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Creek Mdw., e. Tehama Co., Jepson 12,265; Hatchet Creek, Shasta Co., Baker 4- Nutting; Davis 

 Creek, Modoc Co., E. M. Austin. 



Eefs.— Viola glabella Nutt.; T. & G. Fl. 1:142 (1838), type loc. "shady woods of the 

 Oregon" (Columbia Eiver), Nuttall; Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 232 (1901), ed. 2, 267 (1911), 

 Man. 645 (1925). 



10. V. pedunculata T. & G. Grass Pansy. Plants 4 to 13 inches high; stems 

 from a thick and short deeply seated rootstock, branching at the surface of the 

 ground; leaf -blades round-ovate, usually with a truncate base, coarsely crenate, 

 % to 1% inches long, on petioles 1 to 2% inches long; stipules foliaceous, narrowly 

 lanceolate, uppermost often sparingly incised; peduncles erect, 4 to 5 (or 7) inches 

 long, much surpassing the leaves, bearing flowers % to 1% inches broad; petals 

 golden-yellow, the upper ones dark brown on the outside, the others purple-veined 

 within; lateral petals with a bearded spot; stigma bearded. 



Open grassy hills and valleys, 100 to 2000 feet : Coast Ranges from Napa Co. 

 to San Luis Obispo Co.; Sacramento Valley; Sierra Nevada in Tulare Co.; coastal 

 Southern California from Santa Barbara Co. to San Diego Co. South to Lower 

 California. Feb.-May. It is also called Yellow Pansy and, by Spanish-Califor- 

 nians, Gallito. 



Locs. — Coast Eanges: Mt. George, Napa Eange, Jepson; Russian Eiver below Guerneville, 

 Davy; Eoss Valley, Marin Co., Jepson 14,115; Angel Isl., San Francisco Bay, Earle Mulliken 95; 

 Berkeley, Docia Patchett; Eedwood Peak, Oakland Hills, Jepson 6861; Mt. Diablo, Jepson 9849; 

 Mt. Davidson, San Francisco, Jepson 10,340 ; Lake Merced, San Francisco, Jepson 14,116 ; Arroyo 

 Mocho, se. Alameda Co., Jepson 10,680 ; Mt. Hamilton, Chandler 6020 ; Guadalupe Mine, Santa 

 Cruz Mts., Jepson 9092; Little Arthur Creek, w. of Gilroy, Jepson 9712a; Santa Cruz, Berg; 

 Pacheco Pass, M. S. Baker; Monterey, Elmer 3514; Slack Creek, se. Monterey Co., Jepson 12,037; 

 Paso Eobles, Jepson 8440 ; La Cuesta Pass, Santa Lucia Mts., Jepson 11,963. Sacramento Valley : 

 College City, Colusa Co., B. S. Ferris; Sacramento (5 mi. n.), M. S. Balcer; Vanden, Solano Co., 

 Jepson 9615. Sierra Nevada: Springville, Tulare Co., Purpus 5081. Coastal S. Cal.: Purisima 

 HUls, n. Santa Barbara Co., Jepson 12,652 ; Los Alamos, Jepson; Santa Eosa Isl., T. Brandegee; 

 Pelican Bay, Santa Cruz Isl., Jepson 12,116 ; San Clemente Isl., Muns 6660 ; Sulphur Mt., Ventura 

 Co., Epling ^ Anderson; Santa Monica, Barher 54; La Tuna Canon, Verdugo Hills, F. A. Mc- 

 Fadden 12e; Lukens Peak trail, San Gabriel Mts., Peirson 332; San Bernardino, Parish; Eiver- 

 side, Jepson 1235; Santa Ana Mts., Alice King; La Mesa, w. San Diego Co., Jepson 6681. 



Eefs.— Viola pedunculata T. & G. Fl. 1:141 (1838), type from Cal., Douglas; Jepson, Fl. 

 W. Mid. Cal. 232 (1901), ed. 2, 266 (1911), Man. 645, fig. 637 (1925). 



11. V. ocellata T. & G. Pinto Pansy. Stems erect, 5 to 12 inches high, from 

 rootstocks; leaf -blades cordate- to triangular-ovate, crenate, acute or abruptly 

 acuminate or somewhat pointed at apex, 1 to 2i/2 inches long, the basal leaves long-, 

 the eauline short-petioled; stipules small and scarious; peduncles mostly shorter 

 than the leaves; petals 5 to 7 lines long; petals white, the two upper violet-purple 

 on the outside, the lower one purple-veined at base and with a small yellow spot 

 near spur. 



Open or shady woods, 500 to 3000 feet : Coast Ranges from Monterey Co. to 

 Humboldt Co., chiefly in the Redwood belt ; Shasta Co. Mar.-June. 



Locs. — Coast Eanges: Monterey, Parry 4- Lemmon; Gilroy (hills w.), Jepson 14,118; New 

 Almaden, Geo. Thurier; Glenwood, Santa Cruz Mts., Bioletti; Black Mt., Santa Clara Co., Elmer 

 4540; Kings Mt., San Mateo Co., C. F. Baker 333; Mt. Tamalpais, Eastwood; Bodega, Vina W. 

 Krager; Guerneville, Lemmon; Willits, Docia Patchett; Eowes sta., Mendocino Co., Chandler 

 1056; Bridgeville, Humboldt Co., Tracy 6629; "Willow Creek, Trinity Eiver VaUey, Tracy 6034. 

 Shasta Co. : Ingot, ace. M. S. Baker. 



Eefs.— Viola ocellata T. & G. Fl. 1:142 (1838), type from Cal., Douglas; Jepson, Fl. W. 

 Mid. Cal. 231 (1901), ed. 2, 266 (1911), Man. 646, fig. 638 (1925). 



12. V. cuneata Wats. Butterfly Violet. Stems leafy, ascending from a 

 short thickish rootstock, 2 to 7 inches long; herbage glabrous; blades of basal leaves 

 deltoid- or round-ovate, abruptly acute, truncatish or subcuneate at base, serrulate 

 or crenulate, % to 1 inch long, the petioles slender; blades of eauline leaves rhombic- 

 to oblong-ovate; peduncles little exceeding the leaves; petals 4 to 6 lines long, the 



