263 264 



bicular to oblong-ovate, barely subcor- Sta 4-7 or rarely more, hypogynous- 



date, rarely lower ones more deeply cor- aiith 2- celled, longitudinally dehiscent 1 " 



date: pet %-& i long:; spur com al- Ova 1-celled, with 2-4 parietal plac- 



most as long as pet, either a little entae; sty 2l4-cleft into filiform divis- 



Mo r nt A?" AlT d r Straight ' Colo; ^ns: Capsule invested by the persTs?- 



Parishr'EtyThea3:61.-SanBermtsat wkic^ar^t^H ^ al ff* er funiculi 



5,000-7,400 ft. . S* vaivJS attached to the margin of 



Type localitv: "west coast of North 



America." Genus FRANKEMA Linnaeus. 



Viola adunca Smith, in Rees, cycl Characters of the family 



xxxvii (1819). FRANKENIA GRANDIFOLIA. 



VIOLA CUCULLATA Ait. St much branched from a somewhat 



Rt-stock thick and branching, not woody base, more or less erect slender 



producing runners: Ivs long-petioled, 1-3 dm high, glabrous or soft-pubes- 



smooth or more or less pubescent, cor- cen t, very Ify: Ivs obovate to narrowly 



date with a broad sinus, the lowest oblanceolate, revolute 6-12 mm 



often reniform and the later acute or fll]11 . PY i n ^a a i 



acuminate, crenately toothed, the sides tSrrt&rSF ti IH ? S> stron ^y 



rolled inward when young: peduncles J" 1 ro r w e , d ,' ^e 1< pbes short, acute; pet 



3-6 i hi: fls deep or pale vio or p fem ' r > the blade 2 mm long- ^r more, 



(spmetimes w) : pet 0-8 li long, the eros e at the summit, appendages of 



lateral and often the lower ones beard- the claw blfid : sta 4 -7; sty 3-cleft; cap- 



ed; spur short and thick. Atlantic sule shorter than the ex, linear, angu- 



states. lar ; sds num. 



Cockerell w 5:6. Abrams, Fl LA 252. Common in sa- 



SBer (Parish 484). line marshes. Flowering all -summer. 



VIOLA PRAEMORSA Douglas. Cham & Schlecht, Linnaea 1:35 (1826). 



More or less pubescent with short Type locality: "in sabulosis Novae 



spreading hairs: the sts ascending from Calif orniae ad portum St. Francisci." 



a straight rt-stock, 2-6 i hi: Ivs ovate Variety CAMPESTRIS A. Gray. 



to lanceolate. cuneate or sometimes 



VT?.AISTVPTJTA TATIUTVDT 



truncate at base, obtuse, %-!% i long, A glenriersh rnb I f f hi~h nr- !* 



coarsely crenate: stipules foliaceous, th A fc ft high or less, 



lanceolate, laciniate: peduncles a little t ^ num fascicled Ivs only 1-2 li long, 



longer than Ivs: sep linear acuminate: th }$* and strongly revolute, canescent 



pet 4-6" long, as in V. pedunculata, but Wltn a w encrustation: ex I.y 2 li long: 



lighter y: cap nearly globular, 3 li P et linear, a little exserted: sta 4: sty 



long, pubescent. bifid: capsule 2-seeded. 



Cajon Pass, SBer Co! Hanson's ranch, Watson, Am ac pr 11:124. 



Baja! Mendocino Co. SBer mts (Parish Type locality: eastern side of Baja 



841). California. 



Douglas in hb, Lindl, Bot Reg xiv, t National City, Cal (Or 33). 



12 T 4 vp ( e 18 locality: "in drv upland soils, CARYOPHYLLACEAE 



under the shade of solitary pine-trees, , P^k Family. Am or per herbs, rare- 



on the banks of the Columbia, and the ly woo ?7 a * base . with nodose sts and 



plains of the river Aguilar in Califor- PP entire Ivs: fls regular, perfect, or 



nia rarely . unisexual by abortion: Sep 4-5, 



Viola aurea Kell. Leaves ovate or nar- united in . to a tub e or distinct: pet as 



nower crenate many or 0, often emarginate-toothed or 



Anni A PTTPPTTT?T?A T^oiino-o- deeply bifid: sta usually as many as 



^ P s U ^c BA pr K lf 6 S *- ft' " d c ^ e S' h ^ b fl a 1 se SO a m n e tiJ I r 



to E V?ola S ^?r S r 1:20 ' referS th ' S :Vtf "r^eVcr unHecTbeVw; 



Variety PINF.TORUM Greene, Fl Pr ' ree ' 1-celled or imperfectly 2-5- 



43 (1891) celled at base; placenta axial; ovules 



Viola pinetorum Greene, Pittonia 2:14 usually num: fr a many-seeded capsule, 



(1889)' 3'4 (1896) opening by 2-5 entire or bifid valves, or 



Robinson, Syn Fl 1:200, refers this 1-seeded and indehiscent: Embryo 



to Viola praemorsa var. venosa Gray, straight or curved; endosperm present. 



VIOLA CHRYSANTHA Hook. Genus SILENA Linnaeus. 



Leaves pinnatifld: fls orange-y, brown Oatch-fly: Ann or per herbs with 



on back. clustered or solitary sts and bright r or 



FRANKENIACEAE. usually w fls: Cx more or less inflated, 



Low per herbs or undershrubs with tubular, ovoid or campanulate, 5- 



opp entire exstipulate Ivs, sessile and toothed or 5-cleft, 10-many-nerved; pet 



often united at the membranous and 5, narrow, clawed: Sta 10, sty 3, rarely 



somewhat sheathing base: Fls sm, per- 4-5; ovary 1-celled or incompletely 2-4- 



fect, solitary and sesile in the axils of celled: Capsule dehiscent by 6 or rarely 



the branches and branchlets: Cx tubu- 3 apical teeth: Sds usually spiny or 



lar or prismatic, furrowed, its lobes 4-5, tubercled. 



valvate: Pet as many as ex-lobes, hy- SILENA CONOIDEA L. 



pogynous, narrowed to & claw which Davidson, Erythea 1:58. Monica, 



bears an appendage on its inner face: Brandegee, Zoe 1:113 Cat. 



