British violets, a monograph / Mrs. E.S. Gregory ; with an introduction by G. Claridge Druce.

  • Gregory, Eliza S.
Date:
1912
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Credit: British violets, a monograph / Mrs. E.S. Gregory ; with an introduction by G. Claridge Druce. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    As I have already indicated, whole strings of intermediates exist between allied species of Violets, and it is a matter for consideration if we award (or keep to) special names for those intermediates possessing marked characters. I incline to approve this method, which is exemplified by giving the names sepincola and permixta to certain forms of V. hirta X odorata. Viola hirta Linn. Hairy Violet. V. HIRTA. L., Species Plantarum 934 (1753); Reichenbach, FI. Germ. Excurs. 705 (1832); Syme, Eng. Bot., ii. 17, t. 172 (1864); Nyman, Conspectus FI. Europ., 78 (1878); Hartman, Skand. FI. ed. 1 1, 223 (1879); Koch, Syn. Deutsch. u. Schweizer FI., ed. 3, i. 188 (1890); Rouy et Foucaud, FI. Fr. iii. 20 (1896); Neuman, Sveriges FI. Ex. 3 (1901); Bab., Man. ed. 9, 44 (1904); Becker, Violenstudien, 31 (1910). Habit:—caespitose; stem lacking stolons. Stipules:—lanceolate-acuminate, glabrous, bordered with teeth shorter than the stipule’s breadth. Leaves :—(Spring), the first triangular-cordate, the succeeding oval or oval-oblong, cordate, hairy on both surfaces, especially the lower; margin crenulate; petioles with spreading hairs. (Summer), elongating (7-11 by 4-7 cm.) on petioles 2-3 times longer than the blades, furnished with thick spreading hairs. Flowers:—not scented, bluish-violet (mauve) or rose- coloured with whitish base (seldom wholly white) ; the lateral petals usually bearded; sepals oval, obtuse, ciliate ; spur comparatively long and hooked; peduncles with the bracts generally (though not invariably) below the middle; capsules roundish, mottled with purple, downy; fruiting peduncles prostrate.