.9. VIOLACE^. 
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4. 11. polifoiium (Mill.) : shrubby, procumbent, hoary, with 
stipules, ]. opposite ovate-obloug or oblong-linear more or less 
revolute at the edges, racemes with bracts, style bent at the 
I base longer than the germen, sey>. tohientose inner ones hlnnt. — 
£. IS. 1322.-/7. ir/dtc. — Very rare. Brean Down, Som. ; 
Torquay, Devon. P. VI. VII. E. 
Order IX. VIOLACE.^!. 
Sep. 5, imbricate. Pet. 5, regular or irregular. Stam. 5, 
filaments dilated, connective extended beyond the anthers as 
a flat membrane. Ovary 1 -celled with 3 parietal placentas. 
Style with a hooded stigma. Caps, with 3 valves. Embryo 
straight, in fleshy albumen. — Stip. persistent. — Minute but fer- 
tile fl. which do not open are found on many species. 
1. Viola. Sep. 5, extended at the base. Pet. 5, unequal, 
the lower one extended into a hollow spur behind. Stam. 
5. Antli. coimate, 2 lower ones spurred Ijehind. 
1. Vi'oLA Zmw.' Violet. 
A. Two interm . pet. patent later-ally. Style from a slender base. 
*St. creeping. Stigma flat above. Fr.-st. erect. Caps, nodding. 
1. V. pialKs'tris (L.) ; anth. -spurs short thick rounded, cor.- 
spur very short blunt, I. reniform-rordate glabrous. — E. B. 444. 
R. iii. — Aiith.-cells nearly parallel. Fl. pale lilac with purple 
streaks. Scentless. — Wet and boggy places. P. IV. — VI. 
Marsh- Violet. E. S. I. 
** lihizome short. Stigma hooked ; beak deflexed. Fruit- 
stalks prostrate. Caps, globular, downy. 
a. Stoles from a.vits of terminal rosettes. 
2. V. odordta (L.) ; an th.-spurs lancet-shajied decurved blunt, 
cor. -spur blmit straight, lateral pet. entire lower one emarginate, 
1. cordate, icith stoles. — E. B. 619. K. iii. — Antli.-cells diverging 
below. Spurs of the pet. inflated towards the end, slightly 
1 The following hybrids liave been identilied : — 
V. odorataxhirta (F. permixta Jord.?); V. cuniaaxlactea ; V. silvcstrisx 
Riviiiiana; V. ca/tiinaxstagnina ; V. SiivinianaXcaioiiia. — H. & J. G. 
