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V  calcarea,  Greg.  I  have  examined  the  violets  in  our 
herbaria  at  Kew  and  the  British  Museum,  where  this 
It  ma?gbeeSthele^y  “  fo™  flavicornis  Sm.  of  canina. 
this  plant  I  ean/fl  T°m“’  F°rf-  °f  Rivin^na;  but  of 
ims  plant  1  can  find  no  examples  m  our  herbaria  The 
following  description  (written  when  the  plants  were  fresh) 
shows  its  affinity  with  V.  Riviniana,  where  Prof.  Murbeck 
rosette  Tf  l>laCed  as  a  f°rma  minor.  Plant  dwarf  with 
develoned  Z*’  seo.ondafy  flowering  branches  not  usually 
Plant)  dTtefl  f6^-  l°ften  0nIy  0ne  to  a  fuI1  grown 
plant).  Leaves  roundish-cordate,  very  small  shinimr 
and  dark-coloured  below  ;  peduncle  long  ;  flowers  We 
mauve  freckled  with  white;  veining  and  long  Tick  sp^m 
of  Rimmana.  The  anther-spurs  are  those  of  Riviniana 
and  quite  unlike  those  of  canina. — E.  S.  Gregory.  Merely 
m  my  opinion’ and  not  d-3  a  53 
V  silvestris,  Beichb.  By  Llyn  Cvnwch  near 
Dolgelley,  Merionethsh.,  v.c.  48)  Aug.  81  1906  —W  a 
nemoroslZ-  R°  •  thi°\  to\?ilvestris’  Beichb.  Possibly 
oT  to  be  7  hTTf  Wlth  dark  Spur>  Which  may  turn 
E.S.G?  b  hybrld  between  silvestris  and  Riviniana.— 
V.  canina,  L.,  var. - .  Dry  river-bed,  Clogher  co 
two*’  1905-— Co11-  Miss  Peck,  Commf  E.’  s' 
Giegory.  Description  of  Irish  violet  after  examining 
centraTrSte  of  aS  of  V •  Riviniana  with  £ 
rosette  oi  leaves.  It  is,  however,  more  fleshy,  and 
anther  snurSgeiltl0tS  °f  C?nina’  esPecially  as  regards  the 
hairv  wT'  R°°tS  Md  Stems  fleshy;  stem  slightly 
y,  with  a  gioove  on  one  side,  which  is  ciliate  with 
exceedingly  short  hairs.  Badical  leaves  on  long  petioles 
broad  hdtT1"  TrT  than  bTOad-  cr°natures  ?et  and 
with  erect  hte  epS  '0US7lth  dark  veins’  bisPid  ab°ve 
with  !  •  haVm«a  tubercular  base,  deeply  cordate 
broad  at  has  JtmUS;  T  ?S  1  C“'  long’  deeply  Miniate, 
broad  at  base,  tapering  to  a  long  fine  point ;  upper  leaves 
cmsD)  b  ’  Zr  th+an  Wl'  °nes;  Peduncles  bug  (vT 
a“  the  base  (s°“etlmes  below  the  middle)  entire  except 
veined  u  th  h  rTr  Very  large’  pale  Iilac’  Petals  all 
times3  dirk)  blancbed  lmes  ’  sPur  (sometimes  yellow,  some¬ 
times  daik)  1  cm.  long  and  \  cm.  broad;  anther-spur 
