SYNGENESIA MONOGAMIA. 509 



Great yellow Violet. Anglis, 



On hilly paftures and mountains not unfrequent, 

 as on Broughton-heightSy in ^weddale^ and on the 

 PefitlaKd-hillSy dbout two miles fouth of Fafi" 

 Caftle, at Crawford-John^ near the Lead-hills^ in 

 Lafierkjhire^ and with a purple flower on Mall- 

 gyrdy^ in Br eadalhane^ &c. li.Vl-VIII. 



The plant at its firft flowering is dwarfifh, but af- 

 terwards become caulcfcent, eredl, and about 

 fix inches high : the leaves are oval pubefcent» 

 and have generally eight diftant obtufe ferratures 

 in the margin : xhtfiipttl^e are very large, and 

 either trifid, quinquefid or pinnatifid ; the leaves 

 of the calyx are ferrated behind : the flower is 

 generally much larger in proportion than in the 

 other fpecies, and is commonly of a yellow co- 

 lour, the bafe of the petals being flreak'd with 

 dark purple rays : fometimes it varies with a 

 purple flower, the petals having yellow ungues^ 

 and ftreak'd as before : we haxe alfo feen it with 

 two of the petals purple, and the refl: yellow. 

 The fpur is longer than the calyx^ and almofi; 

 fl:rait, but not above one-third part fo long as 

 the petals. 



tricolor 5. VIOLA caule triquctro difFufo, foliis oblongis in- 

 cifis, ftipulis pinnatifidis. Syft. nat, p. 585. (Ger. 

 em, 854. /. u Pet, herb. /. 37./. 8. 9. Moris. 

 hifi.fsS^ f^7*f' ^* i^- Rivin.T, 120. Blackwell 

 t 44.) 



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