1 16 PENTANDRIA.— MONOGYNIA. 



parted ; segments linear-lanceolate, entire ; stigma 

 large, obliquely truncate, and perforate at the apex. 

 HAB. Rocky hills and dry woods. May. U . Leav. 

 with, obtuse seg. ; slip, ciliate ; Jl. large, pale blue. 



2. V. palmata: pubescent; leaves cordate, (rarely 



entire,) palmate, or hastate-lobed ; lobe9 crenate 

 and toothed, the middle one much the largest ; 2 

 lateral petals bearded ; stigma margined, depressed. 

 HAB. Low grounds. May. U . Leaves never 

 smooth ; slip. Ian. ; fl. middle sized; stig. rostrate. 



3. V. sagittata : leaves oblong, acute, cordate-sagittate, 



incised at the base ; flowers inverted ; inferior 

 petal bearded, the rest bearded. 



HAB. Hills and fields. April— May. II. Leav. 

 pubes. above; stip. lin. ; Jl. middle-sized, purp. ; 

 spur short. 



/3. emarginata : leaves almost triangular, lacerately 

 toothed near the base ; petals emarginate or biden- 

 tate. 



HAB. Sandy fields and river-banks. 

 1. V. ovata : leaves ovate, subcordate, crenate, often 

 lacerately toothed at the base, pubescent on both 

 sides ; petiole margined ; segments of the calyx 

 oblong-lanceolate, hairy. 



HAB. Dry hills. April — May. U. . Leav. gene- 

 rally almost woolly ; Jl. middle-sized; stig. recurv.. 

 rost. 

 ~*. V. cucullata : very smooth ; leaves cordate, cucul 

 late at the base, serrate ; stipules linear ; inferior 

 and lateral petals bearded. 



HAB. Wet meadows. April— May. U. Leav. 

 subrenif, on long petioles ; beard of the pet. rigid. 

 i. V. obliqua: smooth: leaves cordate, acute, flat, cre- 

 nate-serrate ; flowers obliquely bent; lateral pe- 

 tals bearded; inferior ones acute, carinate ; sti- 

 pules lanceolate. 



HAB. Wet meadows. U . May. Scape long, -with 

 minute bracts ; beard of the petals globose-clavate. 

 7. V. villosa : leaves renif'orm-cordate, flat, very pu 

 bescent ; segments of the calyx auriculate at the 

 base ; stigma deflexed ; margin cupuliform. 

 HAB. Rocky hills. U . May. Leav. spreading on 

 rite ground, purp. beneath : pet, oblon*. 



