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2. V. odorata (L.) ; anth. -cells diverging below, ttnth.- spurs 
lancet-shaped decurved blunt, spur of the cor. obtuse straight, 
lateral pet. entire lower one emarginate, 1. cordate, scions creep- 
ing. — E. B. 619. B- 4498. — Anth. -spurs narrowed to an obtuse 
point. Spurs of the pet. inflated towards the end, slightly 
channeled above. Fl. purple, often white, sweet-scented. Bracts 
above the middle of the tlowerstalk. Petioles with deflexed hairs. 
Lateral pet. with a hairy line which is sometimes wanting when 
the plant becomes V. imberbis Leight. — Common. P. III. IV. 
Sweet Violet. 
.3. 7'. hirta (L.) ; anth. -cells diverging below, anth. -spurs nearly 
linear obtuse, spur of the cor. obtuse hooked at the end, pet. 
entire or slightly emarginate, 1. cordate, scions wanting. — E. B. 
894. R. 4493. — Sep. obtuse. Anth. -spurs scarcely broader at 
the base than at the apex. 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 
flower-stalk. Petioles with spreading hairs. — ,3. calcarea (Bab.) ; 
fl. smaller, peduncles much longer than the leaves, sep. oblong- 
ovate obtuse. — Common on limestone. /3. Gogmagog Hills, 
Cambridge. P. IV. V. Hairy Violet. 
** With an evident stem. 
4. V. canina(h.); anth. -cells parallel, anth. -spurs lancetshaped 
acute, spur of the cor. obtuse, 1. cordate-ovate or -oblong, stip.* 
lanceolate entire ciliate or dentate, st. ascending. — E. B. 620. — 
Spurs of the pet. inflated in their lower half, slightly channeled 
above. Fl. blue or rarely white, scentless. L. acute not acu- 
minate. Stip. usually oblong-lanceolate. Fruit truncate-obtuse 
and apiculate. — /3. sylvatica ; 1. cordate-ovate or subreniform acu- 
minate, stip. lanceolate-attenuate, fr. acuminate. — y. pusilla ; 1. 
roundish-cordate rather acute small, fl. large, base of the stems 
woody. V. fiavicornis (Sm.) E. B. S. 2736. — S. montana; simi- 
lar to y but with the 1. cordate-oblong. V. montana Linn. — t. 
Ruppii; 1. cordate-ovate subattenuated above and slightly nar- 
rowed into the petiole, stip. large incised, base of the stem woody. 
— £. luctea ; 1. ovate-lanceolate narrowed into the petiole the 
lowermost cordate, stip. large incised, fl. cream-coloured. V. 
lactea (Sm.) E. B. 445. — Notwithstanding the great difference 
that exists between the extreme states of this plant I cannot but 
agree with Bertoloni (Fl. Ital. 2. 705.) in considering them as 
only varieties of one species. — Common. P. IV. V. Bog Violet. 
5. V. lutea (Huds.); anth. -cells nearly parallel, anth. -spurs 
elongated filiform, spur of the cor. as long or longer than the ca- 
1 The stipules on about the middle of the stem should always be 
examined in determining the species of Viola, the others are variable 
in form. — See Ann. Nat. Hist. x. 100. — Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin. i. 75. 
