450 VIOLACEAE. [Vor II. 
12. Viola palustris L. Marsh Violet. 
(Fig. 2495.) 
Viola palustris 1, Sp. Pl. 934. 1753. 
Glabrous, acaulescent. Petioles and scapes aris- 
ing from a very slender creeping or horizontal root- 
stock, the flowering scapes mostly exceeding the 
leaves; blades thin, cordate, broadly ovate, orbi- 
cular or reniform, 1/-2'4’ wide, crenulate; stipules 
ovate, acuminate; sepals ovate, obtuse or obtusish; 
petals pale lilac streaked with darker veins, or 
nearly white, 4’’-6’’ long, slightly bearded; spur 
about 1’ long, obtuse; stigma not bearded, some- 
what beaked; capsule 3/’-4’ long. 
In wet or moist soil, Labrador to Alaska, south to the 
mountains of New England, in the Rocky Mountains 
to Colorado, and to Washington. Also in Europe and 
Asia. May-July. 
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13. Viola Selkirkii Pursh. Selkirk’s C/ 
Violet. (Fig. 2496.) 
Viola Selkirkii Pursh; Goldie, Edinb. Phil. Journ. 
6: 324. 1822. 
Glabrous or nearly so, dark green, the leaves 
and scapes erect or ascending from a slender or 
almost filiform creeping or horizontal rootstock. 
Flowering scapes 114/-4’ high; petioles longer 
than the blades; bladesthin, '%/—2’ wide, broad- 
ly ovate to nearly orbicular, deeply cordate, cre- 
nate, the apex short-acute or obtuse, the basal 
auricles rounded, often overlapping, the upper 
surface sparingly beset with short hairs near the 
margin; sepals lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 
acute or acutish; spur 214’/-4’’ long, obtuse; 
petals pale violet, beardless; capsules 2//—3// 
long, those from the late cleistogamous flowers 
on apparently ascending peduncles. 
In woods, preferring moist soil, Nova Scotia to 
Minnesota, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Alsoin northern Europe and Asia. April-May. 
14. Viola blanda Willd. Sweet White Violet. (Fig. 2497.) 
Viola blanda Willd. Hort. Berol. ~/. 24. 1806. 
Acaulescent, glabrous or slightly pubes- 
cent. Rootstock very slender. Flower- 
ing scapes 1/-6’ high, often longer than 
the leaves; petioles slender, mostly longer 
than the blades; blades broadly ovate, 
orbicular, or some of them reniform, thin, 
14/-214/ wide, crenate, cordate, the apex 
obtuse or rounded; sepals lanceolate, 
acute or acuminate; flowers fragrant, 
white, 3/’-6’’ broad; sepals lanceolate; 
lower and lateral petals purple-veined, 
beardless or nearly so; capsules oval. 
In swamps and wet meadows, rarely in dry 
situations, Newfoundland to British Colum- 
bia, North Carolina and California. Stolons 
slender, usually sparingly developed, the 
apetalous flowers usually few. April-May. 
Viola blanda amoéna (LeConte) B.S.P. Prel. 
Cat. N. Y.6. 1888. 
Viola amoena LeConte, Ann. Lyc. N. Y. 2: 
144. 1825. 
Seal ee Viola blanda var. palustriformis A. Gray, 
> Bot. Gaz. 11: 255. 1886 
Leaves larger, usually with scattered hairs on the upper surface, at least when young, ovate; 
petioles flecked with red, usually longer. In wet woods, 1n hilly or mountainous districts. 
