74 w1/r, Schweinitz on the Genus T^iola 



24, Species. Y. puhescens. Alton et Linn. 



JVilIdeno7Vi p- ll66.n. 19. MicIiauXjp^ li9. pcnn^^hanivcfr 



Persoon, p. 255. n- 22. 



p. 255^ n. 23. pcnnsr/hajiica appears not to differ. 



^XuttaH, p. 150. n. 15. MuhL Cat. n. 16, by specimens. 



Pumchj p. 174. n* 18- ^A'etc For A", Cat. n. 11. 



V. cauhscens^ tota villosa pubescens. Caulibus subtere- 

 tibus, sin-»plicibu«, erectis, villosis, apice tantiim foliosis ; 

 subangulosis. 



Foliis lato-cordatis magnis, eroso-dentatis, pltis minusve 

 longe acuminatis, utrinque pilosis, villosis, canescentibus, 

 nervis prorainulosis; breviuscule petiolatis. Pctiolis canal- 

 iculatis in folia dilatatis. Slipulis axillaribus marcidis, ova- 

 tjs, villosis, subserrati? mediocribus. 



Florihus majusculis, luteis; in pedunculis axillaribns, 



brevioribus foliis, villosis, versus apiceni incurvis, stipulatis. 

 Peialis lateralibiis albo-barbatis ; infimo purpureo-striato 



(ut etiam lateralia;) superioribus minoribus, unicoloribus. 

 Nectario abrupte inflexo acuuiinato. Calycls lacinlis gla- 

 bris aut villosis, ovato-lanceolatis, subobtusls. Stigmale 

 globose, utrinque pubescent. 



Capsulis glabris (Mtffall; etiam villosis.) 



Radice fasciculosa. 



Stipulis in nuda parte caulis inferne, ovatis integris ob- 



tu^is* 



I scarcely know what to think of this species, so extreme- 

 ly different from the next in several momentous particulars; 

 and yet apparently united by Nuttall therewith. Thep^i- 

 bescens or pennsylvanica never is met with here, although I 

 have frequently found it in the northern stales myself, and 

 am possessed of numerous good specimens — while the next 

 Is very common. Yet h is clear that the specific distinc- 

 tion cannot be rested on the smooth or villous capsule. I 

 possess specimens of undoubted puhesccns with perfectly 

 smooth, and others with closely villous capsules, I must 

 therefore conclude that the var 13 eriocarpou of Nuttall is 

 not my eriocarpa as I at first supposed, but really a variety 

 of pubescens; and that my next species does not occur in 

 Pennsylvania; although I confess I do not feel perfectly 

 satisfied upon the subject, and hope to be able to investi- 

 gate it further. What I exclusively Cdll pubescens is always 

 remarkably pubescent, entirely erect, with \"ery broad cor- 



