Class V. Order I. 59 



to September. The flowers are of a tawny yellow, spotted on 

 the inside, and resembling small cups or pitchers, hanging on 

 slender footstalks. Nectary horn shaped ; petals spreading, 

 the two lower ones large. The capsule when ripe bursts and 

 scatters its seeds by an elastic power like the common balsa- 

 mine of the gardens, another of the genus. Height of the plant 

 about two feet ; stems succulent, smooth ; leaves ovate, tooth- 



ed. Annual. 



72. VIOLA. 



VIOLA BLANDA. JVilld. Sweet scented white violet. 



Stemless ; leaves heart shaped, obtuse, rather 

 flat, glabrous ; petals beardless. 



Leaves round-heart shaped, crenatc ; petioles twice or thrice 

 the length of the leaves, half round, channelled, smooth. 

 Flowers white with purple veins at bottom, fragrant. The two 

 lateral petals are slightly beai'ded on the inside below the mid- 

 dle. .Moist land. April, May. Perennial. 



VIOLA LANCEOLATA. Z/. />eoT leaved violet. 



Stemless ; leaves lanceolate, crenate. L. 



Root fibrous, sending out scions ; leaves lanceolate, rather 

 obtuse, on long petioles ; flowers white with purple veins at 

 bottom. Wet ground. May, June. Perennial. A consider- 

 able variety occurs in the width of the leaves, which are some- 

 times nearly ovate. 



VIOLA PRIMULIFOLIA. Z. Spade leaved violet. 



Steinless ; leaves oblong-heart shaped ; petioles 

 membranaceous. L. 



Leaves oblong, ovate or heart shaped, crenate, their base 

 extending down the leaf stalk, which becomes winged. We 

 have two violets which answer the above description. One 

 with white flowers and smoother leaves ; the other w ith blue- 



