llola. VIOLACK.K. 57 



In tlio Coast Itaiigos from Snnta HnrlMira nml Fort 'I'l-jon to Mciiilocino ("o. : also in tlie Sierm 

 Nevada at an nltitudo of 5,000 to (5,000 feet ; Ynscniitc Valley {Jiolnnilr.r) ; alnivc «'ai-son City, 

 Aiidemnn, H'nisnn. The variety more alpine, at ftltitu<les of 8,000 to 10,500 Teet, from Mt. 

 Brewer to l>oiiiier Pass, and in the high mountains eastward to the Wahsatch. 



7. V. Nuttallii, Pursh. From dcMJsoly pubescent with spreading,' hairs to nearly 

 glabrous : stems aseeiulin^ from a strai^'lit rootstoek, usually low, often very short : 

 leaves oblong-ovate to oblong, attenuate into the long petiole, obtuse, 1 to 3 inches 

 long, entire or obscurely sinuate; stipules mcistly narrow, entire: jjedundes usually 

 shorter than the leaves : petals half an inch long, yellow, tinged more or less with 

 brown or purple: capsule ovate, smooth. — lIo(jk. Fl. i. LM), t. 7G ; 'J'orr. k Gray, 

 Fl. i. 141. v. prwrnnrsa, Dougl. ; LintU. liot. Reg. xv, t. TiOt. 



From ■Washington Territory and Oregon to the Saskatchewan and Colorado ; jjrobably to be 

 found in the northern or northeastern parts of tlio State. 



+- -•- Stems leafy prostrate stolons : leaves undivided : Jlowers yellow. 



8. V. sarmentosa, Dougl. Slightly ])ubescent : leavers rounded-cordate, reni- 

 form, or sometimes ovate, ^ to \\ inches broad, finely crenate, dark green above, 

 often rusty below, usually punctate with numerous dark dots : peduncles mostly 

 exceeding the leaves : flowers rather small, light yellow, — Hook. Fl. i. 80 ; Terr. & 

 Gray, Fl. i. 143. 



Near the sea, commonly in woods, from Monterey to British Columlua. At the north it ranges 

 farther inland. 



-(--»--»- Stems erect, tutked helow, or ncurhj so : Jlnivcrs yellow. 



+ + Leaves 7individed. 



9. V. glabella, Nutt. jMimitely pube.scent or glabrous : stems slender from a 

 creeping rootstoek, naked or sparingly leafy lielow, 5 to 12 inches high: radical 

 leaves on elongated petioles, tlie upper shortly petioled, reuiform-cordatc to cordate, 

 acute, crenately toothed or crenulate, 1 to 4 inches broad ; stii)ules usually small 

 and membranaceous, eiitire or serrulate : ilowers bright yellow, half an inch long : 

 petals more or le^s veined with purple, the lateral ones boarded : capsule ovate- 

 oblong, 3 to 6 lines long, abruptly beaked. — Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 142. V. Cana- 

 densis, var. Sitchensis, Bongard. V. hijlora, var. Sitchensis, Kegel. V. jmbesceiis, var. 

 srahrinscnta, (Jray, Manual, 70. 



In Rlindy jdneoH, Mendociiin Co. {liohtvihr) \ Mariposa Crovi' (Mrs. S. /'. Monkii) ; Sierrn Co. 

 (Lr.inmm\); northward to Alaska nml eastward across tlin conlincnl. 



++ -f+ Leaves usually lohed or parted. 



10. V. lobata, Benth. Finely pubescent or nearly glabrous : stems rather stout, 

 8 to 12 inches liigh, from an erect rootstoek: leaves glabrous above, cordate or 

 roniform in outline, 2 to 4 inches broad, the cauline shortly petioled, more or Ic-^s 

 deeply palmate into 5 to 9 narrowly oblong lobes, the centml lobe usually more 

 elongated ; some of the radical leaves occasionally less lobed, or entire and coarsely 

 toothed : stiptdes foliaceous, often large, toothed or entire : jK-tals G to 8 lines long, 

 yellow, the upper l)rownish purjde externally, the others veino.l or tinged, and the 

 lateral slightly l)earded : stigma bearde<l on e<ach side : capsule fi to G lines long, 

 acute. — PI. Hartw. 298; Torr. in Pacif. P. Pep. iv. 68. V. Sequoiensis, Kellogg, 

 Proc. Calif. Arad. ii. 185, tig. 55. 



Var. integrifolia, Watson. Leaves not at all lobed, coarsely toothed, acuminata. 



From Snn Oiego to Mt. .'^hnstn, most common in the central Sierra Nevada at 3,000 to 6,000 

 feel altitude, but not abundant even there; the variety in Sierra Co., I.nnwnn. Very vnriablrt 

 in its foliage and pubescence. As in the last Hpecie.s, the upper and later joints of the" stem are 

 short and tho leaves approximate. 



V. Hai,MI, (irny, I'roc. Am. Acad. viii. .377, from Oregon, is a similar but moro slender npocies; 

 glabrous; leaves ,1-pnrted, tho narrow sngnientH 1 - 3-lobed ; lower |M'tals yellow, the upper deep 

 violet ; stigma surrounded by hairs. 



