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VIOLARIE^. [Viola, 



foliaceo-memLrauaceoe, oblongo-lanceolate, integ^. Pedunculi folia plerumque suLaequautes, bibracteati, 

 glabri, nunc superne pubescentes. Flos magnitudine Violoi blandtB, nonnunquam major, ut iu /3., pallide sed 

 CTidentissime flavns. Calyx, sepalis lanceolatls acumiuatis glabris, basi vix productis. Petala omnia imberbia, 

 inferum late ovatum, obtusum, subtus basi carinatum, calcare brevisslmo, vix uUo ; reliqua oblongo-ovata, 

 unguiculata, oblique patentia. Stamina approximata, duobus appendlce lata brevi dorso auctis. Stylus 

 superne incrassatus. Stigma utrinque depressum et fasciculo pilorum instructum. 



Hab. About Carlton House, on the Saskatchawan, lat. 53°. Dr. Richardson. jS. Abundant under 

 the shade of pines on the dry sandy plains of the Columbia. — This seems to be a rare species, only 

 hitherto known from specimens gathered by Mr, Nuttall on the sandy deserts of the Missouri. It diflfers 

 from all the other described species remarkably, ^-ith the exception of the following, and, perhaps, F. 

 hastata of Michaux, with which I am unacquainted. 



Tab. XXVI. Plant: — natural size. Fig. 1, Flower; fig, 3, Stamens, inclosing the pistil; fig. 3, Pistil; 

 fig, 4?, Inside view of a stamen : — magnified. 



18. V.prcemorsa; stigmate capitato utrinque subpiloso, caulibus erectis ovato-lanceo- 

 latis subintegerrimis pubescenti-hirsutis in petiolum longum attenuatis pedunculo breviori- 

 bus, stipulis lanceolatis integris, sepalis lanceolato-acuminatis, petalis ovato-lanceolatis, 

 calcare brevisslmo. — Douglas in Herb, HorL Soc. — Bot, Meg, t 1254. 



Hab. On the dry plains of the Columbia, and on the Multnomah River. Douglas. Plentiful about Fort 

 Vancouver. Dr. Scouler. — Habit of the last, differing in the very great degree of long pubescence, in the 

 larger, more highly coloured flowers, and in the peduncles exceeding th^ leaves in length. 



19. V, canadensis ; plerumque glabra, stigmate capitato utrinque piloso, caule elongate 

 gracili, foliis lato-cordatis serratis acuminatis, stipulis lanceclatis integerrimis, calcare 

 brevisslmo. — Linn, Sp. PL p, 1326. Pursh, FL Am, v, I. p, 174. Schwein. Viol, in Sill, 

 Journ, V, 1. p, 235. Mich, Am. v, 2. p, 150. Elliott, Carol, v, 1. p, 301. Torrey, Fl, of 

 Un, St. V. l.p, 255. Le Conte in Ann. Lye, ofN, Y, v. 2. p, 148. BigeL Fl. Bost, ed, 2. p, 

 97. De Cand, Prodr, v, 1. p. 301. Mich, in Frankl, 1st Journ, ed, 2. App, p, 8. 



Hab. Throughout Canada, as far as the Rocky Mountains; Newfoundland. Mr, Cormack; Mr. Morrison. 

 North -West Coast of America. Douglas ; Dr. Scouler, — Flowers whitish, or pale blue, with darker streaks. 

 The Noith-West American specimens have been called V, Scoulerii in Mr. Douglas's MSS., but I do not see 

 how they differ from the common state of the plant. They are indeed smaller and quite glabrous. 



20. V, puhescens; plerumque pubescenti-hirsuta, stigmate capitato utrinque piloso, 

 caule elongato crassiusculo inferne nudo squamigero, foliis lato-cordatis grosse serrato- 

 dentatis, stipulis ovatis subdentatis, calcare brevisslmo, — Ait. Hort. Kew. ed, 1. v. 3. p, 



^290. Pitrsh, Fl. Am, v, \, p. 174. Schwein, Viol, in Sill, Journ, v, 5. p, 74. Torrey, Fl, 

 of Un, St, V, I, p. 257. Le Conte in Sill, Journ. v, 2. p, 149. De Cand, Prodr, v, l.p, 301. 

 V. pennsylvanica. Mich, Am. v, 2, p. 149. 



/3. eriocarpa; capsula dense villoso-tomentosa. — Nutt, Gen, Am, v, 1. p. 150. — V. erio- 

 carpa. Schwein, I. c. p, 75. De Cand, Prodr, ?;. 1. j9. 301. 



Hab. Throughout Canada, to the mountains. — Flowers yellow. The var. /S. is frequently cultivated in 

 our gardens, and differs in no essential particular from a., 



21. V. sarmentosa; caule stolonifero, foliis reniformi-cordatis crenatis, stipulis lanceo- 

 latis integi'Is, pedunculis folia sequantibus, calcare brevissimo ohtwso,— Douglas^ MSS, 



