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Leaves broadly ovate or orbicular, cordate, obtuse 



23 V pal lent 



Leaves oblong to ovate, the bate sightly cordate t<i ta|iennK 



24 V |i r i in u 1 1 f 1 1 1 1 a 

 Leaves lanceolate t,, elliptical . .-< V lanceolata 



a Leafy-stemmed; the flowers axillary 



Style capitate, beakless. bearded near the summit, spur short; ttipules nearly entire. 



soon scarious 

 Petals yellow 



Sparingly puliescent ; root-leaves usually one to three jf. V e r i o c a r p a 



Markedly pubescent ; root-leaves usually wanting 27 V p u b e s c e n s 



Inner face of the petals white with yellow base, outer face usually violet, leaves 



usually broadly ovate, acuminate, subglabrous 28 V r . c a n a d e n s i s 



Style not capitate; spur long; stipules bristly toothed, herbaceous 



Spur 2 to 4 lines long; lateral petals bearded; styles bent at tip. with short beard 

 Petals white or cream-colored . 29 V. s t r i a t a 



Petals violet-blue 



Herbage glabrous or nearly so; leaves orbicular or sul>rl>irular 



Stipules ovate-lanceolate, bristly serrate; leaves often i) inches 



wide.. jo V cons per sa 



Stipules linear, entire except at base; leaves not over three-fourths 



of an inch wide; alpine <i V labradorica 



Herbage puberulent; stems ascending; blades mostly ovate 



32 V. ad u nca 

 Spur 4 to 6 lines long, lateral petals U-anlless; style straight and smooth 



33 V. rostrata 



Style much enlarged upward into a globose, hollow summit; stipules large, leaflike. 

 pectinate at base; upper leaves and middle lobe of stipules entire or nearly to; dry 

 sandy places 34 V. rafinetquii 



Bird's-foot Violet 



Viola pednta Linnaeus 



PUt* in 



Leaves nearly smooth from a short, stout, erect rootstock. three- 

 divided, the lateral divisions pedately three to five-parted or cleft, the 



