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— Ls cordate-oval, with sharper points and stronger hairs 
than in the last (resembling those of Y. alba scotopliylla !). 
Stipules lanceolate, narrowed, larger than in Y. alba. 
FIs paler, gen. of a dirty violet colour, gen. lighter inside! 
Y. alba-odorata!!—As the last; W. Y. Z. 4 
*multicaulis Jord. 268. 
12 (2). Stemless pis (ls and fls rad.). Petioles glabr. Stipules 
fringed. Probably hybrid.—Wood-clearings; Beringerthal, 
Canton Scliaffh.* perplexa Grm!. 269. 
— Pis at first stemless, afterwards developing a stem. Pe¬ 
tioles with a 1-seriate pubescence. Stipules entire and 
ciliate, not fringed. See V. mirabilis. 13. 
13 (2). Stem at first stunted (fls and ls rad.), later developing 
fi.-bearing branches (“stems”), with more or less sup¬ 
pressed fls. Fls fragrant. Stipules entire, ciliated, not 
fringed. Ls large, broad cordate-oval. Pis with brown- 
red scales at the base ’. — Mountain woods ; fairly distrib. 4 
mirabilis L. 270. 
— Stem always developed, but sometimes short. Fls scent¬ 
less. Stipules fringed or toothed .... 11 
14. Pis with a rosette of rad. ls. Type of V. sylvatica 15 
— Pis without a rad. rosette, and consequently with no 
rad. ls. Type of V. canina . . . . .17 
15. Caps, pubescent-tomentose. Ls small, almost orbicular, 
fairly obtuse, covered, as also the stem and peduncles, 
with a short pubescence. Stipules broader than in the 
2 following, with sparser and shorter fringes. PI. gen. 
small.—Dry sandy places, water side; Gf. W. Y. 0. U. Z. 
4, 5.arenaria Dec. 271. 
— Caps, glabr. Ls glabr. or with scattered hairs, cordate- 
oval, more or less acute or acuminate. Stipules lanceo¬ 
late-linear, with a subulate point, fringed-ciliate Id 
16. Pets violet; spur of the same colour, rarely pale, rather 
slender, scarcely furrowed. Appendages of the cal. on 
the fr. small. Y. sylvestris auct.—Woods, thickets; every¬ 
where. 4, 5.sylvatica Fr. 272. 
— Pets blue or violet-blue; spur (and throat) whitish, thick, 
furrowed. Appendages of the cal. on the fr. larger than 
in the last. Ls darker green, rather firmer, more ob¬ 
tuse; pets broader, the lateral ones more strongly bearded. 
— As the last and often with it, but rather more rare. 5 
Riviniana Rchb. 273. 
17 (14). Stipules of the middle caul. Is decidedly shorter 
than half the petiole. Stem gen. ascending. Differing 
from Y. sylvatica in the want of a rad. rosette, the ls 
firmer, gen. smaller, more slightly toothed, less deeply 
cordate and more acute, gen. broader than long, and 
in the stipules being more herbaceous, with shorter 
