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9.— VIOLA PUBESCENS, Ait. THE DOWNY VIOLET. 
Synonymcs. — V. pennsylvanica, Michx. ; V. eriocarpa, Schw. \ leaves cordate, acuminated, serrated ; stipules large, ovate, serrated at 
Engra VINOS. — Swt. Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 100, t. 223 ; Bot. Reg. j the top, eoiire. Sepals oWong-Ianceolate ; spur very short, somewhat 
t. 390; and our ^3. 5 in Plate 20. j saccate; ovary smooth. (G.X)ora.) 
Specific Chaiucter. — Villous ; stems simple, rather decumbent : I 
Description, &c. — This species has many stems springing from the same root, and as its flowers are yellow, 
it forms a very pretty tuft, alternately with some of the purple violets. There are two species nearly allied to 
V. puhescens, viz. V. eriocarpa, and F. pmnsyhanica, all of them being natives of North America, and all 
only requiring a moist and shady situation. 
10._VIOLA PALMAENSIS, MacUy. THE PALMESE, OR TREE VIOLET. 
Engravings. — Floral Cabinet, vol. ii., pi. 165 ; and our fig. 2 in to ths leaves ; segments obsolete near the base. Sepals linear-lanceo- 
Plate 20. late, ciliated, spur incurved. Petals obovate, superior subemarginatc, 
Specific Character. — Suffruticose, branched, pubescent. Leaves bearded at the base. Seeds angular, 
linear-lanceolate, remotely dentate. Stipules laciniated, nearly equal 
Description, &c. — This species is half shrubby ; it is quite hardy, and will grow in any common garden 
soil ; and it is increased by cuttings of the tenderest young shoots, which should have a little heat to make them 
strike. The native country of this species is not known, but it was sent to England from Liege, about the year 
1838. There are some other shrubby species, but they all require protection during winter. 
11.— VIOLA ALTAICA, Ker. THE ALTAIAN VIOLET OR PANSY. 
Synonymes. — T. grandiflora, Sievers ; V. Pallasii, and V. chry- Specific Character. — Stem short ; leaves oval ; stipules cunei- 
santha, Fisch. ; V. uniflora, Hort, form, with acute teeth i sepals acute, denticulated j spur very short, 
Engravings Bot. Reg. t. 54 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1776 ; and out fig. 6 scarcely so long as the appendages of the sepals. (G. Don.) 
in PI. 20. 
Description, &c. — This species is one of the parents of the cultivated Heartsease ; all those with pale yellow 
petals, with an undulated margin, being derived from this species. The common Heartsease, V. tricolor, is an 
annual, but the hybrids raised between it and V. altaica are mostly perennials ; though they seldom flower well 
more than one season, unless propagated by cuttings. F. altaica is a native of the Altaic Mountains in Siberia, 
whence it was introduced in 1805. It is propagated by seeds (which it produces in abundance), or cuttings. 
12.— VIOLA ROTHOMAGENSIS, Desf. THE ROUEN VIOLET OR PANSY. 
somewhat cordate, crenate, fringed ; stipules piimatifid, rather lyrate ; 
spur tubul.ir, obtuse, shorter than the sepals j nectaries shorter than 
the stamens ; seeds oblong-ovate. {G.Don.) 
Synonymes.— V. hispida ; V. pilosa. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag. t. 1498 ; and om fig. 7, plate 20. 
Specific Character Hispid or pilose ; root rather fusiform ; 
stems zigzag, branched, diffuse ; leaves ovate, but the lowei ones are 
Description, &c. — This violet very much resembles F. tricolor in its shape, though not in its colour, as 
that is a pale blue streaked with dark lines. It is the parent of all the pale blue cultivated pansies, and hybrids 
between it and the preceding species are generally very beautifully streaked with dark lines. There is a variety 
in Pope's Nursery at Handsworth, near Birmingham, with purple flowers. It is a native of Normandy, whence 
it was introduced in 1783, and it is readily propagated by seeds or cuttings. 
