566 



VIOLACEAE 



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5. 



6. 

 7. 

 8. 



V. nephrophylla. 

 V. septentrionalis. 

 V. pedatifida. 

 V. Selkirkii. 



V. renifolia. 



9. 

 10. 



V. palustris, 

 V. Macloskeyi. 



11. V. sempervirens 



12, V. orbiculata. 



14. V. Sheltonii. 



Peduncles of cleistogamous flowers usually 4-6 cm. long. ( 

 or ascending. " 2. V. pratincola. 



Spurred petal more or less bearded, retuse or emarginate. 

 Spurred petal somewhat bearded, mostly retuse. 



3. V, retusa. 

 • - Spurred petal thickly bearded, emarginate. 



Leaves and scapes hirsutulous. 

 Leaves 2-3-ternately parted. 

 Rootstock slender. 

 Flowers white. 

 Plants stoloniferous. 

 Flowers not yellow. 



Flowers white or lilac; petioles glabrous. 

 Flowers w^hite; petioles after flowering pilose. 



Flowers yellow. 



Stolons several, long, prostrate, leafy. 

 Stolons few. short, ascending, with 1-3 leafy bracts. 

 Plants caulescent, or with manifest stems. 

 Leaves compound or much dissected. 



Upper petals deep violet, the lower pale violet, with yellow base. 



,„ , 13. V.Beckwiihii. 



All the petals pale yellow. 



Leaves simple, not dissected. 

 Flowers yellow. 



First peduncles from the base of the stems. 

 Basal leaves round, 5-7-lobed or -toothed. 

 Basal leaves ovate to lanceolate, denticulate. 

 Basal leaves 5-9 cm. long, ovate to elhptic. 

 Basal leaves 2-5 cm. long. 



Basal leaves narrowly ovate, obtuse. 

 Basal leaves lanceolate, acute or subacute. 

 First peduncles from the upper half of the stem. 

 Style and lateral petals beardless. 

 Stjle and lateral petals bearded. 



Upper part of stem and its leaves nearly glabrous. 



20. V. glabella. 

 Upper part of stem and its leaves densely short-pubescent. 



^, „ 21. V. pubesceiis. 



Flowers not yellow. 



Petals white on the inner face, with a yellow base, on the outer face usually 



purplish. 



Underground stolons present. 

 Stolons lacking. 



Stems usually 15-35 cm. high. 

 Stems usually 10-15 cm. high. 

 Petals \iolet or purple. 



Stipules sharply or bristly toothed; perennials. 

 Plant dwarf; leaves ctmeafce, glabrous. 

 Plant over 1 dm. high, usually puberulent. 

 Leaves 2-3 cm. long, seeds 1.5 mm. long. 

 ^ Leaves 3-5 cm. long, seeds 2 mm. long. 

 Stiptues leaf-Uke. pectinate at base; annuals. 



15. V. venosa. 



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16. V, linguaefolia. 



17. 



IS. 



V. vallicola. 

 V,Nunallii. 



19. V. biflora. 



22. V. Tugulosa. 



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23. V. canadensis. 



24. V. scopulorum. 



25. V. belUdifolia 



26. V. adunca. 



27, V. montanensis, 

 V. Rafinesguii. 



28. 



^ 1. V. papilionacea Pursh. Plants robust and hardy from a stout branch- 

 i^g rootstock, usually glabrous, but petioles sometimes sparsely pubescent; 

 blades when fully grown often 12 cm. wide, reniform or broadly ovate-cordate, 

 acute or abruptly pointed; outer sepals ovate-lanceolate; upper and lateral 

 petals broadly obovate, 8-10 mm. wide. Fields and groves: Mass. — Ga.— Okla, 

 —Minn.; apparently introduced in gardens and dong irrigation ditches in 

 Denver, Colo., and vicinitv. 



2. V, pratincola Greene. Plant every way smaller than the preceding; 

 leaves deeply cordate-ovate, tapering gradually to a subacute apex, 2-3 cm. wide 

 at petaliferous flowering, 5-8 cm. wide at maturity; petals spatulate, 4-G mm. 

 wide; peduncles taller than the leaves. Hills and prairies: Colo.— Wyo.— N.D. 

 Plain — SubmanL 



3. V. retusa Greene. Glabrous throughout; leaves at flowering time 

 broadly cordate-deltoid, finely serrate; later leaves much dilated, with a shallow 

 smus, more or less decurrent on the petiole, often abruptly acuminate; cleistoga- 

 mous flowers on erect peduncles; capsules ellipsoid, green; seeds browTi, 2 mm. 

 long. Borders of streams : Kans.— Colo. Plain. My-Je. 



4. V. nephrophylla Greene. Leaves broadly cordate-ovate to reniform, 

 obtuse or blimtly short-pointed; petals large, the upper pair often sparsely 

 pubescent; sepals ovate to lanceolate, obtuse; cleistogamous flowers on erect 



