The northern flora, or, A description of the wild plants belonging to the north and east of Scotland, with an account of their places of growth and properties. Part. 1 / by Alexander Murray.
- Date:
- 1836
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The northern flora, or, A description of the wild plants belonging to the north and east of Scotland, with an account of their places of growth and properties. Part. 1 / by Alexander Murray. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![PENTAKDUIA.] VIOLA. SPECIES. 1. yiold palustris. Marsh Violet. Root creeping. Plant stemless; the stalks of the leaves and of the flowers springing direct from the root. The leaves are smooth and delicate,kidney-shaped, slightly notch- ed ; generally, but by no means always, pointless. Flower- stalks with a pair of lanceolate scales rather below their middle. Calyx small. Corolla also rather small, bluish-white, with a short rounded spur. Moist shaded places, both low and high ; but not common.— Near Aberdeen; as at Nigg, Belhelvie Links, and Craibston. Occasionally at Al ford, in the Haughton woods; and in Buchan. In Moray. Mr. Stables.—Mountains of Clova, Braemar, and Sutherland; according to Mr. Watson, who observed this species at an elevation of between 700 and 900 yards, in Forfar and Sutherland; and as high as 1350 yards in Aberdeenshire. Perennial—flowering in April and May. 2. Viola canina.* Dog's Violet. Root almost woody. Stem at first wanting, afterwards short, angled, not erect. Leaves heart-shaped, pointed, notched ; upon long stalks, at the base of which are the small narrow-lanceolate fringed stipules. Corolla large, dull- blue. Leaves of the calyx acute. Considerably above the middle of the flower-stalk are bi'acteas, in the form of very small awl-shaped entire scales. Woods and heathy ground; common.—Near Aberdeen, in Nigg, &c. &c. Caithness and Sutherland. Mountains of Clova and Braemar, where it was observed upwards of 850 yards high. Mr. Watson'. Perennial—flowering in April, &c. 3. Viola tricolor. Heart's-ease. Pansy Violet. Stem weak, angled, branched. Leaves oblong, deeply notched, the lower ones occasionally heart-shaped. Sti- pules deeply cut, the terminating segment largest. Brac- teas very minute, and near the summit of the flower-stalk. Corolla of variable size and colom-, sometimes shorter than the calyx, but in general considerably longer; the petals yellow, blue, and purple, all marked with dark lines. • The epithet caniHo seems to have been given to it, as to the hedee-rose f„](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21942973_0157.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
