Field notebooks : Switzerland, 1931-1938
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4-15-31 Viola alba Rees. Coste I 154 = V. viridescens Jord. Not found in Ros or BVH but probine in V. odorata L. Fl *Bliss (Al) Fls entirely white (maybe same as found on grassy) (H) Fls white with a purp purplish. (C) Fls with petals on outside dark, bright purple at tips shading to almost white at base, inside much fades suffused purple. Spur purple. Otherwise a b vc similaris. Petioles purplish. Ivs dull green w/often wth veins purplish. * ? Viola odorata L. Coste I 155, Ros 37, BVH 56 Fl. Bliss noodor noticed but the blunt nepsa, stlm (in 1 case only) vglabrous peduncle seem to define species. Lower petal nearly or quite entire (all Coste v BVH) not "nettement echancere" (Ros) Lateral petals lightly bearded. But consider poss. If V. lutea L. (Pull the blue violet found with the white one on grassy slopes & Val-Mont 3-26-31) 4-15-31 ? Viola silvestris Lamb. Coste I 156, Ros 37. pff = v.-kif BVH 57 Fl. Bliss. Duteaglabrous wth stipules conspicuously fringed. Fls pale than above. Stigma differs from above in that style is rounder (let's call it is more spherical vis def. fastillosa) & its shorter