892 VIOLACEAE 
short and narrow sinus, repand-erenate, at vernal flowering sparsely hirtel- 
lous, 2-3 em. wide, midsummer mostly uia 6—10 em. wide, prostrate 
corolla bright- a. ue three lower petals with brown veins, the lateral ones 
bearded: style clavate, ee capitate. beakless: capsule ovoid, 6-8 mm. 
long, closely dotted w ith purple: seed nearly white.—(EARLY YELLOW-VIOLET. ) 
—Cool woods, various provinces, coastal Plain only N, N Ga. to Ont. and Me. 
V. odorata L. Plant producing above ground leafy stolons rooting 
m: pu p eter leaf-blades broadly cordate- ovate, dl a escent: flowers 
pe ap 
fence-rows, an aste- aie diim) established throughout U. S., as are some 
of its hybrids with other European spec 
31. V. hastata e Plant shghtly puberulent: stem MR 1-2.5 dm 
high, from a id asp" e rootstock: stem-leav s 2-4 n near the 
summit; blades h albe En sha with rounded basal lobes: aici leaves occa- 
sional ; blades elliptic. pm nm more pm eply cordate; all distantly ape 
sepals linear- ‘lanceolate, acute: corolla yellow, the upper ao often ti 
outside with violet: capsule ovoid, glabrous, 8-10 mm. long: sti pus ovate, 
VP cL s uL few bristly teeth.—Rieh woods, various provinces, Fla. 
. V. tripartita Ell. Rootstock short and woody, with long coarse fibrous 
roots: stem erect, usually solitary, beginning to bear flowers when 1-2 dm. 
high, bearing foliage above the middle; the first two or thr ree leaves with 
petioles 2-8 em. long; blades commonly 3-lobed to yp ovate p rhombie- 
ovate merely toothed in V. tripartita glaberrima [V. tenuipes], the middle 
segment narrowly lanceolate to ovate, usually eonstricted ih the base, rns 
es pud. the apex, the lateral segments faleate PE coarsely toothed 
er margin; upper leaves smaller, ovate- Tae , mostly uncut; 
petioles ond o leaf- surface more or x s pube scent when UA ung, at length 
early glabrate: peduneles slender, 2-9 c ong, axillary: sepals linear- laneeo- 
late, ciliate: Bus als yellow, the upper nr tinged outside with violet, the 
three lower ones somewhat bearded: capsule trigonous-ovoid, glabrous: "seed 
large, brown.—Rich woods, various provinces, N Fla. to Ala., Tenn., and N. C. 
eriocarpa Schwein. Plant glabrous except for minute pubescence 
upper 
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nearly sessile; stipules ovate to lanceolate, nearly entire, glabrous, tardily 
scarious: sepals B lane sone lateral petals be arded : capsule ovoid, 
woolly or sometimes glabrous: Mi eee oa on short peduncles m 
upper le d b 
axils of r leaves: seed bro ong. [V. scabriuscula Sehwein.] 
—(YELLOW-VIOLET.)—Low open AE LR provinees, Coastal Plain only 
N, Ala. to Okla., Man., and N. S. s and the following pere -flowered 
violets are frequently called WILD-PANS 
. V. pubescens Ait. Plant softly pubescent: stems 2-3 dm. high, often 
solitary: leaves, either cauline, 2—4, near the summit, or occasionally a long- 
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10-12 la long, glabrous or sometimes woolly: seed brown, 
(DOWNY VIOLET.) EX ci SS various provinces, rarely poene Plain, 
Ala. to Miss., Mo., N. D., N. S., and N. C. 
