yiotA, PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 25i. 



tvhich is very conspicuous, and of the brown colour be men- 

 tions ? The floriferous stolons are not unfrequent in this 

 tribe of the VioiiE, and the short linear petals I have ob- 

 served in several species. Indeed, in all the apetalous flowers 

 of this genus, the rudiments of petals can generally be de- 

 tected ; and the anthers are also present, but they are small 

 and not united. 



* * Caulescent. 



14. V. canadensis L. : nearly smooth; leaves cordate, 

 acuminate, serrate ; peduncles shorter than the leaves ; pe- 

 tals oblong, narrow ; stipules ovate-lanceolate, entire. A i t, 

 Kew. Ill, p. 280. Schw, Viol. K c. p. 68. W il I d. Spec 

 I. p. 1166. JM ich. FLU, \). \50. P ur s h Fl. ]. p. ITA, 

 Elliott Sk,Li>. 30], .YmU, Gen. I. p. 150. Roem. 

 ir Schult. V. p. 375. 



S(em from a span to a foot and a half in height, erect, simple, 

 terete. Leaves large, alternate, slightly pubescent on both 

 sides, pale beneath ; the radical ones on very long petioles. 

 Sci/iiiles in pairs, axillary, membranaceous. Peduncles axil- 

 lary, generally shorter than the leaves, with 2 subulate bracts 

 below the middle. Flower rather large, blue externally, pale 

 within. Petals oblong or ovate, the lateral ones a little beard- 

 ed ; sfiur very short. Segments of the calyx linear-lanceo- 

 late, smooth, slightly produced at the base. Style short, com- 

 pressed ; stigma pubescent, capitate, not rostrate. Cajisule 

 globose-ovate, pubescent. 



Hab. In moist rocky woods; generally on mountains. Canada 

 to Carolina. May — July. 



15. V. ochrolcuca S c h zo, : stem somewhat erect, branch- 

 ed, smooth ; leaves round-cordate ; upper ones a little acu- 

 minate ; stipules oblong-lanceolate, dentate-ciliate; stigma 

 tubular, recurved, pubescent at the summit. Schw. VioL 

 \. c. p. 69. V. striata A it, Kexo. III. p. 290? Pursh Fl. 

 I. p. 174? Muhl, Cat. p. 25. Null. Gen. I. p. 150. 

 Roem,^ Schult,\,p. 376. 



Stem a little angular, 6 — 8 inches'Iong. Leaves small, crenate- 

 serrate, slightly pubescent above, and on the veins beneath. 

 Stifiules remotely ciliate. Peduncles longer than the leaves, 

 with 2 large linear 6rac/s above the middle. Flowers yellowish 

 wliite, large, on peduncles longer than the leaves ; bracts long, 

 linear. Petals obtuse ; the lateral ones, and often the lowest 

 one, conspicuously bearded ; sfiur produced, obtuse. Seg- 

 ments of the calyx linear, elongated, a little ciliate on the 

 margin. 



Hab. In swamps and wet meadows. May. 



Muhlenberg^ in his Catalogue, refers to this species, 



