-16 9. TIOLACE.E. 10. DKOSEKACE.E. 



times rounded not cordate. Fl. pale blue, nearly white. Cor.- 

 8pur scarcely longer than the cal. -appendages. Rare. Turf- 

 bogs. P. V.VI. E.I. 



B. Four upper pet. directed upwards and imbricate. Style clavate. 

 Stiyma inflated. 



9. V. lutea (Huds.); anth .-cells nearly parallel, anth.-spnrs 

 long filiform, spur of the cor. as long as or longer than the calv- 

 cine appendages, sep. acute, 1. crenate-serrate lower ones ovate- 

 cordate, upper 1. ovate or lanceolate, stip. palmate-pmnatifid, 

 terminal lobe linear or linear-lanceolate, st. ascending diffuse and 



filiform underground. Sy. E. B. 181. Fl. wholly yellow, 

 yellow with the 2 upper petals purple, or wholly purple [var. 

 amo3na Wats.], varying greatly in size. Caps, globose. All 

 the lobes of the stip. of nearly equal size, lateral ones (usually 

 3 on one side and 1 on the other) all springing from near the 

 base of the stip., the terminal lobe narrow and very nearly 

 always quite entire but sometimes considerably larger than the 

 others. /3. V. Curtisii (Forst.) ; stems angular rough, lower 

 part of the stip. somewhat lengthened so as slightly to separate 

 the lateral lobes. E. B. S. 2693, V. sabulosa Bor. Mount- 

 ainous pastures. /3. Sands near the west coast. P. VI. VII. 



E. S. I. 



10. V. tricolor (L.) ; anth.-cells diverging below, anth.-spurs 

 long siibclavate-fiUform, spur of the corolla about equalling the 

 calycine appendages, ]. crenate-serrate, lower ones ovate-cordate, 

 upper 1. ovate or ovate-lanceolate, stip. lyrate-pinnatifid, terminal 

 lobe spathulate crenate, st. ascending. E. B. 1287. R. iii. 21 . 

 V. Curtisii (Mack.) from Portmarnock. Root simple. Fl. with 

 the upper pet. purple, lateral ones bluish, lower one yellow. 

 Caps, ovoid. Terminal lobe of the stip. often having only one 

 tooth on each side. /3. V. arvensis (Murr.) ; pet. shorter than 

 the calyx whitish, caps, nearly globular. E. B. S. 2712. 

 A small form from Scilly is very like V. parvula Tin., and 

 another small form from sandhills Jersey was referred by 

 Mr. J. Lloyd to var. nana DC. Common. A. V. IX. 

 Heartsease. Pansy. E. S. I. 



Order X. DROSERACEA 



Sep. 5, imbricate. Pet. 5, regular. Stam. 5 or 10, free. 

 Styles 3 or 5. Ovary free. Caps. 3 5-valved ; valves bearing 

 the seeds along their middle. Seeds without an aril. L. with 

 a circinate vernation. Joined to Saxifragacece by some 

 authors. 



