CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 109 



835. V. ovataNutt. Ovate-leaved Violet. 



Some fine specimens of this species grow in a sterile spot in the 

 ^East St. Pinery (Prof. C. F. Wheeler). It blossoms a little 

 earlier than V. soyittdta. 



836. V. palniata L. Common Blue Violet. 

 Frequent on dry shaded hillsides. May. 



Bluffs of Plaster Creek; hillsides about Burton Ave. Swamp. 

 In dry soil the later leaves are variously lobed at the base, in 

 wet soil they do not have this characteristic. 



837. V. palmata cucullata Gray. 

 Common and variable. Ma3^ 



The color of the corolla is purple, blue, white, or variegated as 

 that of the preceding species. 



838. V. pedataL. Bird-foot Violet. 

 Sandy fields and hillsides; common. May. 



Forms with Avhite corollas are rare. The plant frequently 

 blooms a second time in autumn. 



839. V. pedata bicolor Pursh. 



Grows with the preceding species; infrequent. May. 



The two upper petals are of a deep velvety violet. Variations 



in coloring between this and the jJi'eceding are occasional. 



840. V. pubescens Ait. Downy Yellow Violet. 

 Common in moist rich soil. May. 



841. V. rostrata Pursh. Long-spurred Violet. 

 In moist shaded soil. May, 



Well distributed and rather frequent. 



842. V. sagittata Ait. Arrow-leaved Violet. 

 In moist soil; occasional. May. 



Silver Creek at East St.; East St, Pinery; Morgan Lake; west of 

 Reed's Lake. The fruit is generally produced on long pedicels 

 from closed fiowers which appear in mid-summer, 



843. V. scabnuscula (Torr,& Gray) Schwein. 

 Prefers beech and maple woods. May. 



