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Leaves broadly ovate or orbicular, cordate, obtuse 



23 V. p a 1 1 e n s 

 Leaves oblong to ovate, the base slightly cordate to tapering 



24 V. p r i m u 1 i f o 1 i a 

 Leaves lanceolate to elliptical 25 V. 1 a n c e o 1 a t a 



2 Leafy-stemmed; the flowers axillary 



Style capitate, beakless, bearded near the summit, spur short; stipules nearly entire, 

 soon scarious 

 Petals yellow 



Sparingly pubescent; root-leaves usually one to three. . . 26 V. e r i o c a r p a 



Markedly pubescent; root-leaves usually wanting 27 V. pubescens 



Inner face of the petals white with yellow base, outer face usually violet; leaves 



usually broadly ovate, acuminate, subglabrous 28 \''. canadensis 



Style not capitate; spur long; stipules bristly toothed, herbaceous 



Spur 2 to 4 lines long; lateral petals bearded; styles bent at tip, with short beard 



Petals white or cream-colored 29 V. striata 



Petals violet-blue 



Herbage glabrous or nearly so; leaves orbicular or suborbicular 



Stipules ovate-lanceolate, bristly serrate; leaves often if inches 



wide 30 V. c o n s p e r s a 



Stipules linear, entire except at base; leaves not over three-fourths 



of an inch wide ; alpine 31 V. labradorica 



Herbage puberulent; stems ascending; blades mostl}' ovate 



32 V. a d u n c a 



Spur 4 to 6 lines long, lateral petals beardless ; style straight and smooth 



7,2 V. r o s t r a t a 



Style much enlarged upward into a globose, hollow summit; stipules large, leaflike, 



pectinate at base; upper leaves and middle lobe of stipules entire or nearly so; drj^ 



sandy places 34 V. rafinesquii 



Bird's-foot Violet 



Viola pcdata Linnaeus 



Plate 133 



Leaves nearly smooth from a short, stout, erect rootstock, three- 

 divided, the lateral divisions pedately three to five-parted or cleft, the 



