888 VIOLACEAE 
violet or white, the spurred petal slightly villous: cleistogamous flowers ovoid- 
acuminate: mature capsule trigonous-cylindric, closely purple-dotted, 12-16 
mm. long; their sepals one third as long: seed dark-brown or sometimes 
2 mm. long.—River swamps and borders of slow streams, Coastal Plain, Fla. 
to S. c 
7. V. papilionacea Pursh. Plant glabrous, commonly robust, from a stout 
horizontal branching rootstock: leaf-blades often 12 cm. broad, sometimes 
deltoid in outline above the cordate base, sometimes rounded and abruptly 
pointed; petioles often Lui ub escent: outer sepals ovate-lanceolate: 
corolla deep-violet, white or greenish-yellow at the base, sometimes wholly 
white, the odd petal often narrow and boat-shaped, prea: gl abrous: eleis- 
togamous flowers ovoid, on horizontal peduneles usuall derground but 
green or reddish-brown, 10-15 mm. long: seed 2 long, dark- 
(WooD-VIOLET.)—Moist meadows and woods, a | frequently about dvellnes, 
various provinees, Fla. to Tex., Minn., and Mas 
8. V. rosacea dide Plant nearly or quite glabrous: leaf-blades at 
vernal flowering narrowly cordate-ovate, acute or acuminate, crenate-serrate, 
2-4 cm . long, sparsely oe above; ; later leaf-blades much wider, sub- 
cordate, acum , glabrous, 5-7 cm. long: corolla ro u. about 2 cm 
ir the spurred petal ‘glabrous: m slightly villous: cleistogamous flowers 
oid on prostrate pedune their mature capsules ellipsoid, about 12 mm. 
"e n EET dud "for Ta half their length in lanceolate sepals: 
seeds buff, 2 mm. long, about 50 in a capsule.—Dry open woods and well- 
drained pu margins, Coastal Plain, "Miss. and La. 
9. V. floridana Brainerd. Leaf-blades at time of petaliferous flowering on 
spreading ol piis acute, finely crenate-serrate, often somewhat pu- 
berulent above, 2-3 c wide, 3—4 em. joo ; leaves with blades twice as long 
and wide pe ring soon after, on long erect D glabrate, sometimes 
a through the winter: flowers on peduncles much surpassing the leaves: 
corolla whitish or pale-violet, the odd petal TE ; ee flowers con- 
cealed under soil or dead dier ii) ovoid-a ; their ripe piri 
reddish-brown, about 16 m lon ng, on decumbe at Su sepals broadly 
lanceolate, about one third | the length of the capsule: see mm, long, salmon- 
colored or dark-brown, about 60 in a capsule.—Moist rich woodlands, C and 
N Fla. 
10. V. Priceana Pollard. Plant glabrous, robust, from a stout, branching 
rootstock: leaf-blades glabrous, rather dark green, cordate-ovate in outline 
the tip obtuse or d p scapes equalling or exceeding the leaves: 
sepals lanceolate-acuminate: corolla 3 cm. broad, grayish, the petals heavily 
veined at the bas e with brilliant violet-blue, the veins extending well into the 
uud : te spurred Ce. ip geile at smaller than the others, keel-shaped, glab- 
oid on horizontal peduncles: capsule pai 
elipsoid, ph urplish ^ en ae b n n VIOLET.)—Rich s 
partially shaded ean dos various provinces, Ga., Ark., Ken., a 
Brainerd regards this plant as an albino of V. p api ilionacea, but that species 
as flowers violet with white center, while this is reverse This species also is 
very constant in its form and CORNA comes true from seed, never reverting 
to V. papilionacea. 
11. V. sororia Willd. Leaf-blades broadly cordate-ovate, villous-pubescent 
ise ps Eo 2 iur when young, and on the petioles, often 10 em. 
1 flowers on peduncles Ken the length of the leaves: 
duet Mese ps elliptic commonly obtuse, all finely ciliate below the middle 
