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7. y. glabella, Nutt.; T. & Q. Fl. i. 142 (1838). Stems slender from 

 a creepiuy rootstock, nearly or quite leafless below, 5 — 12 in. hig-h ; 

 minutely pubescent or glabrous : radical leaves on long, the cauline on 

 short petioles, reniform-cordate to cordate, acute, crenately toothed or 

 creuiTlate, 1 — 4 in. broad ; stipules usually small and scarious, entire or 

 serrulate : fl. bright-yellow, % in. long ; jDetals more or less purple- 

 nerved, the lateral ones bearded : capsule obovate-oblong, 4 — 5 lines 

 long, abruptly beaked. — In wet shades at middle elevations in the moun- 

 tains, from Santa Cruz and Fresno counties northward to Alaska. 



8. V. peduuculata, T. & G. 1. c. 141 ; Bot. Mag. t. 5004. Stems 2~-G 

 in. long, mostly prostrate or assurgent ; almost glabrous or puberulent : 

 leaves rhombic-cordate, usually almost truncate at the broad base, 

 obtuse, coarsely crenate, % — 114 ^^- long ; stipules foliaceous, narrowly 

 lanceolate, entire or incised : peduncles erect, greatly exceeding the 

 leaves, 4 — 8 in. high, conspicuously bibracteolate : fl. 1 in. broad or 

 more, golden-yellow, the upper dark-brown on the outside, the others 

 purple-veined within : lateral petals bearded : capsule oblong-ovate, 

 4 — 6 lines long, glabrous. — On low hills, in open ground, from the interior 

 near Vacaville, Jepsun, to San Francisco, and southward along the sea- 

 board to San Diego. The most showy of our violets. 



9. V. sannentosa, Dougl.; Hook. Fl. i. 80 (1833). Stems prostrate, 

 more or less creeping, slender, sparsely leafy ; slightly pubescent : 

 leaves rather thick and persistent, reniform, round-cordate or ovate, 

 }4 — 1/2 iii- broad, finely crenate, deep green above, often rusty beneath, 

 usually punctate with dark dots : peduncles slender, elongated : fl. 

 light-yellow, not large. — In woods of the Coast Range from Monterey 

 northward. 



10. V. purpurea, Kell. Proc. Calif. Acad. i. 56 (1855) : V. aurea, Kell. 

 1. c. ii. 185. f . 54 ( 1863). Stems clustered, from a branching perpendicular 

 root, 2 — 6 in. high : pubescence very scant but under a lens hispidulous, 

 somewhat retrorse or at least spreading : herbage rather succulent, in 

 early stages purple, except the upper surface of the leaves : leaves from 

 broadly ovate to lanceolate, tapering to the petiole, entire or more or le,ss 

 coarsely and often somewhat crenately toothed : peduncles little exceed- 

 ing the leaves : petals 3 — 5 lines long, light yellow within, dark purple 

 externally : capsule almost globular, 3 lines long, pubescent. Yar. 

 piiietofniiii. T^ pinetonim, Greene, Pitt. ii. 14 (1889). Root or rootstock 

 more or less horizontal or ascending, 1 ft. long or less : stems 3 — 10 in. 

 high ; the short hispidulous retrorse pubescence not scant : leaves 

 mostly lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, the broader coarsely sinuate- 

 toothed, the others merely sinuate or almost entire : peduncles slender, 

 elongated, bearing smaller flowers which are purple without and of a 

 very pale yellow within, the whole fading with a bluish tinge : capsules 



