VIOLET FAMILY 



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Channel Islands. H. Breweri, differing from H. guttdtum chiefly 

 in having bracts, found in Anglesea. H. cdnum (Hoary Rock- 

 Rose), a shrubby plant with leaves very hoary beneath and exstipu- 

 late, and small bracteate yellow floivers, found on limestone rocks 

 in the west. H. polifblium (White Rock-Rose), a small shrubby 

 species, with stipulate leaves, hoary on both surfaces and bracteate 

 white flowers, grows on Brean Down, Somerset, and near Torquay. 



VIOLA CANINA, and V. ODORATA. 



Ord. IX. — Violace^e. — The Violet Family 



A beautiful and important Family of herbs or shrubs, inhabiting 

 most regions of the world. Those which grow in temperate 

 regions are mostly herbaceous : but in the tropical regions of 

 South America there are many shrubby species. Leaves scattered, 

 stipulate, simple ; flowers monosymmetric ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, 

 i-spurred ; stamens 5, with the connective produced beyond the 

 anther-lobes ; carpels, 3 ; ovary i-chambered ; style swollen above ; 

 stigma cupshaped ; ovules many, parietal ; capsule 3-valved. Most 



