352 THE VIOLET FAMILY. 



From the axils the fragrant flowers grow on bracted peduncles and are 

 generally spoken of as white violets. Many of them, it is true, are spotlessly 

 white, being marked only with deep purple veinings, while again on the same 

 plant are sometimes others of pinkish lavender lined with white. It favours 

 always cool situations and produces only these large, showy flowers, never 

 those that are cleistogamous. 



V.jiostrata, long-spurred violet, grows up from a fibrous root and bears 

 both basal and stem leaves. It is considerably branched, and usually the 

 graceful foliage is cordate in outline, or the lower leaves, reniform. Their 

 stipules are noticeable, being lanceolate and having fine teeth towards their 

 bases. Either pale violet, or white veined with deep blue are the flowers. 

 They are moreover beardless, and the lower petal projects a spur equal to 

 its own length. 



V. tripartita, a yellow bloomer among the leafy-stemmed violets and 

 one of full, luxurious growth, bears in its typical form large and thrice- 

 divided leaves which are sparingly pubescent underneath. It is occasionally 

 found, however, with simple leaves. When this latter is the case it is not an 

 easy matter for the amateur to distinguish such specimens from other 

 closely related species. 



V. scabriuscida, downy yellow violet, occurs as a sparingly pubescent 

 plant with broadly cordate leaves serrate about their margins, and which 

 have stipules large and mostly entire. Its dainty yellow flowers are faintly 

 fragrant, and are produced soon after the basal and stem leaves have de- 

 veloped. 



Jt^^ THEPASSION=FLOWER FAMILY. 



Passiflorcaece. 



Ill our species vines climbing by means of tendrils and with alternate^ 

 usually palffiately-lobed leaves; and which bear regular, perfect flowers 

 itt solitary or clustered axillary inflorescences. 



PASSION-FLOWER. MAY=POP. {Plate CXII) 

 Passiflbra incar?idta. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Passion-Jloiver. Purple and Faintly Florida to Virginia June-September, 



white. fragrant. and westivard. 



Flowers: large; and subtended usually by three small bracts. Calyx: cam- 

 panulate, the divisions consisting of five long sepals, somewhat united and col- 



