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VICIA, VIOLA. 
Exotic. 
op"ulus, (guelder rose, snow-ball. w. J. fj.) leaves 3-lobed, sharp-toothed : pe- 
tioles glandular, smooth ; flowers in compact cymes, surrounded with radi- 
ating florets. V'ar. roseum, has the whole cyme made up of radiating flo- 
rets. 
linns, (laurestine. r-w. Ij.) leaves ovate, entire, with tufts of hair in the axils 
of the veins beneath ; flowers in smooth cymes. 
16—10. VICIA. 32. 93. 
Exotic. 
faba , (garden bean, Windsor bean. w. & black. J. ©.) stem many flowered, 
erect, strong ; legumes ascending, tumid, coriaceous ; leafets oval, acute, 
entire ; stipules sagittate, toothed at the base. From Persia. j 
5—1. VINCA. 30. 47. 
Exotic. 
minor , (periwinkle, b, Ap. L>-) stem procumbent; leaves lance-oval, smooth at 
the edges ; flowers peduncled ; teeth of the calyx lanceolate. 
5—1. VIOLA. 29. 80. 
1. Stemless, or with, a subterranean stem. 
(Leaves more or less reniform, always cordate, younger cucullate : proper co- 
lour of the corolla violet.) 
cuculla'ta, (O. p. b. M. 7J..) glabrous : leaves cordate, somewhat acuminate, 
crenate-dcntate ; autumnal ones largest, very exactly reniform : peduncle 
somewhat 4-sided, longer than the leaves : divisions of the calyx subulate, 
acuminate, emarginate behind or very entire : petals (as in many Ameri- 
can species) oblique, veiny, very entire, white at the base, upper one gene- 
rally naked, glabrous, lateral ones bearded, and with the upper one marked 
with a few blue li nes. Var. papilionacea , petioles and peduncles longer : 
leaves sub-lance-ovate: beards of the lateral petals often yellow. Var. tet- 
ragona, peduncle strong, exactly 4-sided : petals azure colour, vcinless. 
Var. tillusa leaves, petals and peduncles villose. 4 — 8i. S. 
palma'ta, (O. p-b. M. Tj..) mostly villose : leaves hcart-reniform, palmate-5 — 7- 
lobed ; lobes polymorphous, often narrow and gashed, middle one always 
larger ; sometimes villose both sides, sometimes only beneath, often gla- 
brous, all of them very often purple beneath ; the first spring ones are ovate, 
entire ; petioles sub-emarginate : peduncle somewhat 4-sided, longer than 
the leaves : divisions of the calyx lance-ovate, ciliate, very entire behind: 
petals all very entire, veiny, and white at the base, upper ones narrower, 
smaller, sometimes villose at the base, yet often naked, glabrous : lateral 
ones densely bearded, and with the upper one, marked with a few blue lines. 
One variety has white flowers. 3 — 6 i. S. 
(Leaves oblong or ovate, never reniform : younger ones cucullate.) 
sagitta'ta, (E. b-p. Ap. 7f.) glabrous : leaves ciliate, oblong, not acute, sagit- 
tate-cordate, dentate, gashed at the base, (or furnished with elongated diva- 
ricate teeth): peduncle somewhat 4-sidcd, longer than the leaves: divisions 
of the calyx lanceolate, acuminate, emarginate behind : petals all very en- 
tire, veiny, white at the base ; upper one generally naked, glabrous ; lateral 
ones densely bearded, and with the upper one marked with a few blue lines : 
spur elongated behind. A variety has the leaves more or less villose. 
Dry. 
(Leaves ovate or lanceolate : corolla white, with the lateral petals narrower.) 
amcc na, (E. w. Ap. Tj.) glabrous : leaves ovate sub-acuminate, crenate, some- 
times sub-villose above ; petioles long, spotted with red, peduncle some- 
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