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more or less arrow-head shaped, but heart shaped at the 

 base, where there are several deep notches, the rest of the 

 leaf almost toothless. Flowers violet purple. In moist places. 

 Mass. to Georgia, and westward. May. There are several 

 close relatives too difficult to separate here. 



580. Early Blue Violet. Viola palmata. Not unlike No. 

 579, but the leaf notches deeper, and extending farther up 

 the more triangular shaped hairy leaves. Flowers violet- 

 purple, %-i yi in. wide, and larger than in No. 579. In woods. 

 Mass. to Florida, and westward. May. Fig. 580. 



581. Yellow Violet. Viola eriocarpa. A leafy-stemmed, 

 smooth violet with yellow flowers. Basal leaves longer stalked 

 than the stem leaves, all of them heart-shaped, pointed, 

 faintly toothed. Flowers one or two together from the leaf 

 insertion on the stem. In woods. Nova Scotia to Georgia and 

 westward. May. Fig. 581. A hairy relative, V. puhcsccns, 

 is more common in the mountains. 



582. Canada Violet. Viola canadensis. A leafy-stemmed 

 violet from 8-16 in. long. Stem leaves stalked, heart-shaped 

 at the base, tapering to a pointed tip, toothed. Basal leaves 

 similar, but longer stalked. Flowers solitary from the leaf 

 joints, violet-white, tinged with yellow, often dark veined. 

 In woods, especially in the uplands. New Brunswick to So. 

 Carolina, and westward. June. Fig. 582. There are several 

 close relatives. Often replaced along the coast by V. con- 

 spcrsa, which has pale violet flowers raised above the leaves. 



