106 PENTANDRIA — MONOGYNIA. [RibeS. 



5. V. Idctea, Sm. (^cream-coloured Violet) ; stem ascending, 

 leaves ovato-lanceolate glabrous, stipules dentate, calyx-leaflets 

 acuminate. E. Bot. L 445. 



On mountains and boggy heaths. Near Tunbridgc Wells, and in 

 Cornwall. Near Peebles. Brandon Mountain, Ireland. 77. May. 11. 

 — A small plant, with its leaves almost lanceohitc, and narrower than in 

 the last sjjeeies, and with pale blue or almost wh'xiGjiowers. But it ap- 

 pears very doubtful if it be really distinct. De Candolle makes it a var. 

 of V. nwntuna of Linn. ; and it seems to agree also with V. lancifolia 

 of Thore, which again De Candolle considers to belong to V. pumila of 

 Villars ; to which indeed Mr Borrer would refer this and our var. minor 

 of V. cnnina. — Capsule scarcely longer than the cal., and turbinate or 

 flattened at top. Miss Warren. 



6. V. tricolor, L, {pansy Violet or Heart's Ease) ; mostly an- 

 nual, stem angled branched, leaves oblong deeply crenate, sti- 

 pules lyrate pinnatifid. — x. petals longer than the calyx. — V. 



tricolor, L E. Bot. t. 1287'. — V. Curtisii. Forst. in E. Bot. 



Suppl. t. 2693. — /3., pet.ils shorter than the calyx. V. arvensis, 

 Murr. — Forst. in E. Bot. Sitppl. <. 2712. 



Banks and cultivated fields, frequent, (i. Corn-fields. Fl. the whole 

 summer. 0. (J . or If-. — Extremely variable, especially in the size and 

 colour of its flowers ; yellow in V. Curlisii of Forster. Stigma, in 

 this and the following species, capitate, obliquely perforated. 



7. V. lidea, Huds. {yellow mountain Violet or yellow Pansy); 

 perennial, stem much branched at the base filiform, leaves ovato- 



oblong crenate, stipules subpalniato-pinnatifid. E. Bot. t. 721 



V. grandi flora, Huds., — not Linn. ? — V. Sudetica, Willd. — /3., 



flowers all purple. V. amcena, Sym. — y., leaves broadly ovate 

 subcoriaceous, flowers deep yellow. 



Mountainous pastures ; frequent in Wales, the north of England and 

 Scotland ; a. and /3. often growing together, y. Isle of Arran, 3Ir S. 

 Murray. A small yellow var. is found by Mr Tozer at the Land's End, 

 Cornwall. Fl. May — Sept. 7^. — T\\c flowers are generally of a pale 

 yellow or sulphur colour, much larger than those of V. tricolor : often 

 the upper petals are purple, and in /3. all arc purple. Sir J. E. Smith 

 distinguishes V. lulea from the V. grandiflora, L. by the shortness of its 

 spur ; but M. Gay considers them identical. Distinct, however, as this is 

 from V. tricolor, it is very difficult to define the characters in words. 



38. Ri'bes. Limi. Currant and Gooseberry. 



1. R. rubrum, L. {commoii or red Cttrra7it) ; without thorns, 

 racemes mostly glabrous and pendulous, bracteas very small, 

 flowers nearly plane, petals obtuse. E. Bot. t. 1289. — /3. j}e- 

 trcBum ; racemes slightly downy, erect in flower, in fruit pendu- 

 lous. R. petrceum, Wulf. in Jacq. Aiistr. v. i. t. 49 (bad). E. Bot. 

 t. 705. — y. spicutum ; racemes spicate erect in flower and in 

 fruit. /i*. spicatum, Bobs, in Linn. Tr. v. iii. p. 240.^. 21. E. 

 Bot. t. :i290. 



Alpine woods : by the Tees-side in England. In Islay, one of the 

 • Hebrides, and about Cnlross in Scotland : not unfrequent in hedges, 

 but scarcely wild in such situations. — /3. North of England and Scotland, 



