CI8TTNE2E — VIOLACETK. 33 
plants arc only varieties of one species. — Brent Downs, Somerset, 
not found for many years. A. VI. VII. E, 
4. H. vulgare (Gaert.) ; procumbent, shrubby, with stipules, I. 
ovul or linear-oblong opposite nearly Mat green above hoary be- 
neath, racemes brarteated, style longer than the ovarium bent at 
the base, inner sep. obtuse apiculatc. — Cistus Helianthemum (L.) 
E. B. 1321. R. 4547. 4548.— Fruitstalks contorted and deilexed. 
Varying much in the size and shape of its leaves and the amount 
of hoarincss and pubescence. Fl. yellow. — C. tomcntosus E. B. 
2208. does not appear to differ in any essential point from this 
plant. I have never seen the " stipules hoary." — C. surrejanus 
E. B. 2207. appears to be another variety with narrow lanceolate 
petals. A specimen before me from Mr. Dickson (garden :) agu es 
exactly with that figure and has much larger leaves, which are 
scaicely at all hoary beneath, than those of the plant found by 
my friend the late Mr. W. Christy. — Common on dry hilly 
places. P. VII. — IX. Common Rock-rose. 
5. H. polifolium (Arnott) ; hoary with stellate pubescence, 
shrubby, procumbent, with stipules, I. opposite ovate-oblong or 
oblong-linear more or less revolute hoary on both sides, racemes 
bracteated, style bent at the base longer than the germen, inner 
sep. obtuse. — E. B. 1322. H. apenninum DC — Fl. white. Di- 
stinguished from the H. polifolium (DC.) by the hoary upper sur- 
faces of the leaves and stellate pubescence. — Very rare. Brean 
Downs, Som. ; and Torquay, Devon, P. VII. VIII. E. 
Order IX. VIOLACEiE. 
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. Viola. Sep. 5, extended at the base. Pet. 5, unequal, the 
lower one produced into a hollow spur behind. Stain. 5. 
Anth. combined into a cylinder, 2 lower ones spurred behind. 
1. Viola Linn. 
* Stemless or nearly so. 
1. V. paluMris (L.) ; anth. -cells nearly pai-cllel, anth. -spurs 
short thick rounded, spur of the cor. very short obtuse, /. reui- 
form-cordate glabrous. — E. B. 444. R. 4491. — Antherine spur 
concave below, convex above ; anth. -cells slightly separated be- 
low. Fl. pale lilac with purple streaks. Sometimes the petioles 
are slightly hairy but usually glabrous. — In V. uliginosa (Schr.) 
which is closely allied to this the anth. -spur is longer, much less 
curved and more narrowed at the end. — Bogs in mountainous 
districts. P. IV. — VI. Marsh Violet. 
c 5 
