PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Viola. 59 



E. B. 882. C. fas. 4. 58. Scabiosa minima hirsuta. 

 G. E. 723. 



Dry,sandy fields, heathy ground.* Nuneham. Henley. Sh. Shot- 

 over Hill. Bx. 



An. June. 



Stems spreading, scarcely one foot, leafy, branched above. Ls. 

 stalkless, oblong, blunt, gradually smaller from the root upwards : 

 stem-Is. alternate, wavy. Fl. blue or white, each tuft terminal, 

 solitary, on permanent bracteas of many Is. 



VrOLA.'. Viola. 



V. hirta. Hairy V. Stem none. Leaves heart- 

 shaped, rough vi^ith hairs, as well as their foot-stalks. 

 Calyx-leaves blunt. Side petals with a hairy central 

 line. E. B. 894. C. fas. 1. 64. 



Groves, thickets, on chalk, or lime-stone. Sm. Copse under Shotover 

 Hill. Cheney Lane. Sb. (Bagley Wood.) Between South 

 Hinksey and Childswell. B.v. 



Per. March. 



Scions prostrate, not rooting. Ls. on long upright stalks. Stip. 

 spear-shaped, toothed. Fl. light greyish blue. Fl. stalks taller 

 than the Is., smooth. Bract, smooth helow the middle of the fl. 

 stalk. Cal. smooth. 



Plant throws out, after a time, fl. destitute of pet. or nearly so, but 

 producing perfect seed. Fl. stalks lengthen after flowering, take 

 a downward direction, and bury the caps, to the depth of two or 

 three inches, B. Fl. 



V. odordta. Sweet V. Stemless. Scions creeping. 

 Leaves heart-shaped, nearly smooth, as well as their 

 foot-stalks. Calyx-leaves blunt. Side petals with a 

 hairy central line. E. B. 619- C. fas. 1,63. V. nigra, 

 sive purpurea. G. E. 850. V. flore albo. G. E. 850. 



Woods, hedges. 



Per. March. 



Scions long, prostrate, rooting. Ls. foot-stalks longish. Stipul. in 

 pairs, spear-shaped, toothed. Fl. stalks taller than the Is. 

 smooth. Bract, narrow, above the middle of the fl. stalk, w^hen 

 the fl. fully expanded. Cor. nodding, dark purple or white, 

 fragrant. Cal. smooth. /Sp?<r short, blunt, i^/. producing seed, 

 with, or without pet. Far. double, more fragrant than the 

 single. 



Fl. and seeds mild laxatives. Root in powder, in doses of forty to 



' Gr. Ion. Some derive Viola, from Vitula, a heifer, in reference to lo, 

 leaving out the letter t. G. E. 



