42 9. TI0LACEJ3. 



tt JRKnome or rather sohole slender. 



7. V. stagnina (Kit.) ; anth.-spur short broadly lancet-shaped 

 acute (not twice as long as broad), cor. -spur- very short blunt, 1. 

 ovate-lanceolate suboordate below, petioles ■winged at tbe top, 

 stip. linear-lanceolate incise-serrate shorter than tbe petioles, 

 primary and lateral st. flowering and elongated. — E. B. S. 2985. 

 V. lactea K iii. 16. not Sm., V. striata 'Bab.-^Sobole threadlike. 

 St.. erect. L. nan'owing gradually from the base which in the 

 lowest is sometimes rounded not cordate. M. pale blue, nearly 

 white. Cor.-spur scarcely longer than the cal-appendages.^^ 

 Eare. Turf bogs. P. V. VI. ■ E, L 



B. Four upp^pet. directed upwards and imbripctte. Style clavate. 

 Stigma inflated. ' : ' 



8. v. Utea (Huds.); anth.-cells nearly parallel, anth.-spurs 

 longjiliformysma-oi the cor. as long as or longer than the caly- 

 cine appendages, sep. acute, 1. crenate-serrate lower' one ovate- 

 cordate, upper 1. ovate or lanceolate, stip. pahdate-pimtat'^d, 

 terminal lobe linear or 'linear-lanceolate,.si. ascending diffkiseand 



Jiliform underground. — ^Fl. wholly yellow, yellow with the 2 

 upper petals purple, or whoUy purple, varying greatly in size. 

 Caps, globose. All the lobes of the stip. 'of nearly equal size, 

 lateral ones (usually 3 on one side and 1 on the other) all 

 springing from near the base of the stip^, the terminal lobe 

 narrow and very nearly always quite entire but sometimes 

 Gonsidbrably larger than the others. '^^. V. Ourtisii (Forst.) ; 

 Stems angular rough, lower part of' the stip. somewhat length- 

 ened so as slig:htly to separate the lateral lobes. U. B. S. 2693. 

 V. sabulosa Bor. — Mountainous pastures. ' (3. Sands near the 

 west coast. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



9. V. tricolor (L.) ; anCh.-cells dw&ging below, anth.-spurs 

 long subclavate-Jiliform, spur of the corolla about equalling the 

 oalycine appendages, 1. crenate-serrate, lower ones ovate-cordate, 

 upper 1. ovate or ovate-lanceolate, stip. lyrate-pinnatifld, termi-' 

 nal lobe spathulate crenate, st. ascending. — S. iii. 21. . V. Cur- 

 tisii (Mack.) from Portmamock. — Root simple. Fl. with the 

 upper pet. purple, lateral ones bluish, lower one yeUow. Caps, 

 ovoid. Terminal' lobe of the stip. often having only one tooth 

 on each side. — /3. V. arvensis (Mum.) ; pet. shorter than the 

 calyx whitish, caps, nearly globular. iE. B. S. 2712. — Com- 

 mon. A. V. — IX. Heartsease. Pansy. E. S. I. 



