J.WSalter feo. 2/Loev 1864.
2985.
VIOLA stagnina.
Bog Violet.
P E N T A N D R IA Monogynia.
Gen. Char. Calyx of 5 sepals, extended at the base.
Petals 5, irregular, the lowermost spurred behind.
Anthers slightly cohering, the two lower ones
spurred behind.
Spec. Char. Primary and lateral shoots flowering
and lengthening. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, sub-
cordate or truncate below. Stipules linear-lanceolate,
incise-serrate, shorter than the petioles.
Spur of corolla very short and blunt. Anther-
spurs very short and broad. Stigma slightly
hooked, not capitate. Subterranean stems creeping
extensively and horizontally.
Svn. Viola stagnina. “Kit. in Schultz’s Oestreichs FI.
v. 1. 426.” Mert. et Koch, Deutsch. FI. v. 2. 265.
Koch, Syn. FI. Germ, et Helv. ed. 2. 92. Roth,
Enum. FI. Germ. v. 1. 762. Gren. et Godr. FI. Fr.
v. 1.181. Bab. Man. Br. Bot. ed. 5. 39 ; in Bot.
Gaz. v. 2.144 & 178. Hook, et Am. Br. FI. ed. 7.
48. Siyme, E. Bot. ed. 3. v. 2. t. clxxvii.
Viola lactea. Reichenb. Icon. FI. Germ. v. 3. t. 16.
ƒ. 4507 (nec Smith). Hook, fy Am. Brit. FI. ed. 6.
48.
Viola persicsefolia. Fr. Nov. FI. Suec. ed. 1.48. ed. 2.
274; Mant. 3. 124 (nec Roth).
Viola stricta. Bab. in Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 2. v. 9. 13.
Viola Billotii. Schultz in FI. Gal. et Germ. Exsic. 4.
“ spec. no. 10.”
Viola stagnina, (3. Billotii. Schultz, Arch, de la FI.
de Fr. et d’Alim.
J t is with satisfaction that we give a plate of this beautiful
and much-misunderstood violet. More synonyms might have