30 THE BRITISH PANSIES 
non veloutés, 4 peine une fois plus longs que les sépales.” No 
stress is laid on the perennial nature nor on the long spur, but 
the segregate is made to include nit —_ which are referable 
un 
size of flowers, and hence the vane tiovets V. ‘Tloydii Jordan 
and V. variata J ar are jmaadod.3 in this set, in spite of the fact 
Th 
defined thus: “ Différe du V. ge par les fleurs petites ou trés 
alan 
possession of Te. ey ane 8 ob- 
viously a small arvensis-pansy, while V. nana poe o find « very 
natural position in close association wi th V. parvula Tineo Pu 
Per 8: 
rar. pl. Sic. p. 5 (exsice.:—G. Rigo, Iter Italic. ane ann. 1898, 
No. 432), a plant found in rae Sicily, Greece, Crete, Asia Minor, 
North Africa, and the Canarie 
e subspecies (aggregate) "Y. Curtisii Forster is equivalent to 
my group Curtisiz®, and the segregate a genuina Rouy & Fou- 
caud is the original V. Curtisic Forster of Braunton Burrows 
(V. Curtisii Forster, var. Forster H. C. Watson 
The subspecies (aggregate) Y. lutea Huds. is n nearly equivalent 
to my group LutTrem, except that it includes var. multicaulis Koch, 
aan I have removed from here and placed in the group Saxa- 
Var. unguiculata Rouy & ahobieaud seems to be for the most 
ait efrtvalae to V. lutea Huds. var. grandiflora iene oe to the 
British plant described on pp. 12-13 of this paper (cf. E aker, 
a Bot. xxxix. (1901), p. 222). Further saiivision results 
n the separation of saree: lutea and violacea, the former in- 
etuditig the yellow-flowered and the latter the blue-flowered forms 
(var. amena Henslow). 
o the Journal of Botany, xxxix. (1901), Mr. E. G. Baker con- 
tributed two papers dealing with the British pansies. In the first 
(pp. 9-12) he recognized as British V. Curtisis Forster and V. 
Pesneaui (quoted as of ths & Foust), and from Ireland V. 
Symet Baker; and also V. n Corbiére, from the Ohatnsal Isles 
and Scilly. Inthe second piper (pp. 220-227) he gives by far the 
best account of the British perennial upland pansies hitherto pub- 
lished. He makes two groups, and for the most part he emphasizes 
what appear to be the really important characters, the perennial 
: er 
SaxaTILEs) being recognized as of primary importance. In the 
He Sect the oer plants as British ;— 
