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* * Acaulescent. Flowers white, somewhat regular. 



8. V. BLANDA. W. 



icfflwes broad-cordate, slightly pubescent above; petiole p\xhescent; flowers 

 white. Found in meadows. The rhiz.oma .is slender and creeping. Leaves 

 close to the earth, nearly round, cordale or ovate, and sometimes with a round- 

 ed sinus, so as to appear renilbrm. PeUoles half-round. Peduncles sub-4- 

 sided, longer than the leaves. Petals white, greenish at base, upper and lat- 

 eral ones marked with a few blue lines, generally beardless. Flowers small, 

 fragrant. May. Per. ^wcct liolet. 



9. V. lanceola'ta. l. 



Leaves smooth, lanceolate, narrowed at base into the petiole, obtusish, sub- 

 crenate. Found in wet meadows. Rhizoma creeping. Leaves very narrow, 

 and, with the stalk, 3-5 inches long. Petioles half-round. Peduncles sub- 

 4-sided. Petals white, greenish at base, upper and lateral ones marked with 

 blue lines, generally beardless. Flowers small. May. Per. 



' *= ■' Spear leaved Uhite J lolet. 



10. V. primul^fo'lta. L. ^- ^'="^^- ^• 

 Leaves lance-ovate, abruptly decurrent at base ; hrncts knee-linear ; petals 



acute, nearly equal, beardless. Found in damp soil, lihizoma creeping. 

 Leaves sometimes subcordate, rather obtuse, mostly smooth, longer than their 

 Btalks. Petals obovate, acute, flat, marked with purple lines at base general- 

 ly beardless, as long as the bracts. Flowers small, white, on sub-4-sided 

 stalks. May. Per. 



* * " Acaulescent. Flowers yellow. 



11. V. rotundifo'i.ia. 



Leaves orbicular-ovate, cordate, slightly serrate, nearly smooth, with the 

 sinus closed: petiole pubescent: calyx obtuse. A small yellow violet tound 

 in woods May. Per. Leaves nearly round, with a deep, narrow sinus at 

 base, obscurely and remotely serrated. Nerves and petiole pubescent 1 e- 

 duncles as long as the claws, sub-4-sided, bracted m the middle. Petals yel- 

 low, marked at base with brown lines. Flowers small. 



Round-leaved xellow yioict. 



i Caulescent. 



12. V. Canade'nsis. 



Smooth ; leaves cordate, acuminate, serrate : peduncles shorter than the 

 leaves; stipules short, entire. A large species, often a foot in height, found 

 in woods. Stem sub-simple, terete, with lance-ovate, membranaceous stipules. 

 Leaves alternate, the lower on very long petioles, acute or obtuse. Peduncles 

 8ub-4-sided, terminal, with minute bracts. Flowers large, nearly regular. 

 Petals white or light-blue, yellowish at base, the upper ones purple without, 

 and marked with 1)lue lines. Lateral ones bearded. Flowering all summer. 

 Pgj. ' Canadian Violet. 



13. V. pube'scens. j3. 



Villous-pubescent ; stem erect, naked below ; leaveshTosLd cordate, toothed ; 

 stipules ovate, subdentate. A large yellow violet, found in dry, stony wooas. 

 Root fibrous. Stem simple, more or less pubescent, somewhat triangular and 

 fleshy, bearing a few leaves at the top, leafless below. Leaves broad, ovate, 

 cordate or deltoid, obscurely dentate, obtuse, on short stalks. Stipules large, 



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