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Scotland, and even at a very considerable elevation. If. 4 7 



Flowers very pale blue with purple streaks. The petals are slightly 

 hairy on one side at the base, but the lateral ones have not a distinct 

 line of hairs. Anthers with the cells nearly parallel, not slio-htly 

 diverging below as in the two preceding species. ^ 



f f- Stig7na uncinate dejlexed convex above, peduncles of fruit prostrate. 



2. V. Mrta L. (hairy V.) ; creeping scions none, leaves cor- 

 date and as well as the petioles and capsules rough with hairs 

 sepals obtuse, lateral petals usually with a hairy central line' 

 spur hooked at the end, anther-spurs linear-oblono-. E B i 

 894. ^ 



Woods and pastures in England, principally in a chalky or Hme- 

 stone soil. Rare in Scotland, and only in Dumfriesshire and on the 

 eastern side. %. 4, 5.— Stems usually several, short, decumbent 

 at the base, but not at ^all sarmentose. Flowers pale, rather dino-y 

 blue, scentless. Nearly allied to F. odorata, and chiefly distin- 

 guished by the want of creeping scions, by the greater hairiness of 

 the plant, the hairs on the petioles always spreading, and the spur of 

 the corolla compressed and hooked, not channelled, and straight, 

 Bracteoks usually inserted below the middle of the peduncle, some^ 

 times above the middle. The flowers of this, and several of the other 



species, are often destitute of petals, 



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3. V. odordta L. (sweet F.) ; scions creeping, leaves cordate 

 and as well as the petioles and capsules pubescent, or nearly 

 glabrous,^ sepals obtuse, lateral petals usually with a hairy line, 

 spur straight, anther- spurs lanceolate obtuse decurved. E B 

 t. 619. 



Woods, banks, and pastures ; frequent in England. Very rare in 

 Scotland, and perhaps only naturalized ; as woods near Slateford and 

 Colhngton, Edinburgh ; Partick, Glasgow ; and near the Castle Rock 

 ^Stirling. Hedges between Killiney Hill and Bray, Ireland. Ijl. 3_' 

 4, — Stems truly sarmentose as in the strawberry. Leaves and flowers 

 from the crown of the root. Flowers deep purple, sometimes reddish- 

 purple or lilac, often white, fragrant. Hairs on the petioles short and 

 deflexed, rarely long and spreading as in F. hirta. Bracteoles usually 

 inserted above the middle of the peduncle, sometimes about the middle 

 or even below it. The white-flowered variety oftener than the purple 

 one wants the hairs on the lateral petals, when it is the F. imberbis 

 -l^eight., and sometimes, as well as the lilac variety, has the sepals 

 ciiiated, ^ 



** Furnished with an evident stem, peduncles of fruit erect. 



an^' 7* ^^^^'^^ ^* (Gerard's or Dog F.) ; primary stem short 

 ana bearing leaves only, lateral ones or flowering branches 

 numerous ascending simple, leaves broadly cordate more or 

 less acute, stinnlps oiH^fn-rior^fof. . — r. acuminate. E B 



less acute stipules cIHato-dentate, sepal 



t. b20. V. fivlvnfiV. T^w.. y^ flavicornis Forster in E 



t. 2736. 



V. sylvatica Fries. 



