Vor. II.] VIOLET FAMILY. 451 
15. Viola renifolia A. Gray. Kidney-leaved Violet. (Fig. 2498.) 
Viola renifolia A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 8: 
288. 1870. 
Viola blanda var. renifolia A. Gray, Bot. 
Gaz. 11: 255. 1886 
Pubescent or villous all over, at least 
when young; rootstock slender, usually 
horizontal, sometimes 4’ long. Flowering 
scapes 2/-4’ high, about as long as the 
leaves; petioles slender; blades shorter 
than the petioles, reniform, wider than 
long, 1/-3’ wide when mature, or some of 
them orbicular or even broadly ovate, dis- 
tantly crenate with low teeth, rounded at 
the apex, deeply cordate at the base; sepals 
linear-oblong, acutish, about 2’’ long; 
petals white, mostly brownish veined, 3//— 
4” long, usually beardless; capsules oval- 
oblong, about 4’ long, those of the later 
cleistogamous flowers on apparently de- 
flexed peduncles. 
In woods, fields and thickets, Nova Scotia 
to New York and Minnesota. April-June. 
16. Viola primulaefolia |. Primrose- 
leaved Violet. (Fig. 2499.) 
Viola primulaefolia I, Sp. Pl. 934. 1753- 
Somewhat pubescent or sometimes glabrous, 
rootstock very slender. Flowering scapes 
2/-10’ high, often longer than the leaves; blades 
of the leaves ovate or oval, 1/-4’ long, 9//—2/ 
wide, usually decurrent into the long petioles, 
or truncate, or even subcordate at the base, 
crenate or nearly entire, mostly pubescent on 
the veins beneath; sepals lanceolate, acuminate; 
flowers similar to those of IV’. /anceolata, the 
white petals purple-veined, the lateral ones 
slightly bearded, or beardless; capsules oval, 
3//-5/ long, those from the numerous late cleis- 
togamous flowers short-peduncled, nodding. 
In open moist soil, New Brunswick to central 
New York, Florida and Louisiana, Produces long 
stolons late in the season, April-June. 
17. Viola lanceolata L. lLance-leaved 
Violet. (Fig. 2500.) 
Viola lanceolata ¥,. Sp. Pl. 934. 1753. 
Glabrous, usually profusely stoloniferous late 
in the season, the stolons rooting at the nodes and 
bearing apetalous flowers; rootstock slender. Flow- 
ering scapes 2/-6’ high, about equalling the longer 
leaves; leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, the 
blade 14/-5/ long, 2’’-9’’ wide, gradually tapering 
into the long petiole, obscurely crenate, acute, 
acutish or obtuse; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, 
2//-3’’ long; petals white, 3/’-4’’ long, beardless, 
the lower and lateral ones striped with purplish 
veins; capsules oval, 3/’-5’ long, those of the cleis- 
togamous flowers nodding on short erect or ascend- 
ing peduncles; flowers slightly fragrant. 
In moist meadows and along streams, Nova Scotia 
to Minnesota, Florida and Texas. April-June. 
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