254 PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. violjl, 



297. excl. syn. Ph. Nutt. Gen. I. p. 149. Gron. Virg. 

 135. Roem. <^ Schult.Y. p. 35d. 



Leaves mostly oblong, but often ovate or cordate, more or less 

 obtuse, obscurely crenate ; petioles winged by the decurrent 

 base of the leaves ; nerves disposed in a pinnate manner. Sd^ 

 pules linear, subciliate. Scafie as long as the leaves, with 2 

 linear bracts about the middle. Flower small, white, odor- 

 ous ; fietals unequal, obovate, obtuse ; the 2 lateral ones a little 

 bearded and striate. Segments of the calyx linear, obtuse. 

 Stii^ma rostrate, capitate. 



Hab. In wet meadows. April — May. 



12. V.blanda Willd.: leaves broad-cordate, slightly pu- 

 bescent above ; sinus rounded ; petiole smooth ; flowers 

 beardless. Wi Ud. Hort. Berol. t. 24. Sch w. Viol. I. c. 

 p. 65. Pursh Fl.Lp.lT2. B ig. Bost. p. 59. Ellio 1 1 

 SA;. 1. p. 298. .YmH. Gfn, I. p. 149. Ro em. ^ S chidt, 

 V. p. 358. 



Leaves nearly flat, membranaceous, nearly quite smooth, often 

 reniform-cordaie, sometimes rather acute, remotely crenate- 

 toothed ; petiole slightly margined, longer than the leaves. 

 Stifiules subulate, small. Scafie slender, smooth, oblique or 

 df^cumbent ; bracts near the middle, lanceolate, opposite. 

 Fljwcr smdl, white, odorous; the inferior and 2 lateral 

 pcidls ' ci.icd W'lh purple. Segments of the calyx oblong- 

 linear, obtuse. Stigma capitate, depressed, acutely margined, 

 recurved. 



Hab. In swamps, wet meadows, and on grassy brook-sidefc, 

 April—May. 



13. V. clandestina Ph. : leaves suborbicular, rather ob- 

 tuse, smoothish, crenate-serrate, with glandular serraturesj 

 sinus closed, cordate ; stolons floriferous ; petals linear, scarce^ 

 }y longer than the calyx. P u r s h Fl. I. p. 173. -b' c h w. 

 Viol. 1. c. p. 65. Rocm. ^ Schult. V. p. 358. 



Cespitose. Leaves large, thin, sprinkled with hair on the upper 

 surface. Stijiules ovate, short. Scafie v-ery short, a little 

 haiiy, with subulate bracts near the summit. Flower ge- 

 nerally concealed in the earth, or among decaying leaves and 

 wood, of a choculate-hrown colour. Stigma straight, capitate. 

 Sc hw. 



Hab. On the high mountains of Pennsylvania, in shady beech 

 woods. June — September. Pursh. 



I strongly suspect this plant is only a variety of V. blanday 

 though tliis opinion is opposed to that of so accurate a Bo- 

 tanist as Mr. S c hw einit z. There is no c'naracter in the 

 above description, which does not apply to V. blanda when it 

 begins to produce apetalous flowers, except the colour of the 

 petals. Did not Pursh intend by the " flowers," the fruity 



