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9. VrOLACE^. 
channelled above. Fl. purple, often white, sweet-scented. Fr.- 
sep. triangular, acute, twice as long as broad, not ciliate, gla- 
brous. Bracts above the middle of tlieflovjerstalk. Petioles v<ith 
dejlexed hairs. — Several species (?) allied to this are nearly or 
quite scentless : V. permixta (Jord.) has a large glabrous glan- 
dular-denticulate stip. ciliate towards the tip, short robust 
stoles usually not rooting, fl. pale blue : V. sejnncola (Jord.) 
has large glandular-denticulate stip., longer somewhat rooting 
stoles, and much darker (lowers. These plants and their allies 
seem quite different when growing, but are very diiBcult to 
define. Home authors join them to T./wrto. — Common. P. III. 
IV. Sweet Violet. E. S. 1 1. 
b. Stoles wantiriff or very short. 
3. V. hir'ta, (L.) ; anth.-spurs nearly linear blunt, spur of the 
cor. blunt hooked at the end, pet. entire or slightly emarginate, 
1. cordate-ovate, stoles ivanting. — E. B. 894. R. iii. — Anth.- 
cells diverging below. Spur of the petals compressed, not 
channelled. Fl. pale blue sometimes white, scentless. Fr.- 
sep. roundly triangular, bluntish, as long as broad, more or less 
ciliate, mostly downy. Bracts below the middle of the flotoer- 
stalk. Stip. not hispid at the margin. Petioles with spreading 
hairs. — /?. calcarea (Bab.) ; fl. smaller, ped. much longer than the 
leaves, Sep. oblong-ovate. [7. glahratu (Beeby): caps, glabrous.] 
Common on limestone. 1^- tjogmagog Hills. Portland, [etc.] 
[7. Harston, near Cambridge.] P. IV. Hairy Violet. E.S.I. 
*** Stigma hooked ; beak horizontal. Having a stem. 
Fruitstalks erect. 
t Without a true sobole. 
4. V. sylves'tris (Kit. sec. Reich.) ; anth.-spurs narrowly 
lancet-shaped, pet. oblong narrow (lilac) lower with few parallel 
nearly simple veins not quite extending to the edge, spur com- 
pressed entire usually darker than the pet., cal. -appendages 
small becoming indistinct, caps, glabrous, 1. cordate-prolonged, 
flowering branches axillary from a short flowerless central 
rosette of B. S. 2986. V. Reichenbachiaiia (Bor.).— Fl. 
scentless. — Hedge-banks and thickets. P. IV. V. E. S. I. 
,5. V.Rinni/ma{liGic]i.); anth.-spurs narrowly lancet-shaped, 
pet. broadly ovate (blue) lower with many branched dark veins 
usually quite extendingto the edge,spur thick usually yellowish- 
white, cal. -appendages broad and squarish persistent with 
fruit, caps, glabrous, 1. broad cordate-acute, flowering branches 
