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Mi\ Schweinitz on the Genus Viola^ 55 



purpureo-striato; in cavitate pistillacea, barba rara albaob- 

 sito. Binis lateralibus, intus ex albidis, striatis, barba rigi- 

 da alba parte superiori adnata. Binis superioribus, nee 

 striatis nee barbatis. Calycis laciniis ovato-lanceolatis, gla- 

 bris, venosis, brevioribus, margine ciliatis. St' gmate cizv^- 

 to-capitato, reciirvOj nee depresso, nee marginato. 



Scapk filiformibus, fpliis brevioribus, glabriusculis aut i^ 

 pib's raris. Stipidis binis alternis minutis lanceolatisj infra 

 medium sitis. 



C^psttAs glabrisj minoribus. 



Radice crassissima, corralb'na, obliqua, emittente fibres 

 longos et caespitibus foliosissimis densis tecta. 



I have more frequently found this species, without any 

 iobed leaves at all, than with them, both during inflores- 

 cence and afterwards J and it is then that it would resemble 

 cucullata so much, were it not for the constant pubescence, 

 which, in the petioles, is always apparent, even when it 

 nearly disappears in the leaves and scapes. Indeed, the 

 lobed or palmate interior leaves' are always scattered only, 

 and the great majority cordate, cucullate or reniform, grow- 

 ing in very dense and large tufts. AW have a tendency to 

 run down into the petiole, though not equally striking in all 

 specimens. The whole habit is very different from paima- 

 ^«; and as I have studied it in many specimens for several 

 years, I can aver with confidence, that no degeneration of 

 the one into the other takes place. I find this species 

 chiefly on cultivated grassy, steep hill sides and ou meadow 

 niargins. It begins to flower early in April and continues 

 3nto May. Not unfrequently tufts are met with of more 

 than one foot diameter. The oblique scaly root then often 

 exceeds an inch in thickness* This species is very often 

 found with flowers remarkably variegated, with white blotch- 

 es? in an irregular way. As observed, the constant pubes- 

 cence distinguishes it from cucullata: to point out the 

 ^^^nm characteristics that separate it from palraata I thus 

 contrast them : 



V. palmata, V, asarifoHa, 



FoL. rarifi mlegris ; plnr. palmai. null. = raris palmaL^lunm. cordato-cucul- 



cuculL . lalis 



Petiol. tenuioribus interd. glabris. == semiteretibiis validis semper pilosis 



Stipul. radic. lanceolatis iutegris. = saepe divisis, muito lon^aoribus. 



^CAPis longitudine foliorum. = brevioribus foliis 



^RTALo tJVFiMO omaino glabro. = barba raraobsJto. 



Stigmate depresso marginato. == globoso-immarginato. 



