in Cambs.J Sandy and 

 peaty places. /3 in turf-bogs, rare. P. IV. V. Dog- Violet. 



E. S. I. 



tt Rhizome or rather sobole slender. 



8. V. stagnina (Kit.) ; anth.-spur short broadly lancet-shaped 

 acute (not twice as long as broad), cor.-spur very short blunt, 

 1. ovate-lanceolate subcordate below, petioles winged at the top, 

 stip. linear-lanceolate incise-serrate shorter than the petioles, 

 primary and lateral st. flowering and elongated. E. B. 8. 2985. 



V. lactea R. iii. It5. not Sm. Sobole threadlike. St. erect. L. 

 narrowing gradually from the base which in the lowest is some- 



1 Mr. Beeby separates V. lactea Sm. as a species, using the name 

 V. ericetorum Schrad. for the t v vpe instead of V. canina L. H. & J. G. 



