26 vioLACExS. (VIOLET FAMILY.) 



stigma, a one celled ovary, forming a capsule, which splits at maturity into three parts. 

 Represented only by the familiar genus 



1. VIOLA, L. 



Sepals unequal, auricled at the base. Petals unequal, lower one spurred. Anthera 

 nearly sessile, often coherent, the connectives of the two lower bearing spurs which are 

 inclosed by the spur of the petal. 



* Leaves undivided. 



HE- Flowers not yellow, or orange. 



1. V. canina, L., var. adunca, Gr. Flowers violet or purple. Low stems sending 

 out runners; leaves ovate, often somewhat cordate at the base, obscurely crenate; stipules 

 foliaceous, narrowly lanceolate, lacerately toothed; spur as long as the sepals, curved; 

 lateral petals bearded. 



Var. longipes, Wat. The obtuse spur straight. 



2. V. ocellata, Torr. & Gr. Stems nearly erect, 6 to 12 inches high; leaves cordate 

 to cordate-ovate, acutish, conspicuously crenate; stipules small, scarious; upper petals 

 white within, purple-brown without, the others pale-yellow veined with purple. 



Flowers yellow, tinged with purple. 



3. V. pedunculata, Torr. & Gr. Stems with a decumbent or procumbent base; 

 leaves rombic-cordate, with truncate or abruptly cuneate base, obtuse, coarsely crenate; 

 stipules foliaceous, narrowly lanceolate, entire or gashed; showy flowers on peduncles 

 exceeding the leaves; petals 6 to 9 lines long, the upper tinged with brown on the outside, 

 the others veined with deep purple; lateral petals bearded; capsule smooth. 



4. V. aurea, Kellogg. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, cuneate or sometimes truncate 

 at base, obtuse, coarsely crenate; stipules foliaceous, lanceolate, laciniate; peduncle but 

 little longer than the leaves; petals 4 to 6 lines long, as in the last, but lighter yellow; 

 capsule pubescent. 



5. V. Nuttallii, Pursh. Leaves oblong-ovate to oblong, attenuate into a long 

 petiole, entire, or obscurely sinuate; stipules entire; peduncles usually shorter than the 

 leaves. 



-I- -l- -I- Flowers yellow. 



6. V. sarmentosa, Dougl. Leaves rounded-cordate, reniform, or sometimes ovate, 

 finely crenate, usually punctate with dark dots. Flowers small. 



* * Leaves divided or lobed; flowers yellow, tinged with broicn-purple. 



7. V. lobata, Benth. Distinguished by its stout stems and large palmately 5 to 

 9-lobed leaves. Flowers large. 



8. V. chrysantha, Hook. Stems short; leaves bipmnatifid, with narrow seg< 

 ments. Flowers large, like V. pedunculata, but the lateral petals are not bearded. 



