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4. L. maritima, Leggett. Bracnu Pin-weep. Shrubby, especially at 
base from which spring many hairy shoots with oval leaves. Stem leaves 
linear, blunt at the ends. Flowers much crowded, petals reddish; the 
outer sepals shorter than the inner. Sea-shore and pine barrens. July- 
August. 
5. L. tenuifolia, Michx. Narrow-LEAvep PIN-weep, Slender, 4 to 10 
in. high. Growing in dense tufts. Branches spreading. Leaves linear, 
as are those of the basal shoots. Outer sepals equalling the inner. Petals 
red or purple. Dry soil, eastern Mass., and westward. July-Aug. 
6. L. Leggettii, Britt. and Hol. Lerccrrr’s Pin-weep. Resembles 
the last but is higher; 1 to 2 ft. high. Outer sepals nearly equalling the 
inner. Long Island, westward and southward. July-Aug. 
7. L. intermedia, Leggett. (Fig. 7, pl. 97.) Larcr-poppEp PIN- 
WEED. Plant, 1 to 2 ft. high. Leaves elliptic, smooth but basal shoots 
hairy. Basal leaves oval. Outer and inner sepals about equal. Dry 
places throughout most of our area. Aug. 
8. L. juniperina, Bicknell. (Fig. 9. pl. 97.) Maine PIN-WEEp. 
Growing in tufts, 4 to 2 ft. high. Very leafy, the leaves more or less in 
whorls, the mid-vein with very short hairs which give to the plant a 
grayish-hoary appearance. All branches short and so nearly erect that 
the outline of the plant is slender. Coast of Maine. July-Sept. 
9. L. stricta, Leggett. Busny PIN-wrerp. Very slender and straight, 
densely branched, the branches nearly erect, covered with a fine, thin 
down. Inflorescence spine-like. Open places, western New York, and 
southward. July-Aug. 
Famity IV.—VIOLACEAE. Vuiotet FAaminy 
Herbs or shrubs, with mostly irregular flowers often of two 
kinds, first those which open and are showy, second, those which 
do not open, but are usually hidden beneath dead leaves or even 
by the soft soil. These last are known as cleistogamous. They are 
not fertilized by insects yet bear an abundance of seeds. The 
leaves are furnished with stipules, are all basal or, when on a stem, 
alternate. Petals 5, the lowest the largest; sepals 5, the latter 
nearly equal. Ovary of 1 cell with many seeds, the capsule splits 
into 3 wedge-like valves at maturity. 
1. VIOLA, L. 
Small herbs. Leaves all from the base or alternate on a stem, stipulate. 
Flowers of two kinds. The closed form is known as cleistogamous. These 
pollinate themselves, being furnished with abundance of pollen. The 
larger lower petal of the open flower is spurred as are the 2 lower of the 
5 stamens, Sepals not united, each free from the others. 
§. Leaves and flowers all arising from the rootstock 
Flowers blue. 
Leaves heart-shaped or rounded, not deeply incised or parted. 
Leaves and stems hairy. 
Leaves spreading on the ground ... . . . FK; villosa: 
[eaves erect: Mechs Wise ote ems o V. sororia 
