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the cor. very short obtuse, /. reniform-cordate glabrous.—E. B. 
444, R. iti—Anth.-cells nearly parallel. FI. pale lilac with purple 
streaks. Sometimes the petioles are slightly hairy but usually 
guns Begs im mountainous districts. P.IV.—VI. Marsh 
tolet. 
** Stigma hooked; beak deflexed. Nearly stemless. Fruit- 
stalks prostrate. 
2. V. odorata (L.); anth.-spurs lancet-shaped decurved blunt, 
spur of the cor. obtuse straight, lateral pet. entire lower one 
emarginate, 1. cordate, scions creeping. —E. B. 619. R. iii —Anth.- 
spurs narrowed to an obtuse point. Anth.-cells diverging below. 
Spurs of the pet. inflated towards the end, slightly channeled 
above. Fl. purple, often white, sweet-scented. Bracts above 
the middle of the flowerstalk. Petioles with deflexed hairs. 
Lateral pet. usually with a hairy line, or without when it is V. 
imberbis Leight. Caps. globose downy.—Common. P. III. IV. 
Sweet Violet. 
3. V. hirta (L.); anth.-spurs nearly linear blunt, spur of the 
cor. obtuse hooked at the end, pet. entire or slightly emargimate, 
1. cordate, scions wanting —H. B. 894. R. 1i.—Anth.-spurs 
scarcely broader at the base than at the apex. Anth.-cells diverg- 
ing below. Spur of the petals compressed, not channeled. Fl. 
pale blue, sometimes white, scentless. Lateral pet. usually with 
a hairy line. Bracts below the middle of the flowerstalk. Stip. 
not hispid at the margin. Petioles with spreading haus. Caps. 
globose, downy.—. calcarea (Bab.); fl. smaller, ped. much 
longer than the leaves, sep. oblong-ovate-—Common on lime- 
stone. 8. Gogmagog Hills, Cambridge. Portland. Prof. E. 
Forbes. P.IV.V. Hairy Violet. 
*** Stigma hooked ; beak horizontal. Having a stem. 
Fruitstalks erect. 
+ Root not rhizomatous. 
4. V. sylvatica (Fries); anth.-spurs narrowly lancet-shaped 
(5 times as long as broad), cor.-spur blunt, 1. broadly cordate, 
st.-l. longer subacuminate, stipules’ lanceolate fimbriate much 
shorter than the petioles, flowering branches axillary from a short 
flowerless central rosette of leaves.—R. ti. 12. V. canina E. B. 
620,—Fl. lilac, spur paler, scentless. Cor.-spur 3—6 times ex- 
ceeding the cal.-appendages. Lower pet. cuneate-spathulate.— 
V. riviniana (R.) is a large flowered form. V. flavicornis (Forst.), 
1 The stipules on about the middle of the stem should always be ex- 
amined in determining the species of Viola, the others are variable in 
form.—See Ann. Nat. Hist. x. 100.—Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin, i. 75. 
