34 VIOLACK.K. (violet KAMILV.) 



beardless, Bweet-ecented, tho lower ])Otal striped with imrplo. — Lfiw ground 

 and meadows, Nortli Carolina. — I'etioles slender, winglesH. Leaves rarely 



aeuto. 



* * « Flowns jiellow : ronlstock short and fleshy. 



9. V. rotundifolia, Mielix. Nearly fflai)roiis, stolitniferoua; leaves 

 round-eurdate, tJie sinus closed; petals striped with purple, the lateral 

 l)earded ; spur very short. — Shady woods, niuuntains of Nortii Carolina and 

 Tennessee. 



§2. Ctiulesccnt: jiereiiuial. 



* Stems leafy only at the suininit : flowers yellow: stipules not fringed : spur 



small. 



10. V. pubescenS, Ait. Pubescent; stem 6'- 12' iiipli, with a bmet- 

 like stipule helow tlie mid<lle ; leaves hroailly eordate or deltoiil, coar.-^ely .ser- 

 rate ; spur very short; capsule densely villous. — Shady woods aud bauks iu 

 the upper districts. 



Var. scabriuscula, Torr. & Gi-ay. Nearly glalirous ; stem bractle.ss 

 leaves smaller (1^' h^ng) ; capsule glabrous. — With the type. 



11. V. hastata, Miclix. Glabrous; rootstock thick and creeping; stem 

 4'- 12' liiiili, 1 tract less ; leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceulate from a cordate 

 and hastate base, finely serrulate; stipules minute; spur very small. — 

 Shaded banks, mountains of North Carolina (Michanx). Athens, Georgia 

 (Elliott). IJristol, Florida. Very rare. 



Var. glaberrima, Ging. Stem glabrate, 6'- 10' Ingh ; leaves rhombic 

 ovate, acute or truncate (rarely cordate) at tiie ba.'^e, pubescent on tlie veins. 



— Dry ricli woods, chieHy in tlie upper districts. 



Var. tripartita (V. tripartita, A7/.). Stem hairy; leaves .3 - 5-parted or 

 lobed, tiiu divisions dentate-serrate. — Upper districts, in rocky woods. 



* * Stems leafy from the base ; flowers purple ; stipules frinf/ed {except No. 15). 



12. V. canina, L. Primary stems erect, the later ones prostrate; leaves 

 broadly corchite or reniform, crenate and roughened with minute elevated 

 points, the uppermost acute ; spur obtuse, half as long as tlie pale purple 

 petals ; lateral jietals liearded. — Damp shades in the upper districts. 



Var.? multicaulis, Torr. & Gray. Stoloniferous ; ])rimary stems none, 

 the peduncles rising from the rootstock and the axils <jf the leafy stolons ; 

 leaves orbicular-cordate, crenulate, i'-l'long, flowers pale purple, ^' wide. 



— Dry rocky wooils, mostly in the upper districts. 



13. V. Thompsonae, n. sp. Stoloniferous, nearly glabrous ; leaves or- 

 bicular-cordate, finely crenate, membranaceous, 2' -2^' long; stipules lance- 

 olate, acuminate, slightly ciliate ; sepals oblong-ovate, as long as the rostrate 

 spur ; petals purple, beardless ; capsule globose-ovate, glabrous. — Shady 

 banks of .streams, Smithville, Georgia {Mrs. Sarah Thompson). April. — 

 Habit of the preceding variety, with the foliage of No. 1. 



14. V. rostrata, Pursh. Stems numerous, ascending (3' -6' long); 

 leaves cordate, serrulate ; stipules large ; spur straight, slender, longer than 

 the pale purple beardless petals ; stigma beakless. — Mountains of Georgia 

 and Alabama. 



