Viola gracilis, Sibth. & Sm.

68. V. gracilis Sibth. & Sm. View in CoL , FI. Graec. Prodr. 1: 146 (1806).

Puberulent perennial up to 30 cm. Leaves (1—)2—3 cm, orbicularovate or oblong, obscurely crenate. Stipules 4- to 8-partite, pinnately divided to the base; segments linear or oblong, the central segment larger, leaf-like, crenate. Flowers 2-3 cm, violet or yellow. Spur 6-7 mm, straight or slightly curved, 2-3 times as long as calycine appendages. 2« = 20. Rocks and alpine meadows . • Mountains o f Balkan peninsula, from Crna Gora to N.E. Greece. Al Bu Ju Gr.

Taxa which are probably related to 67 and 68 are V. heterophylla Bertol. subsp. euboea (Halâcsy) W. Becker , Beih. Bot. Centr. 26(2): 326 (1910), from E. Greece, and V. cephalonica Bornm. , Mitt. Thür. Bot. Ver. nov. ser., 37: 50 (1927), from W. Greece (Kefallinia). It is possible that V. orbelica Pancic , Magyar Bot. Lapok 32: 9 (1933), from S. Bulgaria, should also be placed here; it has been thought to be related to 78(c), but an unconfirmed chromosome count of 2n = 20 suggests relationship with 68.