VIOLAGEyE-VIOLET FAMILY 



Herbs with an irregular, one-spurred or gibbous corolla of 

 five petals, five stamens whose anthers grow together over the 

 pistil, and a one-celled, three-valved pod. Sepals five, persistent. 

 Petals imbricated in the bud. Stamens with their filaments con- 

 tinued beyond the anther cells. Style usually club-shaped with 

 the simple stigma turned to one side. 



PANSY 



Viola tricolor var. hyhrida. 



Viola is the ancient Latin name. Pansy, from French pensee, 

 meaning thought. 



The garden representative of Viola tricolor, developed to enormous 

 size and to a marvellous variety of color and markings. Flowering 

 through spring and summer. 



Leaves. — Roundish, often oval, the lowest heart-shaped; stipules 

 lyrate, pinnatifid, leaf-like. 



Sepals. — Five, persistent, eared at base. 



Petals. — Five, unequal; the lower one with a spur at base. 



Stamens. — Five, short; the broad, flat filaments cohering around the 

 pistil. 



Ovary. — One-celled; style club-shaped; stigma one-sided. 



Capsule. — One-celled; three-valved; many-seeded. 



The Pansy has long been known in gardens, and, although its 

 origin is more or less in doubt, the probability is that it has de- 

 scended from Viola tricolor, native to the cooler parts of Europe. 

 This violet in nearly normal form is still grown in gardens. Its 

 flowers are smal^ but interesting because of their variability in 



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