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Leaves broadly ovale or orbicular, cordate, obtuse 



23 V. p a 1 1 e n s 



Leaves oblong to ovate, the base slightly cordate to tapering 



24 v. p r i m u 1 i f o li a 



Leaves lanceolate to elliptical 25 V. lanceolata 



2 Leafy-stemmed; the flowers axillary 



Style capitate, beakless, bearded near the summit, spur short; stipules nearly entire, 

 soon scarious 

 Petals yellow 



Sparingly pubescent; root-leaves usually one to three. . . 26 V. e r i o c a r p a 



Markedly pubescent; root-leaves usually wanting 27 V. pubescens 



Inner face of the petals white with yellow base, outer face usually violet; leaves 



usually broadly ovate, acuminate, subglabrous 28 V. canadensis 



Style not capitate; spur long; stipules bristly toothed, herbaceous 



Spur 2 to 4 lines long; lateral petals bearded; styles bent at tip, with short beard 



Petals white or cream-colored 29 V. striata 



Petals violet -blue 



Herbage glabrous or nearly so; leaves orbicular or suborbicular 



Stipules ovate-lanceolate, bristh' serrate; leaves often if inches 



wide 30 V. c o n s p e r s a 



Stipules linear, entire except at base; leaves not over three-fourths 



of an inch wide ; alpine 31 V. labradorica 



Herbage puberulent; stems ascending; blades mostly ovate 



32 V. adunca 



Spur 4 to 6 lines long, lateral petals beardless; style straight and smooth 



33 V. r o s t r a t a 



Style much enlarged upward into a globose, hollow summit; stipules large, leaflike, 



pectinate at base; upper leaves and middle lobe of stipules entire or nearly so; drj"- 



sandy places 34 V. r a f i n e s q u i i 



Bird's-foot Violet 



Viola paliitii LiniKietts 



Leaves nearly smootli from a short, stout, erect rootstock, three- 

 divided, the lateral divisions pedately three to five-parted or cleft, the 



