82 
Violacese. 
— Ls oval, deeply cordate at the base, the incision more 
or less narrow ....... 8 
8 . Fringes of the stipules filiform, gen. ending in a gland, 
not ciliate, the middle ones gen. shorter than the 
width of the stipule. FIs scentless, light or dark violet, 
rarely bluish or white. Stipules oval-lanceolate or lanceo¬ 
late. V. consimilis Favrat exs. not Jord.—Mount., grassy 
places, thickets; everywhere. 4 . . hirta L. 263. 
— Fringes of the stipules larger than in the last, gen. 
without glands, ciliate, the middle ones as long as 
the width of the stipule. FIs with a faint scent, light 
blue, rarely (Y. declivis Du Moul.) white. Stipules nar¬ 
rower and more finely attenuated than in the last; 
summer Is gen. with a thicker pubescence.—As the last; 
Gr. W. Y. 0. U. Z. A. S. 4 . . coilina Bess. ") 264. 
9 (5). Stolons above-ground, not rooting (or only at a late 
period?), sometimes short, or indeed 0, often bearing 
fls. Ls with slightly elongated points! Stipules narrow, 
almost linear, with fringes almost as long as the 
width of the stipule.—a. virescens Jord. Fls white with 
a greenish spur; ls grass-green, almost glabr.—b. scoto¬ 
philia Jord. (abortiva Reut. ?) Fls white, or the unequal 
(sparred) pet. streaked with violet. Ls dark green, often 
(like the seps) streaked with violet, more hairy, with 
a longer point and the lobes of the incision closer 
together; the ls of the past summer gen. lasting till the 
time of flowering.—Hedges; mount., grassy places, walls; 
T. W. Y. B. J. L. Z. A. (near Yevey both varieties are 
very plentiful and often growing together, without any 
intermediate forms!). 3, 4 . . alba Bess. 265. 
r— Stolons underground or prostrate and then rooting 1(T 
10. Stolons subterranean. Ls almost glabr., grass-green, 
cordate-oval (more acute than in 267). Fls blue, with a 
white throat, the spurred pet. beautifully streaked with 
violet Cal green, with short appendages, applied against 
the petiole; spur short, cylindric. Bracts gen. below 
the middle of the peduncle. Stipules lanceolate. Y. 
odorata Steveni Koch? —Shady places, hedges; lower 
Rhone-valley (from Aigle to Brieg). 4 Beraudii Bor.! 266. 
— Stolons prostrate. Ls more or less hairy . . 11 
11. Ls broad, cordate-oval or reniform, obtuse, finely pubes¬ 
cent. Stipules broad, oval-lanceolate. Fls gen. dark violet. 
—b. Favrati Gremli. Some of the ls completely orbi¬ 
cular; stipules narrower. Cor. darker (Sion).—Hedges; 
grassy places; everywhere. 4 . . odorata L. 267. 
*) Place here: V. valesiaca Haussknecht, which has almost the ls 
of V. Thomasiana. 
