288 COXXECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [BuU. 



sor (Bissell), Southington (Andrews), Waterbury (A. E. 

 Blewitt), Oxford (Harger), Bridgeport (Miss A. E. Carpen- 

 ter). April — May. Adventive from Europe. 

 The herb and the flowers are medicinal. 



Viola pubescens Ait. (downy). 

 Downy Yellow Violet. 



Occasional or frequent. Rich woods. May — June. 



Viola scabriuscula Schwein. (slightly rough). 



Viola pubescens Alt., var. scabriuscula Torr. & Gray. 

 Smooth Yellow Violet. 



Rare or occasional. Rich woods usually in moist soil. 

 Late April — May. 



Viola canadensis L. 



Canada Violet. 



Rare. Rocky woods in moist rich soil : New Haven, 

 station now obliterated (H. W. Bailey), Guilford (W. R. 

 Dudley), Torrington (Miss B. A. Parker), Colebrook (H. 

 C. Beardslee) . May — July. 



Viola conspersa Reichenb. (sprinkled). 

 Viola canina L., var. Muhlenbergii Gray. 

 Viola labradorica of recent American authors, not Schrank. 

 Viola Muhlenbergii Torr. 

 Dog Violet. 



Frequent. Moist or dry woods and fields. May — June. 



Viola rostrata Pursh (beaked). 

 Long-spurred Violet. 



Rich woods. Guilford (G. H. Bartlett), Meriden (D. C. 

 Eaton), Wilton (G. P. Ells) ; becoming occasional northward 

 in western Connecticut. May. 



Viola tricolor L. (three-color). 



Heart's-ease. Johnny-jump-up. Pansy. 



Rare or occasional. An escape about old gardens. May 

 — July. Introduced from Europe. 



One of the oldest of garden flowers, of which the modern 

 Pansy is an improved form. 



Viola arvensis IMurr. (of cultivated land). 

 Field or Wild Pansy. 



