34 9. VIOLACER. 
yellow, small. “ Anth. emarginate at both ends. Style longer 
than the stigma.”—On limestone rocks, rare. P.V.—VII. E. 
(4. H. ledifolium (Willd.); herbaceous, with stipules, downy, 
1. lanceolate opposite, the upper ones alternate nearly sessile pu- 
bescent, peduncles solitary opposite to the leaves shorter than the 
calyx, styles straight —E. B. 2414.—More correctly C. niloticus 
than C. ledifolius of Linn., but they are varieties of one species. 
—Brent Downs, Somerset, not found for many years and probably 
an error. A. VI. VIL] 
5. H. vulgare (Gaert.); procumbent, shrubby, with stipules, 1. 
oval or linear-oblong opposite nearly flat green above hoary be~- 
neath, racemes bracteated, style longer than the germen bent at 
the base, sep. subglabrous inner ones obtuse apiculate.—Cistus 
Helianthemum (L.) E. B. 1321.—Fruitstalks contorted and de- 
flexed. Varying much in the size and shape of its leaves and the 
amount of hoarimess and pubescence. Fi. yellow.—C. tomentosus 
E. B. 2208. does not differ essentially from this plant. I have 
never seen the “stipules hoary.”—C. surrejanus KE, B. 2207. 
(from a garden specimen of Mr. Dickson’s) is not the Croydon 
plant (Dill. Hort. Elth. t. 145.) which was again found there by 
the late Mr. Christy and is a monstrosity of H. vulgaris —Com- 
mon on dry hilly places. P. VII—IX. Common Rockrose. 
6. H. polifolium (Pers.); hoary with stellate pubescence, 
shrubby, procumbent, with stipules, 7. opposite ovate-oblong or 
oblong-lmear more or less revolute at the edges, racemes bracte- 
ated, style bent at the base longer than the germen, sep. tomen- 
tose inner ones obtuse.—E. B. 1322. H. apenninum DC.—FI. 
white.—Very rare. Brean Downs, Som.; and Torquay, Devon. 
P. VIL. VIII. E. 
Order IX. VIOLACEA. 
Sep. 5, imbricate. Pet. 5, regular or irregular. Stam. 5, fila- 
ments dilated, connective elongated beyond the anthers into a 
flat membrane. Ovary 1-celled with 3 parietal placentas. Style 
with a hooded stigma. Caps. with 3 valves. Embryo straight, 
in fleshy albumen. 
1. Vioua. Sep. 5, extended at the base. Pet. 5, unequal, the 
lower one produced into a hollow spur behind. Stam. 5. 
Anth. combined into a cylinder, 2 lower ones spurred behind. 
8. Vioxa Linn. 
A. Two interm. pet. patent laterally. Style nearly straight 
from a slender base. 
* Stigma flat above. Stemless. Fruitstalks erect. Caps. nodding. 
1. V. palustris (L.); anth.-spurs short thick rounded, spur of 
