40 9. vioLAciLa;. 



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

 1. cordnte.with stoles. — K B. 619. R. iii. — Anth.-cells diverging 

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

 channelled 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 the flotcerstalk. Petioles with 

 deflexed hairs. — Several species (?) allied to this are nearly or 

 quite scentless : V. permixta (Jord.J from Plymouth has large 

 glabrous glandular-denticulate stip. ciliate towards the tip, 

 stoles usually not rooting, fl. pale blue : V. sepincola (Jord.) 

 from Yorkshire and Royston near Cambridge has large glandu- 

 lar-denticulate stip., somewhat rooting stoles, and much darker 

 flowers. These plants and their allies seem quite diflerent when 

 growing, but are very difficult to define. Some authors join 

 them to V. Aw-te.— Common. P. III. IV. Sweet Violet. E. S.? I. 



b. Stoles wanting or very short. 



3. V. hir'ta (L.) ; anth.-spurs nearlt/ linear blunt, spur of the 

 cor. blunt hooked at the end, pet. entire or slightly emarginate, 

 1. cordate-ovate, stoles wanting. — JS. B. 894. JR. iii. — Anth.- 

 cells diverging below. Spur of the petals compressed, not 

 channelled. Fl. pale blue sometimes white, scentless. Fr.- 

 sep. roundly triangular, bluntish, as long as broad, more or less 

 ciliate, mostly downy. Bracts below the middle ofthejlowerstalk. 

 Stip. not hispid at the margin. Petioles with spreading hairs. — 

 /3. calcarea (Bab.) ; fl. smaller, ped. much longer than the leaves, 

 sep. oblong-ovate. — V. sciaphita (Koch p), found by Newbould 

 at Harston near Cambridge, differs by having larger 1. with 

 the basal lobes more spreading and ovoid glabrons capsules. — 

 Common on limestone. (3. Gogmagog Hills. Portland. P. IV. 

 Hairy Violet. E. S. I. 



*** Stigma hooked ; beak horizontal. Having a stem. 

 Fruitstalks erect. 



t Without a true sobole. 



4. V. sylvat'ica (Fries) ; anth.-spurs narrowly lancet-shaped 

 (5 times as long as broad), cor.-spur blunt, caps, glabrous, 1. 

 broadly cordaXe, Jloieering branches axillary from a s7iort /lower- 

 less central rosette of leaves. — Fl. scentless. — It is probable that 

 the following are distinct species : — a. K. Beichenbachiana 

 (Bor.) ; 1. cordate-prolonged, calycine appendages small be- 

 coming indistinct, pet. oblong narrow (lilac'), lower with few 

 parallel nearly simple veins at the base, spur compressed entire 

 (usually darker than the petal). E. B.S.2QQQ. — /3. V. Biviniana 

 (R.) ; 1. broad cordate-acute, calycine appendages broad and 

 squarish persistent with fruit, pet. broadly obovate (blue), lower 



