383 ADDITIONAL SPECIES, ETC. 



record for so-called V. lactea, do really belong to V. flavi- 

 cornis or V. stagnina, — several to the former, one or more 

 to the latter. I judge of the original V. lactea by a liying 

 Sussex plant kindly given to me by Mr. Borrer ; but 

 which has hitherto produced only apetalous flowers in my 

 garden. It differs from V. flavicornis chiefly by its nearly 

 ovate leaves, not at aU cordate, and by its stem dividing 

 into procumbent branches above ground, not tending to 

 become csespitose at the crown of the root. "With this 

 Sussex plant, I join specimens from Bickleigh Down, 

 South Devon, obligingly sent to me by Mr. Keys ; also 

 another from Yarmouth denes, Norfolk, communicated 

 several years ago by Miss Bell. But I should add, that 

 this Yarmouth specimen excites considerable suspicion 

 that V. lactea, as thus understood, does truly pass off into 

 V. flavicornis of the sandy coasts ; small and stunted ex- 

 amples of the latter, gathered from the sands of the 

 Cheshire and Lancashire coasts, by Mr. Thomas Sansom, 

 having their leaves scarcely cordate at base, and bearing a 

 close general resemblance to this supposed V. lactea of 

 Yarmouth; itself in turn very like the wild specimens 

 from Bickleigh Down. If I remember aright, garden ex- 

 amples of V. flavicornis, from Mr. Forster, represent V. 

 lactea in Smith's Herbarium. The figure of V. lactea in 

 English Botany can hardly be said to represent V. flavi- 

 cornis. Is it V. lactea or a small V. stagnina ? (See vol. 

 i. page 177.) 



135*. Viola stagnina, Kit. 



Area 1 * * 4 * * ^^ 8. 

 South limit in Devon. 

 North limit in Lincoln. 



