PI. ex. thal. 
78. VIOLACEJE. 416. Viola. 
66 9 
Leaves crenate; petioles quite bald, roundish; scape four- 
sided, bald; flowers pale blue, veined, inodorous; stigma 
pitchershape. 
/3. rubra . Flowers red, streaked. 
Viola rubra striata Eboracensis, Raii Syn. 385, 7 ; Park. 755. 
4. Viola canina. Dog violet . 
S/era at full growth ascending, nearly 3-sided; leaves 
oblong, heartshape, acute; stipules long, toothed, fringed; 
calyx acute. 
Viola Martia inodora sylvestris, Raii Syn. 364, 3. 
Viola canina flore albo, Dillen in Raii Syn. 364, 3. 
Viola canina sylvestris, Ger. em. 851, 6. 
Viola sylvestris, Park. 755. 
Viola canina, Lin. S. P. 1344. 
Woods and hedges; perennial; April to June. 
Root woody ; stem when young 0, afterwards long ; leaves 
nearly bald ; petioles slightly winged above, bald ; stipulce 
fringed; peduncles 4-sided, upright ; flowers blue or white, 
streaked, inodorous ; stigma globular. 
|3. pumila. Plant small; spur yellowish. 
Viola canina vulgari omnibus partibus multo minorem ; floris calcari 
luteolo, Dillen in Raii Syn. 364, 5. 
y. alpina . Leaves round. 
Viola Martia alpina folio tenello circinato, Raii Syn. 366, 12. 
$. lactea . Stem round ; leaves ovate, lanceolate, running 
at the base into the petiole ; stipulce glandular. 
Viola lactea, Engl. Bot, 445. 
Cream-coloured violet. 
b. Jacea. Stigma upright, funnel- shape. 
5. Viola tricolor. Threecoloured violet . 
Herb bald ; stem angular, branched, diliuse ; stipules pin- 
natifid ; petals twice as long as the calyx. 
Viola tricolor, Raii Syn. 365, 9; Ger. em. 854, 1 ; Lin. S, P. 1326. 
Viola tricolor major et vulgaris, Park. 756. 
Hearts-ease. Pansie , i.e. Panacea. Love in idleness. Cull me to you. 
Kiss me ere I rise. All from a fancied resemblance in the throat of the 
flower. Herb trinity. Three faces under one hood , from the colours. 
Fields ; annual ; May to September. 
Stem leafed, downy ; branches upright , leaves alternate, 
petioled, rarely slightly downy on the edges; flowers axil- 
lary, single, inodorous ; peduncles very long ; petals purple 
and yellow, reverse heartshape. 
