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1. Viola L. VIOLET. 



Sepals unequal, appendiculate at base. Pet- 

 als unequal, the inferior longest and calcarate. 

 Stamens 5; anthers cohering into a tube, the 

 two inferior ones appendiculate at their base. 



1. V. ODORATA L. Stemless; petals violet. 

 7. Throckmorton Eanch. Spring. 



Sweet violet; probably escaped from culti- 

 vation. 



2. V. CANINA L. Stem leafy; spar as long 

 as the sepals; petals violet. 1C. Cemetery, 

 Saucelito. Spring. 



3. V. OCELLATA Torr. & Gray. Stem erect, 

 leafy. Leaves cordate; stipules small, sca- 

 rious; spur merely saccate; petals gradually 

 changing color from purple to white. 1. 

 Tamalpais. Santa Cruz Mountains. Summer. 



4. V. PEDUNCULATA Torr. & Gray. Stem 

 leafy, ascending; leaves rhombic; stipules nar- 

 rowly lanceolate, foliaceous; sepals lanceolate; 

 spur merely saccate; petals yellow, the out- 

 side tinged with purple. It- Common. 

 Spring. 



5. V. AUREA Kellogg. Stem leafy, ascend- 

 ing; leaves lanceolate: stipules lanceolate,folia- 

 ceous; sepals linear, acuminate; spur merely 

 saccate; petals yellow. 1C- Contra Costa 

 mountains. Summer. 



