36 9. VIOLACE.E. 



[4. H. ledifolium (Willd.) ; herbaceous, with stipules, downy, 

 1. lanceolate opposite, upper 1. alternate subsessile pubescent, 

 ped. solitary opposite the 1. shorter than cal., styles straight. 

 E. B. 2414. Brent Down, Somerset, not found for many years 

 and probably an error. A. VI. VII.] E. 



5. H. vulgare (Gaert.) ; procumbent, shrubby, with stipules, 1. 

 oval or linear-oblong opposite nearly flat green above hoary be- 

 neath, racemes bracteated, style longer than the gerrnen bent at 

 the base, sep. subglabrous inner ones obtuse apiculate. Cistus 

 Helianthemutn (L.) E. B. 1321. Fruitstalks contorted and de- 

 flexed. Varying much in the size and shape of its leaves and the 

 amount of hoariness and pubescence. Fl. yellow. C. tomenlosus 

 E. B. 2208. does not differ essentially from this plant. C. surre- 

 janus E. B. 2207. (from Mr. Dickson's garden) is not the Croy- 

 don plant (Dill. Hort. Elth. t. 145.) which was again found there 

 by the late Mr. Christy and is a monstrosity of H. vulgare. 

 Common on dry hilly places. P. VII. IX. Common Rock- 

 rose. E. S. L ? 



6. H. polifolium (Pers.); shrubby, procumbent, hoary, with 

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

 revolute at the edges, racemes bracteated, style bent at the base 

 longer than the germen, sep. tomentose inner ones obtuse. E. B. 

 1322. H.apenninumDC. Fl. white. Very rare. Brean Downs, 

 Som. ; Torquay, Devon. P. VII. VIII. ' E. 



Order IX. VIOLACE^E. 



Sep. 5, imbricate. Pet. 5, regular or irregular. Stam. 5, fila- 

 ments dilated, connective elongated beyond the anthers into a 

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

 with a hooded stigma. Caps, with 3 valves. Embryo straight, 

 in fleshy albumen. 



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

 lower one produced into a hollow spur behind. Stam. 5. 

 A-nth. combined into a cylinder, 2 lower ones spurred be- 

 hind. 



1 . VIOLA Linn. Violet. 



A. Two interm. pet. patent laterally. Style nearly straight 

 from a slender base. 

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



1. V. palustris (L.) ; anth.-spurs short thick rounded, spur of 

 the cor. very short obtuse, /. reniform-cordate glabrous. E. B. 

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



