36 9. vioLACE^. 



[4. H. ledifoUum (Willd.) ; herbaceous, with stipules, downy, 

 1. lanceolate opposite, upper 1. alternate subses'ile pubescent, 

 ped. solitary opposite the 1. shorter than cal., styles straight. — 

 E. B. 2414.— Brent Down, Somerset, not found for many years 

 and probably an error. A. VI. VII.] E- 



5. H. vulff are {Qaevt.); Tprommhent, shrubby, with stipules,!. 

 oval or linear-oblong opposite nearly flat green above hoary be- 

 neath, racemes bracteated, style longer than the germen bent at 

 the base, sep. subglabrous inner ones obtuse apiculate. — Cistus 

 Helianthemum (L.) E. B. 1321. — Fruitstalks contorted and de- 

 flexed. Varying much in the size and shape of its leaves and the 

 amount of hoariness and pubescence. Fl. yellow. — C. tomentosus 

 E. B. 2208. does not differ essentially from this plant. — C. surre- 

 janus E. B. 2207. (from Mr. Dickson's garden) is not the Croy- 

 don plant {Dill. Hort. Elth. t. 145.) which was again found there 

 by the late Mr. Christy and is a monstrosity of H. vulgare. — 

 Common on dry hilly places. P. VII. — IX. Common Rock- 

 rose. E. S. I.? 



6. H. polifolium (Pers.); shrubby, procumbent, hoary, with 

 stipules, /. opposite ovate-oblong or oblong-linear more or less 

 revolute at the edges, racemes bracteated, style bent at the base 

 longer than the germen, sep. tomentose inner ones obtuse. — E. B. 

 1322. H.apenninum DC. — Fl. white. — Very rare. Brean Downs, 

 Som. ; Torquay, Devon. P. VII. VIII. E. 



Order IX. VIOLACE.^. 



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

 ments dilated, connective elongated beyond the anthers into a 

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

 with 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 produced into a hollow spur behind. Stam. 5. 

 Anth. combined into a cylinder, 2 lower ones spurred be- 

 hind. 



1. Viola Zhot. Violet. 



A. Two interm. pet. patent laterally. Style nearly straight 

 from a slender base. 



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



1. V. palustris (L.) ; anth.-spurs short thick rounded, spur of 

 the cor. very short obtuse, I. reniform-cordate glabrous. — E. B. 

 444. R. iii. — Anth. -cells nearly parallel. Fl. pale like with purple 



