OKDEB 13. VIOLETS. 1C 



style 1, will a one-sided stigma; capsule 1-celled, 3-valved; 

 seeds many, with the embryo nearly as long as the albumen. 



Analysis of the Genera. 



Sepals unequal, with ear-bhaped lobes at base. VIOLA. 



Sepals nearly equal, not appendaged at base. Green Pwlet. SO'LKA. 



1. VPOLA. Violet. 



Sepals 5, prolonged at base into two auriculate 

 lobes. Petals more or less unequal, the largest 

 one spurred at base, the 2 opposite ones at the 

 sides equal, the 2 upper ones all equal. Stamens 

 cohering by their anthers, 2 of them spurred at 

 base. Seeds attached to the valves of the capsule. 

 U Low herbs, caulescent or acaulescent. Pe- 

 duncles angular, solitary, 1 -flowered, nodding at 

 the top. 



* Acaulescent : leaves and flowers all radical a Pig. 398. Violet No. 1 : section 



* Caulescent: stems leafy.. . .d 



a Flowers blue....b 



a Flowers white Nos. 2-4. 



a Flowers yellow. . . .No. 1. 



b Petals beardless 5-7 



b Petals bearded.... c 



c Leaves divided 8.9 [otic 22. 



c Leaves undivided 10-12, and the Ex- 



d Pet. yellow. Stems leafy at the top only 13-15 



d Petals not yellow, or but partly yellow e 



e Stipules entire. Summer .-...16 

 e Stipules fringe-toothed. May, June.... 

 e Stipules lyrate-pinnatifid, very large.... 20-21 

 1 V. rotundifo'lia. Early Yellow Violet. Lvs. round-ovate, 



cordate, smooth. Sepals blunt. April. 



2 V. lanceola'ta. Lance-leavedV. Lvs. lanceolate, tapering to the base. Some bearded. 



8 V primulaefo'lia. PrimroseV. Lvs. lance-ovate, abrupt at base. Fls. beardless, 



4 V. blanda. Sweet Wild V. Leaves round-cordate. Fls. beardless, fragrant. May, 



> V. palus'tris Bog V. Lvs. reniform-cordate. Spur very short. Stips. ovate. White Mts 



6 V. Selkir'ku. Selkirk's V. Lvs. round-cor. Spur near as long as petals, blunt. May. 



7 7. peda'ta. Font-leaved F.Lvs. pedate, 5-9-part.,segm. narrow, entire. Root premorse. 



8 V. delphinifo'lia. Larkspur V. Leaves in 7-9 linear, 3-cleft segments. W. April. 



9 V. palma'ta. Palm-leaved V. Leaves hastate-lobed. cordate. Variety of No, 10, 



8 



Fig. 899. Ripe, open cap- 

 ale of Violet. 



