Cistaceee. Violacase. 
81 
— FIs white. Stipules subulate. Ls linear-oblong, more or 
less rolled up, gray-tomentose underneath with stellate 
hairs.—As the last; Tessin, Fort de l’Ecluse near Gen¬ 
eva. 5, 6 . . . . . polifolium Koch. 258. 
8. Violaceae. 
84. Viola. Pansy, Violet. V, 12. 
1. Only the 2 upper pets directed upwards, the 2 lateral 
spreading horizontally or bent backwards. FIs gen. con- 
coloured, blue or violet, sometimes white.) . 2 
— The 2 lateral pets directed upwards towards the 2 upper 
ones ......... 21 
2. Seps obtuse. Ls and peduncles radical. (Stemless pis) 3 
— Seps acute. Ls and peduncles radical . . . 12 
— Seps acute. FIs axillary on the stems; but the stems 
sometimes very short ...... 13 
3. Ls digitate, multi-partite.—Alp.; G. W. 6 pinnata L. 259. 
— Ls undiv., crenate ...... 1 
4. Ls entirely glabr. Fr.-peduncles erect, with a 3-cornered. 
drooping caps.—Marshy places, especially of the moun¬ 
tains and subalp. (wanting in S.). 5, 6 palustris L. 260. 
— Ls more or less pubescent. Fr.-peduncles and caps., 
which is almost globular and gen. pubescent, depressed 5 
5. Stolons 0 (rt-stock sometimes branched, with short or 
rather long, thick, knotted branchesj. Type of V. hirta*) (i 
— Pis with more or less elongated, thin, but sometimes 
subterranean, stolons. (FIs more or less scented.) Type 
of V. odorata ........ .9 
6. Fr. (and ovary) glabr. Ls broad-oval, at last almost glabr., 
with a shallow, open incision at the base. FIs scented, with a 
white throat. Y. pyrenaica Dec.—b. glabrescens Fock. 
FIs small, entirely blue. Shady places of mount, and 
subalp.; G. W. Y. 0. J. (?) U. 4, 5 sciaphila Koch. 261. 
— Fr. (and ovary) pubescent ..... 7 
7. Ls oval-oblong, slightly cordate at the base, the incision 
open. Stipules narrower, more finely attenuated and 
fringed with longer hairs than in Y. hirta. FIs large, 
reddish-violet, very fragrant. Y. ambigua Koch not 
\Y. K.—Alp. and subalp.; G T. W. V. U. 5 
Thomasiana Perr. Song. 262. 
*) V. permixta Jord. (sepincola auct. helv. an Jord.?) without, or with 
short stolous, but with shorter hairs and broader ls than in the V. hirta, is a 
hybrid with V. odorata. 
