VIOLET FAMILY 143 



leaves of which are pubescent or hairy. The 

 latter is found in the Northern States. 



Another common and widely distributed white 

 violet is the Lance-leaved Violet. It occurs in 

 damp situations in a region whose limits are 

 Nova Scotia and Florida on the east and Minne- 

 sota and Texas on the west. It may be known 

 at once by its long, slender, lance-like leaves. 



The Primrose-leaved Violet differs from the 

 other white violets in its oval or ovate leaves. 

 It is a lover of moist situations more or less 

 exposed to sunshine. It is an eastern form, occur- 

 ring from " New Brunswick to Central New 

 York, Florida and Louisiana/' 



YELLOW VIOLETS. Only one species of stem- 

 less yellow violet commonly occurs in our flora: 

 this is the Round-leaved Violet. It is found in 

 open woods as well as on rocky hillsides from 

 Labrador to North Carolina, extending westward 

 to Minnesota. 



Passing now to the stemmed violets, in which 

 leaves and blossoms are borne on upright stems, 

 we find one common yellow sort the Hairy 

 or Downy Yellow Violet. This is a widely 

 distributed species with kidney-shaped leaves, and 

 having both leaves and stems thickly covered with 

 tiny hairs. This fact at once distinguishes it 

 from the Smoothish Yellow Violet which is a less 

 common sort. 



