Viola palustris. Bog Violet. 
VIOLA Lin. Gen. PI, Syngenesia Monogamia, 
Cal. 5-phyIlus. Cor. 5-petala, Irregularis, poftice cornuta. Caps, fupera 
3-valvis, i-locularis. 
Rail S}’n. Gen. 24. Herba: Pentapetala: vasculifera. 
VIOLA acaulis, foUis reniformibus. Lin. ^Jl. Vegetab. p, 668. Sp. PL p. 1324. FL Suede, n. 786. 
Haller, hijl. n. 560. 
VIOLA paluflrls rotundifolia glabra. Moris, hifi. 2. p. 475. f. 5. t. 35. f. j. Plot. Ox. 144. t. 9. 
f. 2. Rati Syn. p. 364. 
Hudfon FI. Hngl. ed. i. p. 379. 
Lightfoot FI. Scot. p. go 6 . 
Oeder FI. Dan. t 83. 
RADIX perennis, repens, albida, dentata, hinc In- 
de gemmis albis inflrufta, plurimis fibrillis ra- 
mofis capillata. 
STIPULiE radicales plurima;, ovato-acutae, ferrulata:. 
PETIOLI glabri, femicylindracei, interne concavi, 
ad lentem vifi pundlis minutiffimis purpureis 
notati. 
FOLIA fubreniformia, tenera, nitida, crenata, ve- 
nofa, fubtus haud infrequenter purpunifcen- 
tin. 
PEDUNCULI radicales, uniflori, petiolis duplo lon- 
giores, fubtetragoni. 
BRACTE-^ duo, lanceolatae, oppofits, ad bafin fer- 
rulatie, infra medium pedunculi pofita;. 
FLORES parvi, pallide purpurei. 
CALYX: Perianthium parvum, petalis duobus fu- 
perioribus fere occultum, pentaphyllum, 
foliolis oblongis, obcufis, fuperioribus apice 
recurvis. j. 
COROLLA: Petala quinque, pallide purpurea, duo 
bus fLiperioribus deorfum flexis, longitudine 
fere calcaris netlarii, petala lateralia fubtor- 
tuola, Rria unica fimplici notata, faafi barbata, 
Jig. a. infima venis purpureis ramofis pulchre 
picta, in calcar breve obtufum poftice excur- 
rente. fg. 
SI AMINA: J ilamenta quinque b^viftima ; An- 
thera: biloculares, in tubum vix coalescen- 
tes, membrana aurantiaca terminata;. Jig. 4. 
an£l. 
PISTILLUM: Germen fubovatum; Stylus ball cur- 
vatus, fuperne incraftatus, antheris longior; 
Stigma nudo oculo bifidum apparet ; Jig. 
armato ficutad. fg. 6. 
PERICARPIUM: Capsula oblonga, trigona, trl- 
valvis. 
SEMINA plurima, fubrotimda. 
ROOT perennial, creeping, whitlfti, toothed, here 
and there furnilhed with white buds, and a- 
bundantly lupplied with branched fibres. 
STIPUL.iE next the root numerous, ovate, pointed, 
and nightly fawed. 
LEAF-STALKS fmooth, femicylindrical, internally 
hollow, view’d with a glafs appearing to be 
finely dotted with purple. 
LEAVES fomewhat kidney-ftiaped, tender, ftiining, 
notched, veiny, on the under fide frequently 
purplifti. 
FLOWER-STALKS fpringing from the root, twice 
the length of the leaf-ftalks, fomewhat qua-^ 
dranguiar 
FLORAL-LEAVES two, lanceolate, oppofite, fine- 
ly fawed at the bafe, and placed below the 
middle of the flower-ftalk. 
FLOWERS fmall, of a pale purple colour. 
CALYX : a Perianthium, fmall and almoft hid by the 
two uppermoft petals, compofed of five leaves, 
which are oblong, obtufe, the uppermoft 
turn'd back at top. fg. i. 
Cf-ROLL/\ five Petals, of a pale purple colour, the 
two uppermoft bent back, almoft the length 
of the Ipur of the neftary, the fide petals 
fomewhat twifted, marked with one fimple 
ftreak, and bearded at the bottom, the low- 
ermoft beautifully painted with branched 
veins of a purple or reddifli colour, running 
out backward into a fhort blunt Ipur. fig. 2. 3. 
STAMINA: five Filaments very Ihort, Antherje 
bilocular, fcarcely united in a tube, termi- 
nated by^ an orange colour’d membrane, fg. 
4. magnified. 
PISTILLUM: Germen fomewhat ovate; Style 
crooked at bottom, thicken’d at top, longer 
than the anthers ; Stigma to the naked eye 
bifid, fg. 4. wheft-ihagnified appearing as at 
fg- 6. 
SEED-VESSEL an oblong, three-corner’d Capsule 
of three valves. 
SEEDS numerous and roundilh. 
Englifl. Violets, sod in foch 
spi l'd ” “"y be fouod L flier ia 
It is diftingullhed from the other fpecies hy the pecoliarity of its place of growth, tl.e greater rouiidnefs of its 
leaves, the palenefs of Its flowers, and the extraordinary form of its ftigma W tl h , 
refembles the Wat odorata. Una. &c producing ripe feeds without pfrfeft bto/om^’and ihat in rreater 
quantity and for a longer continuance than any of the others. ^ greater 
A Violet with red frriped biofloms is mentioned bv Parkinson undprrli#- v^t t a • t-» 
co 4 n which is confidered by Mr, Rnv and later writers, "aronly^var^y of 'tl“ prefL.^^^^^ 
