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5. V. ovata Nutt. : leaves oblong-ovate, rather acute, subcordate, 

 crenate, often lacerately toothed at base, decurrent on the petiole, 

 pubescent on both sides ; stipules broad-lanceolate, ciliate ; sepals 

 oblong-lanceolate ; petals obovate, entire ; lateral ones densely bearded. 

 V. primula/oliu Pursh. V. ciliata Muhl. 



HAB. Dry hills. Can. and N. S. April, May. 2^. Whole 

 plant pubescent. Leaves much narrower and more downy than 

 in C. cucullata. Flowers larger than those of V. primultEfolia. 



6. ' V. villosa Walt. : leaves reniform-cordate or reniform, obtuse, 

 crenate, flat, very pubescent ; sepals oblong, auriculate at base ; later- 

 al and lower petals bearded ; stigma deflexed ; capsule, smoothish. 

 I ". barbata Muhl. 



b. cordifolia Nutt. : leaves smooth beneath, rather acute ; sepals 

 narrow, short, smooth and scarcely produced at base. V. cor- 

 difolia Schw. 



HAB. Rocky hills. Penn. to Car. May. If. Leaves rather 

 thick, mostly incumbent on the ground, often purplish on the 

 under side. Scape longer than the leaves. 



tt Flowers yellow. 



7. V. rotundifolia Mich. : leaves broad-ovate or orbicular, cordate, 

 with the sinus at length closed, slightly crenate, smooth beneath ; 

 stipules lanceolate-subulate ; sepals oblong, narrow, obtuse ; lateral 

 petals bearded ; lower ones smaller, smooth ; spur very short ; stigma 

 recurved. 



HAB. Rocky woods. Can. to Car. May. If. Flowers yellow, 

 middle-sized. Distinct from V. clandestinaofPuTsh. , 



ttt Flowers somewhat regular, small, ichite. 



8. V. lanceolfita Linn. : leaves very smooth, narrow lanceolate, at- 

 tenuated at each end, sub-serrate ; sepals lanceolate, acute, smooth ; 

 petals beardless, nearly equal ; spur very short ; stigma recurved, 

 rostrate. 



HAB. Swamps. Can. to Car. W. to Lake Huron. April, May. 

 L(. Scape nearly as long as the leaves. Flowers small, white, 

 inodorous. The long narrow leaves will sufficiently distinguish 

 this species. One of the finest localities that I have met with, 

 is a swamp about a mile west of Albany. 



9. V. a'cuta Eig. : leaves ovate, smooth, crenate, rather obtuse ; sti- 

 pules linear- subulate ; scape angular ; bracts nearly as long as the pe- 

 tals ; sepals lanceolate, acute, smooth ; petals ovate, acute, mostly 

 smooth, lower ones veined ; stigma capitate, rostrate. 



HAB. Moist grounds. Cambridge, Mass. Big. 2J.. A small 

 species. Distinguished by its even and always acute petals and 

 by its long linear bracts. 



10. V. primulcEfolia Linn. : leaves smooth, oblong ovate or lanceolate, 

 subcordate, rather obtuse, sparingly crenate ; nerves beneath and scape 

 somewhat pubescent ; sepals lanceolate ; petals obtuse ; the two lat- 

 eral ones a little bearded and striate ; stigma capitate, rostrate. 



