36 9, VIOLACER. 
E. B.S, 2736, is a dwarf form having small 1. and large flowers 
with a pale or sometimes yellow spur.—Common on hedgebanks 
or in thickets. P.IV.V. Wood Violet. 
5. V. canina (L.); anth.-spur lancet-shaped (3 times as long 
as broad), cor.-spw' blunt, |. cordate-oblong roundedly acute, 
stip. ovate or lanceolate ciliate or dentate much shorter than the 
petioles, primary and lateral stems flowering and elongated.—R. 
ni. 10. V. pumila H. and A. (not Vill.).—Rather ceespitose. L, 
always roundedly acute, longer than those of No. 4. Fl. bluish 
pwple, spur yellow, scentless. Cor.-spur 1—3 times longer than 
cal.-appendages. Lower pet. spathulate.—V. flavicornis (Sm.} 
is a small form with cordate leaves. When the 1. are cordate- 
oblong it is perhaps V. montana (Linn.).—8. V. lanetfolia (Thore); 
1. ovate-lanceolate rounded below, stip. lanceolate incise-serrate. 
V. pumila Fries (not Vill. which is V. pratensis Fr. and is rhizo- 
matous). V. dactea Sm. BE. B. 445. H. and A. (in part). L. 
narrowing gradually from near their base to a narrow but rounded 
point.—Sandy and peaty places. 8. in twf bogs, rave. P. IV. V. 
Dog Violet. 
+t Rhizome slender. 
6. V. stagnina (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 —V. lactea R. 
ui. 16. H. and A. in part (not Sm.).—Rhizome threadlike. St. 
erect. L. narrowing gradually from the base which in the lowest 
is sometimes rounded not cordate. FI. pale blue, nearly white. 
Cor.-spur scarcely longer than the cal.-appendages.—Rare. Tf 
bogs. P. V. VI. E. 
B. Four upper pet. directed upwards and imbricated. Style 
clavate. Stigma inflated. 
7. V. lutea (Huds.); anth.-cells nearly parallel, anth.-spurs 
elongated filiform, spur of the cor. as long or longer than the ca- 
lycine appendages, sep. acute, 1. crenate-serrate lower ones ovate- 
cordate, upper |. ovate or lanceolate, stip. palmate-pinnatifid, 
terminal lobe linear or linear-lanceolate entire, st. ascending dif- 
fuse and filiform underground.—E. B. 721.—Fl. wholly yellow, 
yellow with the 2 upper petals purple or wholly purple, varying 
greatly in size. Caps. globose. All the lobes of the stip. of 
nearly equal size, lateral ones (usually 3 on one side and 1 on the 
other) all springing from near the base of the stip., the terminal 
lobe narrow and always I believe quite entire but sometimes con- 
siderably larger than the others.—f. V. Curtisit (Forst.); stems 
angular rough, lower part of the stip. somewhat elongated so as 
