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of the calyx acuminate, smooth. Stigma erect, subclavate, 

 not rostrate. 

 Hab. In wet rocky situations. April — May. This species is 

 common in the interior of the country, but is rarely found near 

 the sea-board. It resembles, in many respects, the preceding, 



18» V. puhescens jiit. : villous-pubescent ; stem erect, 

 naked below ; leaves broad-cordate, toothed ; stipules ovate, 

 subdentate, A it, Kew, III. p. 290. Schzv. Viol. 1. c. p. 

 74. W ill d. Spec. \.x>.\\Zd. Big. Bost.p.eU Rursk 

 Z'/. I. p. 174. ^futt. Gen. L^. 150. R o e m, &l S c h u 1 1. 

 V. p. 377. V. pennsyhanica M ich, FL 11. p. 149, 



Stem simple, 6—8 inches high, with 1 or 2 oblong amplexicaul 

 bracts towards the base. Leaves large, 2 — 3 on the upper 

 part of the stem, soft, pubescent on both sides, more or less 

 acuminate ; petioles short. Stipules ovate-oblong, discoloured, 

 a little toothed, particularly towards the summit. Peduncles 

 shorter than the leaves ; dracls subulate, very minute. Flower 

 middle-sized, yellow; lateral petals bearded with white, and, 

 as well as the lower one, handsom^ely striate j spur short, gib- 

 bous, acuminate. Segments of the ca/ya; lanceolate. Stigma 

 globose, pubescent. Capsule smooth. 



Hab. In dry stony woods. April — May. 



/3. eriocarpa J^utt.: capsule densely villous. Jsfutt, 

 \. c. V. eriocarpa S chw. Viol. L c. p. 75? 



Hab. with the preceding. 



Mr. S chweinit z thinks it is doubtful whether the north- 

 ern plant, which I consider a variety of V. pubescens, is the 

 same as his V. eriocarpa. The latter differs principally in 

 the following particulars: — Stem decumbent, branched, leafy 

 from the base ; leaves smaller, somewhat scabrous, nearly 

 naked ; stipules green, large, semiamplexicaul, conspicuously 

 ciliate ; spur short, scarcely produced, obtuse. 



19, V. hastata M i c lu : smooth; stem simple, leafy above 5 

 leaves hastate, on very short petioles ; stipules minute, ciliate- 

 denticulate. M ic h. Fl. II. p. 149. Schw. Viol. \. c. ^. 

 77. Pursh Fl. 1. p. 174. Elliott Sk. I. p. 302. 

 Mutt. Gen. L p. 150. Roe.m. S^ Schult. V. p. 371. 



Stem erect, simple, 6—8 inches high. Leaves exactly hastate, 

 acuminate ; lobes obtuse, dentate. Peduncles shorter than the 

 leaves ; bracts very minute, alternate. Flower yellow ; infe- 

 rior petal dilated, sub-3-lobed ; lateral petals slightly bearded ; 

 spur short. Segments of the calyx linear-lanceolate, ciliate. 

 Stigma truncate, hairy on the sides. Cafisule smooth. 



Hab. On the Alleghany Mountains, kafinesque. In Penn- 

 sylvania. Mu hi en be rg. 



20. V. tenella M uhl: stem triquetrous; leaves rotund- 



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