VOL. II.] 



VIOLET FAMILY. 



451 



15. Viola renifolia A. Gray. 



Viola renifolia A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 8: 



288. 1870. 

 Viola blanda var. renifolia A. Gray, Bot. 



Gaz. ii : 255. 1886. 



Pubescent or villous all over, at least 

 when young; rootstock slender, usually 

 horizontal, sometimes 4' long. Flowering 

 scapes I'-Af high, about as long as the 

 leaves; petioles slender; blades shorter 

 than the petioles, reniform, wider than 

 long, i '-3' wide when mature, or some of 

 them orbicular or even broadly ovate, dis- 

 tantly crenate with low teeth, rounded at 

 the apex, deeply cordate at the base; sepals 

 linear-oblong, acutish, about "2" long; 

 petals white, mostly brownish veined, 3"- 

 4" long, usually beardless; capsules oval- 

 oblong, about 4" long, those of the later 

 cleistogamous flowers on apparently de- 

 flexed peduncles. 



In woods, fields and thickets, Nova Scotia 

 to New York and Minnesota. April-June. 



Kidney-leaved Violet. (Fig. 2498.) 



16. Viola primulaefolia L,. Primrose- 

 leaved Violet. (Fig. 2499.) 



Viola primulaefolia L. Sp. PI. 934. 1753. 



Somewhat pubescent or sometimes glabrous, 

 rootstock very slender. Flowering scapes 

 2 / -io / high, often longer than the leaves; blades 

 of the leaves ovate or oval, i / -4 / long, 9 // -2 / 

 wide, usually decnrrent into the long petioles, 

 or truncate, or even subcordate at the base, 

 crenate or nearly entire, mostly pubescent on 

 the veins beneath ; sepals lanceolate, acuminate; 

 flowers similar to those of V. lanceolata, the 

 white petals purple-veined, the lateral ones 

 slightly bearded, or beardless; capsules oval, 

 3 // ~5 // long, those from the numerous late cleis- 

 togamous flowers short -peduncled, nodding. 



In open moist soil, New Brunswick to central 

 New York, Florida and Louisiana. Produces long 

 stolons late in the season. April-June. 



17. Viola lanceolata L,. Lance-leaved 



Violet. (Fig. 2500.) 

 Viola lanceolata L. Sp. PI. 934. 1753. 



Glabrous, usually profusely stoloniferous late 

 in the season, the stolons rooting at the nodes and 

 bearing apetalous flowers; rootstock slender. Flow- 

 ering scapes 2'-6' high, about equalling the longer 

 leaves; leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, the 

 blade i>^ / -5 / long, 2 // ~9 // wide, gradually tapering 

 into the long petiole, obscurely crenate, acute, 

 acutish or obtuse; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, 

 2 //_ 3 // long; petals white, $"-$" long, beardless, 

 the lower and lateral ones striped with purplish 

 veins; capsules oval, $"-5" long, those of the cleis- 

 togamous flowers nodding on short erect or ascend- 

 ing peduncles; flowers slightly fragrant. 



In moist meadows and along streams, Nova Scotia 

 to Minnesota, Florida and Texas. April-June. 



