68 M^' Schiothiitz on the Genue Viola, 



mark, that that bears )^eIlow flowers- Besides the de- 

 scription of both authors contains none of the characteris- 

 tics of ours. 



V. caulescens ; caule breviusculo, tenui, stolonifero, pau- 

 cifohoso, simplici, subuuifloro. Stipalis radicalibus et ad 

 basin caulis, hneari-lanceolatis cihatisj axillarlbus longissi- 

 mis lineari-acuniinatis, 



FoUis radlcahbus caesphosisjCauHnis suboppositis; omni- 

 bus longe petiolatis, exacte cordatis, obtusiuscuhs, parvis, 

 crenatis; pagina superiori punctis glandulosis elevatis tec- 

 tis, iaferiori iiupressis; ceterum venosis, substantia crassius- 

 cula, pagina superiori vix perceptibiJiter hirtis^ subtus gla- 

 bris. Petiolis glabris. 



Florihus niajuscu]i&, coeruleis, in peduncido longiusculo, 

 solitario, anguloso ; stipuHs binis oppositis lanceolatis ver- 

 sus apicera sitis- Fetalis rotundatis majuscuHs; laterahbus 

 tenuissime albo-barbatis- Nectario longiusculo, recurvo, 

 rostro recurvo terminato. Calycis laciniis lanceolatis, a- 

 cuminatis, glabrisj postice rotundatis productis. 



Cavlis infra caespitem foliorum incrassatus, mradicem Ion- 

 gain abiens. Capsula deest. 



The horn of the lower petal or nectarium is highly re- 

 markable, terminating by a bend upwards in a short recur- 

 ved rostrum. The leaves have some resemblance to those 

 of Pyrolauniflora and differ from all other Violae by their 

 glandular punctures. In all ray specimens, there is but one 

 flower to the stalk, and that considerably elevated above 

 the leav^es by a long peduncle. I received this interesting 

 species, among a considerable collection of Labrador plants, 

 from my revered friend, R, Rev. C G. Hueffel now of 

 Bethlehem. 

 ' 17. Species. V. canadensis. Alton and Linn. 



midenozv p. 1166 n. 17. Nuttall p. ISO n. 11, 



Persoo7i Syn. p. 254 n, 20, Muhl.C^un. 15 by specimens. 



Pursch p. 174. n. 14. Michaux p. 150. 



Elliott p. SOL n. XL NewYorkQdX. n. 9. 



V. caulescens J Cauh ahissimo erecto subsimplici, nudi- 

 uscvdo i. e. apice foliosiori, tereti, glabro. 



Foliis alternis in axilHs floriferis, cordatis, basi latissiraa, 

 longe acuminatis, dentatis serratis, subtus palHdis, glabris, 

 in pagina superiori plUs raris adspersis, luteo-vu'idibus, qu- 

 asi an^ulo recto e petiolis refiexis, nervosi?, magnis, tenui- 



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