Field notebooks : Switzerland, 1931-1938
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3-31-34 Viola odorata L. Costa I 155, Bon 37, Boh 56 SVK I 458. Fl. Glim hillsides. Identical to SVKI by (1) the thin runners which root & bear new plants, (2) the leaves at least the lower ones more nearly circular than in V. lutea L. (3) spur thick, (4) bracts tending to be above the middle. General effect of fol- iage is darker & brighter than V. lutea and more nearly globose. Peduncles not glabrous (as per Costa) but hairs short & clusendent together than in V. lutea. Rootstock very like ill (Costa). Stipules broad with blunt fringe. 3-31-34 Viola lutea L. Costa I 154, Bon 37, Boh 57, SVK I 457 Fl. Glim hillsides. Rootstock woody with many woody branches (ill Cost. shows only one branch). Leaves grayer and more oval & pointed than in V. odorata. Spurs much thinner & finer with a little upward bend & a hook at the end. Bracts tend to be below the middle. Stipules much as in V. odorata. 3-31-34 Viola alba Bess. Costa I 154, SVK I 457 Fl. Glim hillsides. Rootstock much as in V. odorata but the runners rather thicker & not rooting. Plant def. hairy. Stipules narrow with long fringe and with hairs on edges as well.