VIOLA VARIATA 7 
9. Viota Luoypit 
Jordan in Boreau, Fl. du Centre, ed. 3. ii. p. 80. Exsice. Soc. 
Dauph. n. 2777 (!). 
Stem 6-18 in. in height, with ascending branches spreading at 
the base. Stems pubescent, often very sparsely so. eaves cilrate, 
duncles upright in flower, spreading somewhat in fruit, bracteoles 
whitish, below the curvature. Flowers large, sepals broad lanceo- 
ate acuminate ciliate, with a very narrow scarious margin. Sepa- 
line appendages dentate, broad. Corolla a little longer than the 
sepals. Petals broad, the wpper ones overlapping, violet, paler at the 
base, the lateral ones pale or white striated with purple, the lowest 
broad and truncate, white or yellow with purple striz. Sometimes 
the flower is entirely purple or blue, or rarely entirely yellow. Spur 
not longer than the sepaline appendages. 
This plant is readily recognized by its showy flowers, its long 
leaves (occasionally shorter and broader, especially in cultivation), 
6 form of its stipules as described above. It is fairly abun- 
dant, but rather local, in cultivated fields. 
Var. insignis (nov. var.). Petals very large and for the most 
part deep purple, much longer than the sepals Sepals less strongly 
ciliate or almost non-ciliate, broad. This seems to be a perfectly 
constant variety, and I have hesitated before refusing it speciiic 
rank. It retains its characters unchanged in cultivation. 
10. VIoLA VARIATA 
Jordan, Pugillus, p. 26. 
Stems slightly hairy or shortly hispid, branched from the base, 
branches spreading and finally ascending ; occasionally the stem 1s 
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large. Sepals linear-lanceolate acuminate ciliate, sometimes very 
sparsely so. Petals longer than the sepals, brightly coloured, the 
uppermost of an intense violet, subvelvety, the lateral ones blue- 
violet, bearded in the fauces, the lowest petal paler, with 5-7 
strie. The petals are sometimes marked with yellow. Spur as 
long asor a little longer than the sepaline appendages. 
A plant generally of cultivated land. The size of the flower 
in dae 
varies considerably. It may be comparatively small, but more 
