VIOLET FAMILY 



Rootstock. — Stout and fleshy. 



Leaves. — Varying from oblong 

 heart-shaped to halberd-shaped, 

 arrow-shaped, oblong, lanceolate 

 or ovate, toothed more or less; 

 petioles varying from short and 

 margined to long and naked. 



Flowers. — Deep violet-blue with 

 darker lines, rather large; lateral 

 petals bearded; spur short and 

 thick. 



The Arrow-Leaved Violet may 

 be recognized by its leaves, of 

 which it has a variable collec- 

 tion, but they are so alike in 

 their unlikeness that this is a 

 personal characteristic ; they are 

 rarely like arrow-heads, oftener 

 like the bowd of a teaspoon with 

 the handle broadened at the bowd. In addition to the 

 deep violet-blue blossoms the plant also produces cleis- 

 togamous flowers. 



Arrow-Leaved Violet 

 sagittata 



Vidla 



ROUND-LEAVED VIOLET 



Vidla rotundifdlia 



Perennial, stemless, flowers yellow. Deep, cold woods. 

 Labrador, Ontario, and Minnesota, south to North Caro- 

 lina. Rare in northern Ohio. April, May. 



Rootstock. — Long and slender. 



Leaves. — Round, ovate heart-shaped, slightly crenate, 

 small at flowering time, afterward becoming four or five 

 inches wide. 



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