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Viola. VIOLACE^. W 



Wet meadows ; common in the valley of the Hudson, and in the northern parts of the 

 State, but rare ii^ the western counties. April - May ; sometimes flowering again in the 

 autumn. This and the preceding species are very nearly related. Hooker suspects that they 

 pass into each other. 



♦* CaiiXescent : sligma convex, not margined. 



10. Viola striata. Ait. (Plate VIII.) Striated Violet. 



Nearly smooth ; stem angular, oblique, branching ; leaves roundish-cordate or somewhat 

 ovate, serrate, upper ones somewhat acuminate ; stipules oblong-lanceolate, dentate-ciliate ; 

 stigma tubular, recurved, pubescent at the summit; spur rather long. — Ait. Kew. {ed. 1.) 3. 

 p. 291 ; Pursh,fl. I. p. 174 ; Nutt. gen. 1. p. 150 ; Ell. sk. l.p. 301 ; DC. prodr. I. p. 297; 

 Le Conte, I. c. ; Torr. ^ Gr. fl. N. Am. 1. p. 139. V. ochroleuca, Schwein. I. c. ; Torr. 

 fi. 1. p. 255 ; Hook. jl. Bor.-Am. l.p. 77 ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 146. V. repens, Schwein. 

 I. c. V. Lewisiana, DC. I. c. V. debilis, Michx. fl. I. p. 150? 



Plant 6-10 inches high. Leaves about an inch and a half wide, crenately serrate, slightly 

 pubescent above and on the veins underneath. Stipules large. Peduncles usually rather 

 longer than the leaves. Flowers large, pale yellow or cream-color ; the lateral petals con- 

 spicuously bearded ; the lowest one striate with purple. 



Wet meadows ; western part of the State ; rare. April - May. 



11. Viola Muhlenbergii, Torr. Muhlenberg's Violet. 



Plant smooth, or nearly so ; stem assurgent or somewhat prostrate; leaves reniform-cordate, 

 the upper ones a little acuminate, crenately serrate ; stipules lanceolate, deeply serrate-ciliate ; 

 stigma tubular, papillose-pubescent ; spur about one-third the length of the petal ; the two 

 lateral petals somewhat bearded. — Torr. fl. I. p. 256 ; Torr. <^ Gr. fl. N. Am. 1. p. 140. 

 V. Muhlenbergiana, Ging. in DC. prodr. l.p. 297; Le Conte, I. c. ; Hook.fl. Bar.- Am. 1. 

 p. 78; Darling, fl. Cest. p. 146. V. asarifolia awci uliginosa, Muhl. cat. p. 25. V, debilis, 

 Pursh, fl. l.p. 174 (excl. syn.). V. punctata and uliginosa, Schwein. I. c. 



Stem 4-8 inches long, branched from the base, at first erect, but at length decumbent 

 and geniculate. Leaves about an inch in diameter, sometimes a little pubescent on the under 

 surface. Peduncles usually longer than the leaves. Flower middle-sized, pale purplish blue. 

 Spur sometimes nearly half the length of the petal, tapering. Style somewhat dilated in the 

 middle. Stigma with a conspicuous orifice, hairy-papillose on one side. 



Wet meadows and swamps. May - June. Nearly allied to V. canina of Europe. 



12. Viola rostrata, Pursh. Long-spurred Violet. 



Smooth ; stems numerous, assurgent ; leaves cordate , the upper ones acute, serrate ; 

 stipules lanceolate, serrate-ciliate ; stigma tubular, very slender, erect, naked ; petals beard- 

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