PENTANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Viola. SOI 



colour, as well as to a delicious scent, resembling its own, 

 in the I'oot of Irisjlorentina.^ and a few cryptogamic vege- 

 tables. 



1. N.hirta. Hairy Violet. 



Stem none. Leaves heart-shaped, rough with hairs, as well 

 as their footstalks. Calyx-leaves obtuse. Lateral petals 

 with a hairy central line. 



V. hirta. Linn. Sp. PI. 1324. Wdld. v. 1. 1 162. Fl. Br. 244. Engl. 



Bot V. 13. <. 894. Curt. Lond.fasc. 1. t. 64. Hook. Scot. 76. 



Fl.Dan. t. 6\8. 

 V. n. 559. Hall. Hist. v. 1. 240. 

 V. martia major hirsuta inodora. Moris, v. 2. 4/5. sect. 5. t. 35./. 4. 



Rail Syn. 365. 

 V. fol. Trachelii, serotina hirsuta, radice lignosa. Merr. Pin. 125. 

 Viola. Brunf. Herb. v. 1. 137./. 3. 

 V. inodora. Riv. Pentap. Irr. t. 119./. 2. 



In groves and thickets, on a chalky or limestone soil. 



In Oxfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex and Kent. Raii Syn. At 

 Marham, Norfolk. Mr. Crowe. Near Bury, Suffolk. Mr. Wood- 

 ward, On St. Vincent's rocks, Bristol. Mr. Dyer. 



Perennial. April. 



Root rather woody, cylindrical. Stem none, except a few short, 

 simple, horizontal runners, forming leafy tufts, but not taking 

 root. Leaves oblong-heart-shaped, veiny, crenate, of a light 

 hoary green, clothed on both sides with short hairs. Footstalks 

 longer than the leaves, erect, rough with copious, prominent, 

 horizontal hairs. Stipidas lanceolate, chiefly radical, more or 

 less toothed, pale green. Flower-stalks taller than the leaves, 

 erect, smooth, with a pair of lanceolate, smooth bracteas, below 

 their middle. Fl. solitary, drooping, obliquely reversed, of a 

 light greyish blue, streaked with black, scentless. Lateral petals 

 marked, just above the claw, v/ith a hairy line. Cal. smooth. 

 Stamens flat. Anth. each tipped with a flat, orange-coloured 

 membrane, converging, but not united. Capsule rounded, hairy, 

 with several round seeds. 



2. V. odorata. Sweet Violet. 



Stem none. Scyons creeping. Leaves heart-shaped, nearly 

 smooth, as well as their footstalks. Calyx-leaves obtuse. 

 Lateral petals with a hairy central line. 



V. odorata. Linn. Sp. PL 1324. fVilld. v. 1 . 1 163. Fl. Br. 245. 



Engl. Bot. V. 9. <. 61 9. Curt. Lond.fasc. 1. <.63. Hook. Scot.77. 



FL Dan. t. 309. BulL Fr. L 169. Rencalm. Spec. 141. t. 140, 



simplex. Ehrh. PL Of. 158. 

 V. n. 558. HalLHist. v. 1.240. 



