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cor. -spur blunt straight, lateral pet. entire lower one emargi- 
nate, 1. cordate, with stoles. — E. B. G19. R. iii. — Anth.-cells di- 
verging below. Spurs of the pet. inflated towards the end, 
slightly channeled aoove. Fl. pui-ple, often white, sweet-scented. 
Fr.-sep. triangular, acute, twice as long as broad, not ciliate, 
glabrous. Bracts above the middh of the Jkrwerdalk. "Petioles 
with deflexed hairs. Lateral pet. usually with a haiiy line, or 
without when it is V. imherbis Leight. Caps, globose, downy. 
— Dinded into several species by some botanists. — Common. 
P. m. IV. Siveet Violet. E. S. ? L 
3. V. hir'ta (L.) ; anth.-spurs nearly linear blimt, spur of the 
cor. blunt hooked at the end. pet. entire or slightly emai^inate, 
L cordate, stoles wantiyig. — E. B. 894. B. iii. — Anth.-cells di- 
verging below. Spur of the petals compressed, not channeled. 
Fl. pale blue, sometimes white, scentless. Lateral pet. usually 
with a haiiy line. Fr.-sep. roundly tidangular, bhmtish, as long 
as broad, more or less ciliate, mostly down}-. Bracts below the 
middle of the Jlower.sialk. Stip. not hispid at the margin. Pe- 
tioles with spreading hairs. Caps, globose, downy. St. short, 
prostrate, rareh' one lengthens into a stole. — ^, calcareu (Bab.) ; 
tl. smaller, ped. much longer than the leaves, sep. oblong-ovate. 
— Conunon on limestone, /ii. Gogmagog Hills. Portland. P. 
IV. Hairy Violet. E. S. I. 
*** Stigma hooked ; beak horizontal. Having a stem. 
Fruitstalks erect. 
t Without a stobole. 
4. V.sylvat'ica (Tries) ; anth.-spurs narrowlv lancet-shaped 
(5 times as long as broad), cor.-spur blunt, 1. fcroadly cordate, 
Jlowering branches axillary from a short Jlowcrless central rosette 
of leaves. — Fl. scentless. — It is probable that the following are 
distinct species. — a. V. Reiehenbachianu (13or.) ; 1. cordate-pro- 
longed, calycine appendages small becoming indistinct, pet. ob- 
long narrow (lilac), Imcer tcith fno parallel tmirly simple veins at 
the base, spur compressed entire (usually lilac). — ^. V. Bivini- 
ana (R.) ; 1. broad cordate-acute, calycine appendages broad 
and sCLuarish persistent with fi-uit, pet. broadly obovate (blue), 
lower with mam/ branched veins at the base, spur thick (usually 
blue). E. B. ti20. Cirrt. i. 182. V.favicornis (Foret.), E. B. i>. 
2736, is a dwarf foim having small 1. and lai^e flowei-s. — Com- 
mon on hedije-bauks or in thickets. P. IV. V. Wood Violet. 
• w E. S. L 
5. V. camna (L.) ; anth.-spur lancet-shaped (3 times as long 
as broad), cor.-spur blunt, 1. cordate-oblong rouudedly acute, 
priviury and lateral stems Jlmcering and lengthening. — R. iii. 10. 
V. pumila H and A. (not Vill.). — Rather caespitose. L. always 
