252 PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. viola, 



species ; filaments of the beard very short, globose-clavate. 

 SegiTjents of the calyx oblong, acute, smooth. 

 Hab. In wet meadows. May. 



This species and the preceding very much resemble each 

 other, and are perhaps not distinct. 



7. V» villosa Walt.: le^aves reniform-cordate, flat, very 

 pubescent ; segments of the calyx auriculate at the base ; 

 stigma deflexed ; margin cupuliform, Walt. Car, p. 219. 

 Schw. Viol. I c. p. 6\. E Uiot t Sk. l.ip. ^dl, Jiutt, 

 Gen. I. p. 148. V. barbataMuhl. Cat, p. 25. (fide Schw.) 



Leaves appressed to the eartli, crenate, nearly smooth, and pur» 

 plish beneath ; sinus small, but open. 5/i/iw/e« minute. Scafie 

 longer than the leaves, angular, smooth ; bracts minute, oppo» 

 site. Floivers blue ; fietals oblong ; the inferior and lateral 

 ones beard: d. 



Hab. On the sides of rocky hills. May. 



/S. corda'a JSfutt.: leaves cordate, rather acute; seg- 

 ments of th<^ calyx scarcely produced at the base. J^ u 1 1, 

 1. c. V. cordata S v. hw. Viol. \. c. p. 62. V. sororia W ill d. 

 Hart. Eeroi. 1. t. 72. Pursh Fl. I. p. 173. 



Leaves appressed tn the earth, thickish, pubescent above, smooth 

 beneath ; binus small, nearly closed. Sti/iules small, subu- 

 late, ^'cafie longer than the leaves; brads very minute. 

 Flowers h\\ie ; /letals obovate ; the 3 inferior ones bearded. 

 Segments of the calyx linear-oblong. Scigma rostrate, de- 

 pressed. 



Hab. On hill aides and in dry woods ; common. April — May, 



t t i'^loivers yellow. 



8. V. rolundifolia Mich. : leaves orbicular-ovate, cor- 

 date, slightly crenate, nearly smooth ; sinus closed ; petiole 

 pubescent; (flowers yellow); lateral petals bearded; seg- 

 ments of the calyx obtuse ; spur nearly obsolete, Mich,, 

 FLU.p.lbO. Elliot t Sk.].2'JS, J^utt. Gen. \.]^. 

 149. Eoem.^Schult,Y,p.3bn. 



Leaves appressed to the earth, at first broad-ovate, but at length 

 nearly orbicular, slightly pubescent on the veins beneath ; pe- 

 tioles generally much shorter than the leaves, frequently villous. 

 Stipules lanceolate. Scafie about as long as the leaves, smooth, 

 with 2 subulate bracts about the middle. Flower middle- 

 sized; fietals broad-ovate, very obtuse or slightly emarginate ; 

 the 2 lateral ones bearded, marked with 3 brown strige ; 

 lowest petal short, with many striae, naked; sfiur exceedingly 

 short. Segments of the calyx linear-oblong, obtuse. Stigma 

 recurved at the apex. 



Hab. In shady rocky woods, generally under the shade of ever- 



