PI. sx. thai. 78.V10LACE^. 416. Viola. 66^ 



Leaves crenate; petioles quite bald, roundish; scape four- 

 sided, bald ; Jioivers pale blue, veined, inodorous ; stigma 

 pitchershape. 



^. rubra. Flowers red, streaked. 



Viola rubra striata Eboracensis, Rail Syn, 365,7; Park. 755. 



4. Viola canina. Dog violet. 



Stem at full growth ascending, nearly 3-sided; leaves 

 oblong, heartshape, acute; stipules long, toothed, fringed; 

 calyx acute, 



Viola Martia inodora sylvestris. Rati Syn. 364, 3. 

 Viola canina flore albo, Dillcn in Raii Syn. 364, 3. 

 Viola canina sylvestris, Ger. em. S51 , 6. 

 Viola sylvestris, Park. 755. 

 Viola canina, Lin. S. P. 1344. 



Woods and hedges ; perennial ; April to June. 



Root woody ; stem when young 0, afterwards long ; leaves 

 nearly bald; petioles slightly winged above, bald; stipulce 

 fringed; peduncles ^-sided, upright ;j^o/fer5 blue or white, 

 streaked, inodorous ; stigma globular. 



&. pumila. PZan^ small; spur y^low'ish. 



Viola canina vulgari omnibus partibus multo minorem ; floris calcari 

 luteolo, Dillen in Raii Syn. 364, 5. 



y. alpina. Leaves round. 



Viola Martia alpina folio tenello circinato, Raii Syn. 366, 12. 



^. lactea. Stem round ; leaves ovate, lanceolate, running 

 at the base into the petiole ; stipules glandular. 



Viola lactea, Engl. Bot. 445. 

 Cream-coloured violet. 



h. Jacea. Stigma upright, funnel-shape. 



5. Viola tricolor. Threecoloured violet. 



Herb bald ; stem angular, branched, diffuse ; stipules pin- 

 natiiid ; petals twice as long as the calyx. 



Viola tricolor, Raii S^n. 365,9; Ger. em. 854, I ; Lin. S, P. 1326. 



Viola tricolor major et vulgaris. Park. 756. 



Hearts-ease. Pansie, i.e. Panacea. Love in idleness. Cull me to you^ 

 Kiss me ere I rise. All from a fancied resemblance in the throat of the 

 flower. Herb trinity. Three faces under one hood, fvom the colours. 



Fields ; annual ; May to September. 



Stem leafed, downy ; branches upright , leaves alternate, 

 petioled, rarely slightly downy on the edges; ^ow;er^ axil- 

 lary, single, inodorous ; peduncles very long ; petals purple 

 and yellow, reverse heartshape. 



