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let in which the petals are not bearded at the 

 base — the Bird's-foot Violet. The leaves are 

 divided into many narrow lobes which give a 

 resemblance to a bird's foot, whence the English 

 name as well as the Latin one — Viola pedata. 

 This species is so characteristic that it will be at 



Photograph by A.M. V err ill 



bird's-foot violet 



once recognized from the picture. The only 

 sorts with which it is likely to be confused are 

 the Coast Violet of the East and the Prairie Violet 

 of the West, but these are both bearded species 

 and are easily distinguished. The Bird's-foot 

 Violet is distributed from Maine to Florida, and 

 Minnesota to Missouri, but it is by no means a 



