A GUIDE TO THE WILD FLOWERS 



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Plants leafy-stemmed, the flowers from among the leaves 



Flowers yellow Yellow Violet no. 581 



Flowers violet-white Canada Violet no. 582 



571. Bird's-foot Violet. Viola pcdata. A stemless violet 

 with much divided leaves. Flowers with three lower petals 

 pale lilac-purple, the two upper ones dark violet, showy, and 

 usually overtopping the leaves. In dry places. Mass. to 

 Florida, and westward. May. Fig. 571. 



572. Yellow Violet. Viola rotundifolia. A stemless yellow 

 violet, very different from the yellow violet with a stem 

 (No. 581). Leaves oval or round, rather thick, shallowly 

 heart-shaped at the base, wavy-margined, but scarcely 

 toothed, about 3 in. wide, lying flat on the ground when old. 

 Flowers yeJlow, much overtopping the leaves. In cool woods. 

 Maine and Ontario, south along the mountains to Georgia. 

 May. Fig. 572. 



573- Water Violet. Viola lanceolata. A smooth stemless 

 violet with narrow lance-shaped leaves tai:)ering into a long 

 leaf-stalk. Flowers about the same height as the leaves, white, 

 but purple-veined. In moist places. Nova Scotia to Florida 

 and westward. May. Fig. 573. A related plant, V. primuli- 

 folia, has wider leaves, but similar flowers and is found along 

 the coast from Nova Scotia to Florida. 

 574. White Violet. Viola hlanda. A stemless, smooth violet 

 with roundish, pointed leaves, deeply heart-shaped at the base, 

 about 13^ in. wide. Flowers white. In cool or moist places. 

 Quebec to the mountains of Georgia, and westward. May. 

 Fig. 574. There are several close relatives, all white flowered, 



