9. TIOLACE^. 41 



again found near Croydon by the late Mr. Christy and is a mon- 

 strosity of S. vulgare. — Common on dry hilly places. P. VII. 

 — IX. Common Rock-rose. E. S. 



4. H. polifdlium (Pers.) ; shrubby, procumbent, hoary, with 

 stipules, 1. opposite ovate-oblong or oblong-linear more or less 

 revolute at the edges, racemes with bracts, style bent at the 

 base longer than the germen, sep. tomentose inner ones blunt. — 

 B. B. 1822. — Fl. white. — Very rare. Brean Down, Som. ; 

 Torquay, Devon. P. VI. VII. E. 



Order IX. VIOLACE^. 



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

 filaments dilated, connective extended beyond the anthers as 

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

 Style with a hooded stigma. Caps, with 3 valves. Embryo 

 straight, in fleshy albumen. — Stip. persistent. — Minute but fer- 

 tile n. which do not open are found on many species. 



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

 the lower one extended into a hollow spur behind. Stam. 

 6. Anth. connate, 2 lower ones spurred behind. 



1. Vi'OLA Linn. Violet. 



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



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



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

 spur very short blunt, I. reniform-cordate glabrous. — JE. B. 444. 



B. iii.— Anth.-cells nearly ■parallel. PI. pale Hlac with purple 

 streaks. Scentless. — Bogs in mountainous districts. P.IV.^ 

 VI. Marsli^Violet. E.S.I. 



* * Rhizome short. Stigma hooked ; beak deflexed. Fruit- 



stalks prostrate. Caps, globular, downy. 



a. Stoles from axils of terminal rosettes. 



2. V. odordta (L.) ; anth.-spurs lancet-shaped deciirved blunt, 

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

 1. cori&te, with stoles.— B. B. 619. iE. iii. — Anth.-cells diverging 

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

 ch annelled above. Fl. purple, often white, sweet-scented. Fr.- 

 sep. triangular, acute, twice as long as broad, not ciliate, gla- 

 brous. Bracts above the middle of thejlowerstalk. Petioles with 



