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VIOLACEjE. (violet family.) 
stipules lanceolate, fringe-toothed, large; spur slender, longer than th 
polo violet beardless petals; stigma slender, beakless. — Shaded hill¬ 
sides, Maine and VV. Massachusetts to Ohio, rare. June — Plant 4'- 
6 high : the flowers large in proportion : spur k' long. Anther-spurs 
very long. 
13. \ . Iff l!liIcntH'‘rgrii, Torr. (Spreading Violet.) Stems 
ascending, at length with creeping branches; leaves round-heart¬ 
shaped, or the lowest kidney-form, crenate, the uppermost slightly 
pointed ; stipules lanceolate, fringe-toothed ; spur tapering, about half 
the length of the pale violet petals , the lateral slightly bearded; stigma 
beaked. (V. debilis, Pursh , Bigelow.) — Shaded wet places, com¬ 
mon. May, June. — Stems 4' - 7' long. Flowers middle-sized. 
14- striata, Ait. (Pale Violet.) Stems angular, spread¬ 
ing and branching; leaves heart-shaped, finely serrate, often acute; 
stipules oblong-lanceolate, large, strongly fringe-toothed; spur thick- 
ishy much shorter than the cream-colored, petals y the lateral bearded, 
the lower striped with purplish lines; stigma recurved. — Rhode 
Island, Mr. Hunt , W. New York to Ohio, May, June. — Leaves, 
much as in No. 13; the flowers larger, perhaps sulphur-color, but not 
_ "" Mowers yellow. (Stem leafy only at the top.) 
v. pubescens, Ait. (Downy Yellow Violet.) Softly 
pubescent; leaves very broadly heart-shaped , toothed, somewhat 
pointed; stipules ovate or ovate-lanceolate, large; spur extremely 
short; lower petals veined with purple._Var. 1 . eriocarpa is l^gf 5 
villous-pubescent, the large pods woolly. Var. 2. scabriuscula is 
smaller, slightly pubescent, and brighter green, the pods smooth or 
woo y Rich woods, common. June, July.—Plant 6*-l0 7 ^*5 ’ 
!6; V. Hastata, Michx. (Halbert-leaved Violet.) Ne* 
J- f i r ° U8 ’ Slmp,C ’’ leaves halb *rtshaped, slightly serrate, acute, 
southw T 16 ; Sma “ ; 8pUr Ver >' short - Mountains of Pen^/* 1 
ere snvtH d " , h JUne ' T 8lender > ^ - 10' high. Leaves variable. Fl»« 
ers smaller than in No. 15 . 6 
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17 v a / Leafy-stemmed, annual or biennial. 
round! .h t ™ 0,0r ’ L V ^- arvensis. (Field Pansy.) U * 
l ar 1 * °l G U PP er ova ^ entire or obscurely crenate; stipnl es vel 
freau’pmi rate p,nnat,fid 5 p€ta,s varie gated (yellowish blue and p« r P^ 
ces of th ^ V » r ^ 8ma ^ or wa nting ; spur not longer than the appe® 
donhH yX -“ Dry hi,,S and fie,ds > Island and New J*? 
Pansy or Henrl’i^e UCed ’ ^ 3 de P au P erate variet y of ,he *** * 
the^merl^n ’ tho . Sw ." ET of Europe, which far excels « 
around houses. SpeC ‘ eS ln fragTance - sometimes grows spontaneous 
