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mth many branched dark veins at the base, spur thick (usually 

 yellowish white). K JB. 620. Curt. i.l82. V. _fiamcorni8 (Forat.) 

 is a dwarf fomi having small 1. and large ilowers. — Common on 

 Ledge-banks or in thickets. P. IV. V. Wood- Violet. E. S. I. 



6. V. arendria (DC.) ; auth.-spur very narrowly lancet- 

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

 axillary from a short flowerleas 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. U. B. 174 b. R. iii. 9. — A small com- 

 pact plant with large flowers. — Elevated pastures. Upper 

 Teesdale. P. V. VI. E. 



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

 as broad), cor.-spur blunt, 1. cordate-ovate roundedly acute, ^n- 

 mary and lateral stems Jloioering and lengthening. — H. iii. 10. E. 

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

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

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

 pet. spathulate. — V. flavicomis (Sm.) is a small form with 

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

 V. montana (Linn.). — /3, V. lactea (Sm.) ; I. ovate-lanceolate 

 rounded below, stip. lanceolate incise-serrate. J?. 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. ^ in turf-bogs, rare. 

 P. IV. V. Dog-Violet. E.S.I. 



tt Shizome or rather sobole slender. 



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

 acute (not twice as long as broad), cor.-spur very short blunt, 1. 

 ovate-lanceolate subcordate below, petioles winged at the top, 

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

 primary and lateral st. flowering and elongated. — JS. B. S. 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. — Eare. Turf- 

 bogs. P. V. VI. E. I. 



B. Four tipper pel. dii'ected upwards and imbricate. ISyle olavate. 

 Stigma iKflated. 



8. V. Ititea (Huds.) ; anth.-ceUs nearly parallel, anth.-spurs 

 long filiform, spur of the cor. as long as or longer than the caly- 

 cine appendages, sep. acute, 1. crenate-serrate lower one ovate- 



