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PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Viola. 
(Smaller than the last, scentless. E.) Calyx membranous, white edge. 
Petals , the lower of a uniform pale purple colour; the , lateral ones 
with one strong, and one faint purple line, and a cluster of short stiff 
bristles near the base; the upper with about eleven purple branched 
streaks. {Leaves sometimes very small, or purplish underneath, but in¬ 
creasing much after flowering. Spur very short. E.) 
Marsh Violet. (Welsh: Gwiolydd y gors. E.) Moist meadows, peaty 
and mossy bogs. In the north frequent. Near Witton-le-Wear. Mr. 
Bailey. Almond Park, Salop. Mr. Aikin. (Bog at Coleshill Pool. Bree 
in Purt. Near the bogs, side of Hampstead Heath, Middlesex. Mr. 
Bliss, in Park’s Hampstead. In Anglesey with a white flower. Rev. 
Hugh Davies. Pentland Hills; King’s Park. Greville. Needwood 
Forest, Staffordshire. Bogs on Birmingham Heath, since drained. E.) 
P. April—May. 
(2) With a stem. Stipulce entire. 
V. cani'na. Stem ascending as it attains full growth, channelled; 
leaves oblong-heart-shaped; (calyx acute. E.) 
{E. Bot. 620. E.)— Curt. 108— Wale. — Barr. 695— Lob. Ic. i. 609. 1— Pet. 
37. 6— Trag. 558. 3— Dod. 156. 3— Lob. Ic. i. 609. 2— Ger. Em. 851. 6— 
H. Ox. v. 7. 2 —Pet. 37. 4 —Gars. 622~Park. Par. 285. 1— J. B. iii. 
544. 1. 
At the first opening of the flower it has scarcely any stem, but one after¬ 
ward grows up, and fruit-stalks proceed from it. Leaves sometimes 
rather hairy. Stipulce fringed with hairs. Blossom pale blue, streaked, 
scentless, sometimes all white, at others the spur only white. 
Dog’s Violet. (Welsh: Pen y neidr; Fioledy cwn. E.) Shady places, 
heaths, hedge-banks. P. April—June.* 
Var. 2. Dwarf. Smaller in all respects. Spur of the blossom yellowish. 
Dill, in R. Syn. 
“ Violets , sweet tenants of the shade, 
In purple’s richest pride a*rrayed, 
Your errand here fulfil; 
Go hid the artist’s simple stain 
Your lustre imitate, in vain, 
And match your Maker’s skill.” I 
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tic. Woodville. Humble and unassuming as is the habit of 
the Dog’s Violet, its deficiency has not escaped the animadversion of the poet. 
“Deceitful plant, from thee no odours rise, 
Perfume the air, nor scent the mossy glade 
Although thy blossoms wear the modest guise 
Of her, the sweetest offspring of the shade. 
Yet, not like her’s, still shunning to be seen. 
And by their fragrant breath alone betray’d, 
Veil’d in t he vesture of a scantier green, 
To every gazer are thy flowers display’d. 
Thus Virtue’s garb Hypocrisy may wear. 
Kneel as she kneels, or give as she has given ; 
But ah ! no meek, retiring worth is there, 
No incense of the heart exhales to heaven !” E.) 
