PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Viola. 329 
Ray 24, 1, at p. 478. 
Stem very short. Leaves rougher and much smaller than the common kind, 
the largest not exceeding half an inch long, and one-third broad. Leaf- 
scales not so much fringed. Flower seldom more than one. I have care¬ 
fully traced it through all its stages, up to the largest plants of F. canina. 
Woodw. 
( V. favicornis . Sm. Eng. FI. V. canina , y. FI. Brit. E.) Pastures about 
Mitcham. Ray. Heaths, frequent. Mr. Woodward. (Near Betch- 
worth Park, Surry. Mr. Winch. E.) May. 
Var. 3. Leaves egg-spear-shaped. Flowers pale. 
( E. Bot. 445. 
Much smaller than the preceding, and quite smooth. Its diminutive size 
and peculiar appearance may possibly be occasioned by poverty of soil. 
E.) 
Cream-coloured Violet. V. laclea. Sm. E.) On mountainous boggy 
heaths. Found by Mr. Stackhouse at Pendarvis, Cornwall. (On the 
Wolds at Tunbridge. Mr. T. F. Forster, jun. FI. Brit. Hilly pastures, 
near Peebles. Mr. Maughan. Hook. Scot. E.) 
(3) With a stem. Stipules wing-cleft. Summit urn-shaped. 
V. tricolor. Stem angular, spreading, branched: leaves oblong-egg¬ 
shaped, toothed: calyx smooth, only half the size of the blos¬ 
som. 
This plant produces almost endless varieties, of which the following are the 
most remarkable: 
Var. 1. Blossoms white, or yellow-white ; small, with a few purple streaks. 
Matth. 1183— Ger. 704. 4 and 703. 1— Fuchs. 803— J. B. iii. 546. 2— Trag. 
564 —Lob. Ic. i. 611. 2—Ger. Em. 854. 4— H. Ox. v. 7. 10— Pet. 37. 9. 
Corn-fields, gravel-pits, sides of paths, gardens, and cultivated grounds. 
A. May—Sept. 
Var. 2. Blossoms blue, or purplish, with or without yellow or white, 
larger. 
Kniph. 7— Riv. Pent. 122. V. bicolor — Pet. 37. 8— Barr. 757. 1 and 3. 
Road-sides, in poor sandy and gravelly soil, common. 
Var. 3. Blossoms of more than two colours. 
Curt. — {E. Bot. 1287. E .)—Woodv. 252—FI. Dan. 623— Pet. 37. 8, the 2 
separate flowers. 
Stem weak. Stipule terminating at the end in a leaf-stalk. Fruit-stalks 
compressed. Floral-leaves two on each fruit-stalk, halberd-shaped, each 
of the lobes with two teeth. Summit globular, hollow and open. In no 
plant may the process of impregnation be more distinctly seen. Linn. 
Summit ciliated on the lower part, and the hairs of the fringe nearly in 
contact with the anthers. 
These varieties, improved by garden culture, often attain an extraordinary 
size, and the larger the more fragrant, with a velvety richness which 
