142 WILD FLOWER FAMILIES 



common species in most localities within these 

 boundaries. It is more likely to be found along 

 hillsides or in comparatively dry fields than in 

 marshes and meadows. It has none of the closed 

 flowers that so many of the Violets bear. 



WHITE VIOLETS 

 Two or three spe- 

 cies of stemless 

 white Violets are 

 widely distributed 

 in the United 

 States. The Sweet 

 White Violet is 

 a moisture-loving 

 sort, occurring es- 

 pecially in wet 

 meadows, or 

 along brooks, or 

 in swamps. It is 

 abundant over a 

 very wide range, 

 the limits eastward 

 being Newfound- 



LANCB-LEAVKD VIOLET J^J ^ North 



Carolina and westward British Columbia and 

 California. The stems and the heart-shaped or 

 kidney-shaped leaves are generally smooth and 

 shiny, a fact which distinguishes this species 

 from the Kidney-leaved Violet, the stems and 



