Plate 11. 
VIOLA MACULATA. 
Family, Violaoe^ : — Petals separate. Stamens 5, the antters placed 
on the inner face of short broad filaments. Ovary superior. Fruit, 
a capsule, 3-valved. 
Genus, Viola (Violet) : — Usually herbaceous plants. Leaves scattered, 
radical or alternate, simple and possess stipules. Flowers irregular, 
spurred. Sepals produced beyond point of attachment. Stamens 
forming a ring round the ovary, anthers placed on the inner side 
of the short broad filaments. Ovary 1-celled, Fruit, capsule, 
dividing into 3 parts when ripe. 
Viola maculata, Cav. Plant about 8 in. high. Stem 
short. Leaves with long leaf stalks, ova be, about 1-2 in. long, 
edges waved, hairy, often with brownish dots on under side. 
Flower stalk long, with minute hairs and bearing a pair of 
stipules hairy at the edges. Flower yellow, scentless. Sepals 5, 
green. Petals 5, with glandular hairs on inner side. Anthers 
with hairy margins. Stigma beak-shaped. 
Sands and seashores. Fairly common. 
Flowers in December. 
East and West Falklands. 
Another species of Viola occurs in the Falkland Islands, 
namely, V. tridentata, Menz. It is a mountain species and 
very scarce. 
Description of plate :— 1, plant ; 2, section of flower ; 3, stamens 
and pistil ; 4, spurred petal ; 5, section of ovary ; 6, fruit ; 7, ripe and 
opened fruit ; 8, seed. All except 1 enlarged. 
