2 THE BRITISH PANSIES 
1. VIOLA AGRESTIS 
Jordan, Observations, ii. p. 15, t. 24; Boreau, Fl. du Centre, 
Od: oi Bk, 
Stems usually branched from the base, but with a principal 
stem ; stems somewhat flexuose, more rarely with few branches 
upright; from 9 to 12 in. in height, “pubescent or har Leaves 
a often dark green, crenate, ciliate. Lowest cauline leaves 
a 
Sepals broad, oie. -lanceolate, shortly acuminate ciliate and 
often pubescent, with large appendages. Petals shorter than the 
sepals or equalling them, the two uppermost broad, white, or 
Suet ith blue, occasionally entirely blue ; the lateral and lowest 
white or pale yellowish white, with 5-7 violet striz ; umbilicus 
yellow. Spur of the lowest sal shorter ‘Pua the sepali ne ap- 
SOR Tab. 500, f. 
ant of cultivated or broken waste land. The downy or 
baie Pistactar | is very pronounced, and sometimes gives quite an 
ashy appearance to the whole plant. Our British specimens match 
Jordan’s figure perfectly. 
2. VIOLA SEGETALIS 
Jordan, ee il. p. 12, t. 1B. Exsice. Schultz, Herb. Norm. 
Cent. t. 5, n. 433 (1), and nov. ser. Cent. Lik 1033 3 (!). 
intermediate cauline leaves acne ae acute, pethereie and length- 
ened at bot $s, uppermost linear lanceolate. Stipules with 
narrow, linear, lateral lobes ariatag! near the base, middle lobe 
entire, linear-lanceolate (in stipules of the lower leaves occasionally 
with a few teeth, but those of the intermediate and upper leaves 
always entire). Peduncles long, ascending. Sepals lanceolate 
(never linear) acuminate, more or less ciliate, the ciliation occa- 
shorter than the sepals, sometimes equalling them, uppermost 
petals white, or with a slight violet suffusion, ig lateral and lowest 
petals white, the lowest usually narrower than in V. agrestis, and 
with or without five violet striz, yellow in the sia lhoue: ae of 
lowest iy not longer than the sepaline appendages. Tab. 500, 
A plant of cultivated soil, particularly cornfields. It is asi 
distinguished from agrestis by its usually taller, more upright 
habit, the entire middle lobes of the stipules, and the narrower and 
paler green leaves, The ciliation of the sepals varies considerably. 
Cheshire examples show an abundant ciliation, while other plants 
