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452 VIOLACEAE. 
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1g. Viola hastata Michx. Halberd- 
leaved Yellow Violet. (Fig. 2502.) 
Viola hastata Michx. F1. Bor. Am. 2:149. 1803. 
Glabrous or nearly so, 5’-12’ high; stem 
simple, erect; rootstock long, creeping. 
Stem-leaves mainly near the summit, del- 
toid-lanceolate, hastate or rhombic-oyate, 
sometimes truncate at the base, 1/-314/ 
long, 14’-2/ wide; basal leaves (when pres- 
ent) more cordate or dilated at the base, 
larger, all irregularly dentate or repand; 
stipules small, ovate, acute, sparingly 
toothed; petals 3//-6’’ long, yellow, the 
lateral ones slightly bearded; sepals acute, 
linear-lanceolate, acute; spur very short; 
capsule glabrous, 4//-5/’ long. 
In woods, in mountainous or hilly districts, 
Pennsylvania to Ohio, south to Florida and 
Alabama. Ascends to 4500 ft. in Virginia. 
April-May. 
[Von. IL 
18. Viola Nuttallii Pursh. 
Nuttall’s Violet. (Fig. 2501.) 
V. Nuttallii Pursh, Fl.Am.Sept. 174. 1814. 
Somewhat pubescent, or nearly gla- 
brous; at first nearly acaulescent, later 
becoming tufted and with stems erect 
or ascending, 2’-5’ high; rootstocks 
thick. Blades of the leaves lanceolate 
or ovate-lanceolate, thickish, 1/-3/ 
long, 14’-1’ wide, irregularly crenate- 
dentate, or entire, tapering into mar- 
gined petioles 2’-6’ long; peduncles 
about equalling the leaves, or shorter; 
sepals lanceolate or linear, attenuate, 
3/’-6’’ long; petals yellow, 4//-8/’ 
long, slightly bearded, or beardless; 
stigma bearded, not beaked; capsule 
subglobose or oval, about 3’ long. 
On prairies, Manitoba to Montana, 
Kansas and Arizona. May. 
20. Viola pubéscens Ait. Hairy 
Yellow Violet. (Fig. 2503.) 
Viola pubescens Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 290. 1789. 
Villous or pubescent, stems usually solitary, 
simple, erect, mostly stout, naked below, 5’— 
20’ high. Basal leaves long-petioled, usually ° 
wanting at flowering time; uppermost peti- 
oles shorter than the blades; blades broadly 
ovate, ororbicular, or reniform, 1 %4/—5 14’ wide 
when mature, sometimes attenuate into the 
petiole, generally pointed, crenate-dentate; 
stipules ovate or ovate-lanceolate, entire, or 
slightly toothed; sepals oblong-lanccolate; 
petals bright yellow, 4/’’-6’” long, purple- 
veined; spur short; capsule white-tomentose 
or glabrous, oblong or oval, 5’/-8’’ long. 
In dry woods, Quebec to Minnesota and South 
Dakota, south to Georgia and Iowa. April- 
May. 
