38 9. VIOLACE^. 



stip. ovate or lanceolate ciliate or dentate much shorter than the 

 petioles, primary and lateral stems flowering and elongated. — R. 

 iii. 10. V.pumila H. and A. (not TO/.)-— Rather csespitose. L. 

 always roundedly acute, longer than those of No. 4. Fl. bluish 

 purple, spur yellow, scentless. Cor.-spur 1 — 3 times longer than 

 cal.-appendages. Lower pet. spathulate. — V. flavicornis (Sm.) 

 is a small form with cordate leaves. When the 1. are cordate- 

 oblong it is perhaps V.montana (Linn.). — (3. V.lancifolia{Thore); 

 I. ovate-lanceolate rounded below, stip. lanceolate incise-seiTate. 

 V. pumila Fries (not Vill. which is V. pratensis Fr. and is rhizo- 

 matous). V. lactea Sm. E. B. 445. H. and A. (in part). L. 

 narrowing gradually from near their base to a narrow but rounded 

 point. — Sandy and peaty places. ^. in turf bogs, rare. P. IV. V. 

 Dog Violet. 



tt Rhizome slender. 



6. V. stagnina (Kit.) ; aM^A.-spar sAor< broadly lancet-shaped 

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

 ovate-lanceolate subcordate below, petioles winged at the top, 

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

 primary and lateral st. flowering and elongated. — V. lactea R. 

 iii. 16. not Sm., V. stricta Bab. — Rhizome threadlike. St. erect. 

 L. narrowing gradually from the base which in the lowest is 

 sometimes rounded not cordate. PI. pale blue, nearly white. 

 Cor.-spur scarcely longer than the cal.-appendages. — Rare. Turf 

 bogs. P. V. VI. E. 



B. Four upper pet. directed upwards and imbricate. Style 

 clavate. Stigma inflated, 



7. V. lutea (Huds.) ; anth.-cells nearly parallel, anth.-spurs 

 long filiform,, spur of the cor. as long or longer than the caly- 

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

 cordate, upper 1. ovate or lanceolate, stip. palmate-pinnatifid, 

 terminal lobe linear or linear-lanceolate entire, St. ascending dif- 

 fuse and filiform underground. — E. B. 721. — Fl. wholly yellow, 

 yellow with the 2 upper petals purple or wholly purple, varying 

 greatly in size. Caps, globose. AH 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 always I believe quite entire but sometimes con- 

 siderably larger than the others. — (3. V. Curtisii (Forst.) ; stems 

 angular rough, lower part of the stip. somewhat elongated so as 

 slightly to separate the lateral lobes. E.B. S. 2693. — Moun- 

 tainous pastm-es. /3. Sands near the sea. P. VI. VII. 



8. V. tricolor (L.) ; anth.-cells diverging below, anth.-spurs 

 long subclavate-filiform, spur of the corolla about equalling 



