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5. V. arendria (DO.) ; anth.-spur very narrowly lancets 

 shaped, cor. -spur blunt, 1. roundly cordate, flowering branches 

 axiUary from a short flowerless central rosette of leaves, ped. 

 young 1. and acute caps, downy, pet. broadly obovate, lower pet. 

 with many branched veins throughout, cal.-appendages broad 

 squarish persistent.— -Sy. E. B. 174 b. R. iii. 9.— A small com- 

 pact plant with large flowers. — Elevated pastures. Upper 

 Teesdale. B. V. VI. E. 



6. V. canina (L.) ; anth.-spur lancet-shaped (3 times as long 

 as broad), cor. -spur blunt, 1. cordate-ovate roundh- acute, ^4- 

 mary and lateral stemsfiowering and lengthening. — A. iii. 10. E. 

 S. S. 2984. — Rather caespitose. L. always roundedly acute, 

 longer than those of Sp. 4. Fl. bluish purple, scentless. Oor.- 

 spitt yellow, 1 — 3 times as long as cal.-appendages. Lower 

 pet. spathulate. — F. flavicornis (Sm.) is a smaU form with 

 cordate leaves. When the 1. are cordate-oblong it is perhaps 

 V. montana (Linn.). — /3. V. lancifoUa (Thore) ; I. ovate-lanceolate 

 rounded below, stip. lanceolate incise-serrate. V. lactea Sm. 

 E. B. 445. V. pumila fries (not Vill. which is V. pratensis Fr. 

 and has a sobole). L. narrowing gradually from near their 

 base, to a narrow but rounded point.^ — ^Sandy and peaty places. 

 /S in turf-bogs, rare. P. IV. V. Bog-Violet. E. S. L 



tt JRMzome or rather sobole slender; 



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

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

 1. ovate-lanceolate suhcordate below, petioles winged at the top, 

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

 primary and lateral st. flowering and elongated. — E. B. 8. 2985. 

 V. lactea E. iii. 16. not Sm. — Sobole threadlike. St. erect. L. 

 narrowing gradually from the base which in the lowest is some- 

 times rounded not cordate. Fl. pale blue, nearly white. Cor.- 

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

 bogs. P. V. VL E. L 



B. Four vipperpet. directed upwards and imbricate. Style clavate. 

 Stigma imflated. 



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

 long JUif arm, spur of 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. palmate-pinnatifid, 

 terminal lobe linear or linear-lanceolate, st. ascending Effuse and 



filiform undei-gronnd. — Sy.E.B.'i&X. — Fl. wholly yellow, yellow 

 with the 2 upper petals purple, or whoUy purple, varying greatly 

 in size. Caps, ^obose. AU the lobes of the stip. of nearly 



