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Channel Islands. H. Bri'uvri, differing from N. gnffd/mii ch^fiy 

 in having Iwat/s, found in Anglesea. H. cdniiin (Hoary Rock- 

 Rose), a shrubby plant with leaves very hoary teneath and cxstipu- 

 late, and small bracteate yellow y/tTctv-f, found on limestone rocks 

 in the west. H. polUbliiim {\\\\Aii R,.ck-Rose), a small shrubby 

 species, with stipulate leaves, hoary on both SLjrfaces and bracteate 

 \\\\\l<t flowers, grows on Brean Down, Somerset, and near Torquay. 



VIOLA CAN-ixA, and V. ODORAT.\. 



Ord. IX. — A'iol.vce.t:. — The ^'iolet Family 



A beautiful and important Family of herbs or shrubs, inhaliiting 

 most regions of the world. Those which .grow in temperate 

 regions are mostly herbaceous : but in the tropical regions of 

 South .America there are many shrubbv species. Leaves scattered, 

 stipulate, simple ; floivers monosymmetric : sepals 5 : petals 5, 

 i-spurred : stamens 5, with the connecti\^e produced beyond the 

 anther-lobes ; earpels, 3 : ovary i -chambered : style swollen above ; 

 stigma cupshaped ; ovules many, parietal ; eapsule 3-\-alved. Most 



