46 ORDER 14. VIOLACE^E. 



Caulescent.- -d Petals yellow. Stems leafy at the top only Nog. 12. 13, 14 



d Petal B not quite yellow. e Stipules? entire No. 15 



e Stipules fringe-toothed No?. 10. 17. 18 



e Stip. lyrate-pinnatilid, very large.. Nos. 20-22 



1 V. rotundffolla MX. Fig. 50. Lvs. smooth, orbicular-ovate, cordate, with the 



shins closed ; petiole pubescent; sep. obtuse. Woods, N. E. to Tenn. Mar. May. 



2 V. lanccolata L. Lvs. smooth, lanceolate, tapering at base into the long petiole, 



obtusish, subcrenate. Wet meadows. Lvs. 3 5'. Rt. stock creeping. Fls. white. May. 



3 V. prim u la* folia. L. Lvs. lance-ovate, abruptly contracted at base and decurrcni, 



on the petiole ; pet. subequal, beardless. Damp soils, Mass. S. and W. White. Ap.May. 



I V. bliimla Willd. Lvs. cordate, roundish, slightly pubescent; petiole pubescent ; 



petals beardless. Meadows, Can. to Penn. Root creeping. Flowers fragrant. May. 



5 V. palustris L. Lvs. reniform-cordate; stip. broadly ovate; sep. ovate, obtuse, 



spur very short ; caps, oblong-triangular. White Mts. 3'. Pale blue. June. 



6 V. Selkirk!! Goldie. Lvs. orbicular-cordate, crenately serrate, the sinus deep and 



nearly closed ; spur nearly as long as the petals, thick, very obtuse. Hills, N. Y. to 

 Can. and Mich. 2'. Pale blue, with a large blunt spur. May. 



I V. pedata L. Rt. premorse ; Ivs. pedately 5 9-parted, segments linear-lanceolate, 



entire; stig. large, obtusely truncate, scarcely beaked; spur short, obtuse. Hilly 

 woods, 4 7'. Smooth and beautiful. Flowers large, violet-blue. April, May. 



/3. bt color. Upper petals violet, the lower pale blue and yellow. Mass, to Ga. 

 S V. delphinlfolia Nutt. Lvs. pedately 7 9-parted, with linear, 23 cleft seg 

 mentsall similar; stig. thick, distinctly beaked. 111. Iowa, Mo. Deep blue. Mar. Apr. 



9 V. cucullata Ait. Lvs. reniform-cordate, cucullate at base, acute, crenate : stip. 



linear; inferior and lateral petals bearded. Common everywhere. 3 12'. Known 

 by its broad hooded leaves and blue flowers. Varies much. April, May. 



p. palmata, Lvs. cordate, hastate-lobed, middle lobe largest. Fls. large. South, &c. 



y. ftfpfemloha. Lvs. concave at base, deeply 57 lobed, mid. lobe lance. South. 



1 V. villosa Walt. Lvs. roundish-ovate, cordate, obtuse, flat, pubescent, sinus nar- 

 row or closed ; pet. bearded ; stig. beaked. Woods, Pa. to Ga. ; com. 2 3'. Apr. 



II V. sa-rittiita Ait. Lvs. oblong-lanceolate, sagittate-cordate, subacute, often in- 

 cised at base, serrate-crenate ; pedicel longer than the leaves ; pet. densely bearded. 

 Dry hills. 35'. Lvs. varying to triangular-hastate. April June. 



)3. otata. Lvs. ovate, incised and decurrent at base. N. J., southward. 

 12 V. liastAta MX. Smooth; st. simple, erect, leafy above; Ivs. deltoid-lanceolate 

 or hastate, acute, dentate ; stip. ovate, minute, ciliate-dentate ; lower pet. dilated, 

 obscurely 3-lobed ; spur very short. Fla. to Tenn. 6 10 / . April, May. 

 13V. trlpartita Ell. Hairy. St. simple, erect, leafy above ; Ivs. deeply 3-parted, 



lobes lanceolate, dentate ; stip. lanceolate. Upper Ga. If. Yellow. 

 14V. pubeseens Ait. Villous-pubescent ; st. erect, naked below ; Ivs. broad-cor- 

 date, toothed ; stip. ovate, large, subdentate. Dry woods. 5 20'. May, June. 

 /3. ertocttrpa. Tall, pubescent ; pods woolly. Westward. 

 7. gcabrivscula. Some scabrous ; sts. decumbent, branched at base. Ct. to Ky. 



15 V. Canadensis L. Smooth; Ivs. cordate, acuminate, serrate; ped. shorter than 

 the leaves ; stip. short, entire. Woods. 812'. Leafy all the way. Flowers large, 

 enbregular, white or light blue. Summer. 



16 V. striata Ait. Smooth, nearly (rect; IVP. roundish-ovate, cordate, crenate-ser- 

 rate ; stip. large, ciliate-dentate, oblong-lanceolate ; spur one-fourth as long as the 

 corolla. Wet grounds. 612'. St. semi-terete. Flowers cream-white. 



I 7 V. Mulilenbergi! Torr. St. weak, assurgent ; Ivs. reniform-cordate, upper ones 

 rather acuminate ; stip. lanceolate, somewhat fimbriate ; spur half as long as the 

 corolla, obtuse. Swamps. 6 8'. Pale purple. May. 



IS V. ro strata L. Smooth; st. terete, diffuse, erect ; Ivs. cordate, roundish, serrate, 

 upper ones acute ; stip. lanceolate, deeply fringed ; petals bearded ; spi longer thau 

 the corolla Moist woods. Can. to Kv. ft S 7 . Pale blue. May. Often beardless. 



