SWEET WHITE VIOLET 



Flowers. — Yellow; lateral petals bearded and marked 

 with dark lines; sepals linear-oblong, obtuse; spur very 

 short; summer stolons bear cleistogamous flowers. 



The Round-Leaved Violet is something of a recluse, 

 dwelling in the heart of cold, deep woods, not abundant 

 an}rvvhere, yet not infrequent. When in bloom the 

 heart-shaped leaves, about an inch broad, are not es- 

 pecially in evidence, but later in the summer the leaf 

 becomes three or four inches wide and, lying flat on 

 the ground, presents a shining surface that is very 

 noticeable. The plant sends out many stolons in late 

 summer which bear cleistogamous flowers. 



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^'' SWEET WHITE VIOLET 



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Perennial, stemless, flowers white. Swamps and moist 

 lands. Newfoundland to British Columbia, south to 

 North Carolina. Abundant in northern Ohio. April, 

 May. 



Rootstock. — Very slender, sending out stolons somewhat 

 sparingly. 



Leaves. — Small, light green, orbicular to kidney-shaped, 

 heart-shaped with shallow sinus, obtuse apex, crenate. 



Flowers. — White, small, slightly fragrant; sepals lan- 

 ceolate, acute; cleistogamous flowers few. 



This is the smallest of the Violets and also one of 

 the earhest to bloom, a tiny creature of the spring 

 nestling in a mossy or grassy bank. In the type 

 the small white petals are broad and rounded, but 



