WILD FLOWERS OF NEW YORK I71 



of variovis crosses of Viola tricolor with allied species of the 

 Old World. In addition to these, there are about thirty-three native 

 species of violets in New York, beside the many nattiral hybrids. The 

 following key to the native species may be useful in determining certain 

 species not illustrated here. 



I Stemless; the leaves and scapes directly from a rootstock or from runners 



Petals bright yellow; leaves orbicular i V. r o t u n d i f o 1 i a 



Petals violet, purple or white 



Cleistogamous flowers wanting; petals all beardless; leaves divided 



2 V. pedata 

 Cleistogamous flowers present, at least later in the season 



Rootstock thick, often stout, without stolons; lateral petals bearded 



Cleistogamous flowers ovoid on short prostrate peduncles; their capsules 

 mostly purplish 

 Leaves except rarely the earliest, palmately five- to eleven-lobed 

 or parted; foliage villous-pubescent 



Leaf -lobes blunt, lateral ones broad 3 V. palmata 



Leaf -lobes acuminate, lateral ones linear. ..4V. p e r p e n s a 

 Early and late leaves uncut ; others three- to seven-lobed or parted 



S V. triloba 

 Leaves all uncut; blades ovate to reniform, cordate, crenate- 

 serrate 

 Plants nearly or quite glabrous; petals violet-purple; seeds 

 brown 



Petioles smooth; plants of moist soil 



6V. papilionacea 



Petioles glandular roughened; plants of dry soil 



7 V. 1 a t i u s c u 1 a 

 Leaves very hairy, especially beneath and on the petioles; 



seeds dark brown 8V. sororia 



Leaves hirsutulous above, otherwise smooth ; seeds buf? 



gV. hirsutula 

 Cleistogamous flowers ovoid on ascending peduncles, soon elongated 



Leaves pubescent beneath and on the petioles; sepals and their 



auricles ciliolate; blades broadly ovate, cordate 



10 V. septentrionalis 



