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as having shorter calycine appendages and a violet spur. Speci- 
mens of this form, in the Neuman, Wahlstedt and Murbeck set 
at the British Museum (Nat. Hist.), have a singularly graceful habit. 
The Guernsey plants vary considerably in height, but their robust 
habit accords better with descriptions of var. intermedia, Le 
Grand, than with that of f. nemorosa, Neuman. — E. S. Gregory. 
Rouy and Foucaud (‘ FI. France,’ iii. 14) define this : — “ Eperon 
un peu plus colore ; capsules moins aigues ; plante plus robuste 
^ feuilles superieures plus allongees. Variete analogue a la var. 
lucorum du V. caninar In my only specimen the leaves are 
all remarkably round and short, and the colour of the spur 
cannot be seen ; no capsules are yet formed. It seems to me 
a very ordinary V. Riviniana, not so distinct as the var. fiemorosa ; 
but I Ijave never been able to retain the colour, even with the 
greatest care in drying. — Edward S. Marshall. 
Viola Riviniana X sylvestris. Wood bank. Great Howard Hill, 
Herefordshire, April and July 1910. Flowering abundantly at the 
earlier date, but almost or quite barren. — Augustin Ley. The 
influence of both parents seems obvious.— Edward S. Marshall. 
Mr. Ley’s violet from the Great Howard and the Harpenden one 
(see below) should, I think, be classed together, as a distinct 
variety of V. sylvestris. I have had the var. under cultivation 
for 25 years ; it has increased considerably, but has in nowise altered 
in any of its original characters. A furrowed spur is a constant 
feature, which no doubt gave rise to the impression of its being a 
hybrid. As such, I cannot, however, regard it, else why should 
it occur in districts where V. sylvestris is absent? It approaches 
— in some respects — to V. arenicola, Chabert, but breaks down 
in (i) lower leaves larger, not obtuse, nor wholly glabrous, (2) cen- 
tral rosette has often flowers, as well as leaves, (3) upper stipules 
do not exceed the petioles they subtend, nor are they entire. 
It is no doubt the sub-var. punctata of V. sylvestris given in Rouy 
et Foucaud (‘ FI. Fr.,’ p. 13), which is described as having “petale 
inferieur marque a la base d’une tache violette,” and more fully 
described by Boenninghausen (Prodromus Monasteriensis, West- 
phalorum) under V, canina, L., maculata, in these terms: — 
“ floribus minoribus pallidis ad basin petalorum maculis saturati- 
oribus.” — E. S. Gregory. 
Viola sylvestris. Kit., var, . Harpenden, Herts, April 29, 
1910, Coll. E. J. Salisbury and C. E. Moss. This plant is very 
abundant in this locality. All the plants observed had a furrowed 
spur, and, in most cases, a distinctly furrowed spur. At first, I 
thought it might be V. Riviniana x sylvestris; but we could find 
no plants of the latter species with non-furrowed spurs in the locality. 
The plant has grown in Mr. Salisbury’s garden for many years, and 
