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oval or linear-oHong opposite nearly flat green above hoary be- 

 neath, racemes with bracts, style longer than the germen bent at 

 the base, sep. subglahraus inner ones blunt apiculate. — Cistus L. 

 JE. JB, 1321. — Fruitstalks contorted and deflexed. Vaiymg 

 much in the size and shape of its leaves and the amount of 

 hoariness and pubescence. FL yellow. — C tomentosus E. B. 

 2208. scarcely differs. C. surrejanus E. B. 2207. is a garden 

 form. H. vulg. pet. fi. perangustis (Dill. H. Elth. 145) was 

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

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

 — IX. Common Rock-rose. E. S. 



4. n.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. — 

 JB. B. 1322. — Fl. white. — Very rare. Brean Down, Som. ; 

 Torquay, Devon. P. VII. Vin. 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 fl. which do not open are found on many species. 



1. Viola. Sep. 5, extended at the base. Pet. 6, unequal, 

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

 5. 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. — F. B. ^4A. 

 R. iii. — Anth.-cells nearly parallel. Fl. pale lilac with purple 

 streaks. Scentless. — Bogs m mountainous districts. P. IV. — 

 VI. Marsh-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 iecuxved. blunt, 



