40 9. rroiACE^. 



Order TX. VIOLACEJE. 



Sep. 5, imbricate. Pet. 5, regular or irregular. Stam. 5, fila- 

 mente dilated, connective extended beyond the anthers into a 

 flat membrane. Ovary 1-oelIed with 3 parietal placentas. Style 

 \vith a hooded stigma. Caps, with 3 valves. Embryo straight, 

 in fleshy albumen. 



1. Viola. Sep. 5, extended at the base. Pet. 5, unequal, the 

 lower one extended into a hollow spur behind. . Stam. 5, 

 Anth. connate, 2 lower ones spurred behind. 



1. Vi'oLA lAnn. Violet, 

 A. Two interm. pet. patent lateraUy. Style from a slender base. 

 * Stigma flat above. St. creeping. Fr.-st. erect. Caps, nodding. 



1. V. pahis'tris (L.) ; anth.-spurs short thick rounded, cor.- 

 Spur very short blunt, /. reniform-cordute glabrous.— JS. iii. — 

 Anth.-cells nearly parallel. Fl. pale lilac with purple streaks. 

 Scentless.— Bogs in mountainous districts. P. iV. — -Vl. Marsh 

 Violet. E. S. I. 



•* Stigma hooked; beak deflexed. Nearly stemless. Fruit- 

 stalks prostrate. 



2. V. odordta (L.) ; anth.-spurs lancet-shaped iecurvei hlunt, 

 cor. -spur blunt straight, lateral pet. entire lower one emargi- 

 Xiate, 1. cordate, tvith stoles. — JB. £. 619. JB. iii.^Anth. -cells di- 

 verging below. Spurs of the pet. inflated towards the end, 

 slightly channelled above. Fl. purple, often white, sweet- 

 scented. Fr.-sep. triangular, acute, twice as long as broad, not 

 cUiate, glabrous. Bracts above the middle of the flawerstalk. 

 Petioles with deJUxed hairs. Lateral pet. usually with a hairy 

 line, or without when it is V, imberhis Leight. Caps, globose, 

 downy. — Divided into several species by some botanists.^ — Com- 

 mon. P. m. IV. Sweet Violet. E. S. ? I. 



3. V. hir'ta (L.) ; anth.-spurs nearly linear blunt, spur of the 

 cor. blunt hooked at the end, pet. entire or slightly emarginate, 

 1. cordate, stoles wanting.-^E. JB. 894. S. iii. — ^Anth.-ceUs di- 

 verging below. Spur of the petals compressed, not channelled, 

 Fl. pale blue, sometimes white, scentless. Lateral pet. usually 

 with a hairy line. Fr.-sep. roundly triangular, bluntish, as 

 long as broad, more or less ciliate, mostly downy. Bracts below 

 the middle of the Jlowerstalk. Stip. not hispid at the margin. 

 Petioles with spreading hairs. Caps, globose, downy. St. short, 

 prostrate, rarelv one lengthens into a stole. — /3. calcarea (Bab.) ; 

 n. smaller, ped. much longer than the leaves, sep. oblong-ovate. 



