Mr. Sckweinitz on the Genus Viola, 15 



date acumiaate yellowish leaves only at the summit, the 



caulis othervvis 



e 



p 



leaf proceeds, beside the stetn^ from the root. The curi- 

 ous and unusual shape of the nectary suddenly bent in- 

 wardly and pointed, forms the most striking feature of dif- 

 ference. I doubt whether this has been found in the south- 

 ern states. 



25. Species. V, eriocarpa. Nobis. 

 An Nuttall p. 150 n. 15. var. o( pubescens 9 

 I doubt the more that Nuttall's variety is my new spe- 

 cies, as he expressly remarks, that in that the stipules are 

 smaller, while the uncommon large size of the stipules in 

 mine, forms a prominent distinction of it from pubescens. 



And yet Mr* Torrey of New-York informs me that Mr. 

 Nuttall having seen a specimen of this among plants, I sent 

 to Mr. Torrey, doubted of its being distinct. I describe 

 mine thus. 



V, caulescens, scabriuscula. Caidlbus decumbcntibus, 

 demura assurgentlbus, difFusis, crassiusculis, angulosisjAexu- 

 osis, glabris, a radice ramosis, fuliosis. 



Foliis irae cordatis, venoso-nervosisj saepe renlformibus, 

 diffusis in petioUs longiuscuhs; margine dentatis saepe acu- 

 minatis. Pagina superior! opacis glabris, aut parum pilo- 

 siusculls; inferior! mngis lutescentibus pilosis in nervis pro- 

 minulis. Peliolis unilatere applanatis, pihs rigidis obsitis. 



Slqndls axillaribus magnis, latis, ovatis, obtusis, semiam- 

 plexicaulibus, non marcidis, sed viridibus, margine ciliatis* 



Floribus majusculis viridi-flavis, in pedunculis breviusculls 

 axillaribus, versus basin minutim stipulatis. Petalo infimo 

 nigro-striato ; binis lateralibus barba tenuissiraa adspersis, 

 striis paucioribus ; superioribus minoribus nudis. JsTtctaruf 

 brevi vix producto, obtuso. Calycis laciniis glabris, ciliatis 

 acuminafis. Sfigmate deciduo in stylo longo, globoso. 

 Mtrinque piljs ornato* 



Capsulis magois, ovatis, villo densissimo omnino tectis, 



canescentibus. 



Radict diffusa. 



This is common with us in newly cleared rich meadow 

 bottoms and spreads considerably. The other is more at- 

 tached to woods. Ours I never met with in any remarkable 

 degree hairy — and at first called it scahrwsciila from its ap- 

 pearance occasioned by the dispersed hair on the nerves 



