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Lake Ontario, and Maiden, Ont. (Maclagan), St. Helen's Island, Montreal 

 (Dr. Holmes). June to August. 



VIOLACE^, 



YioLA, L. Violet, Heart' s-ease, 



V. lailceolata, L. Lance-leaved Violet- 

 Indigenous. Marshes, Wet meadows, and shores of streams. KeW Bruns- 

 wick (Dr. Fowler). Muskoka Lake, Ont. (F. Seymour). Saiilt Ste. Marie, 

 Lake Superior, in rear of the village, July 9, 1869 (Macoun). May to July. 



V. primulsefolia, L. Primrose-leaved Violet. 



Indigenous. Damj) soil and Wet meadows. Riviere du Loup, not common 

 (Dr. Thomas). May to July. 



V. blanda, Willd. Sweet White Violet. 



Indigenous. Wet woods, low grounds, and along streams. New Brunswick 

 (Mathews). Isle aux Noix, Montreal ; Kingston and Amherstburg, Ont, 

 (Maclagan), lUch woods generally on limestone. Riviere du Loup (D'Drban). 

 Prescott (Billings). Owen Sound ; woods at Thunder Bay (Macoun). McLeod's 

 Harbour and Cockburn Island (Dr. John Bell). Hamilton (Logic). London 

 (Saunders). County Huron, Ont. (Clibson). Plains of the Saskatchewan 

 (Bourgeau). Fort Edmonton; Fort Assinaboine on the Athabasca; Little 

 Slave Lake (Macoun). Labrador (Butler). Upper British Columbia and Rocky 

 Mountains, lat. 56^ N. (Macoun). 



V. renifolia, Gray. Kidney-leaved Violet. 



Indigenous. Dry cedar swamps and rich woods. In cedar sWamps, CaS" 

 tleton Village, Northumberland Co., Ont., May 24, 1860. Cedar swamps 

 east of Belleville, 1861 ; low, rich woods, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ont., 

 1865 (Macoun). This species is evidently common throughout Canada, but 

 has hitherto been taken for a pubescent form of V. blanda. Fort St. James, 

 Upper British Columbia, through the Rocky Mountains to St. John's, on 

 Peace PiVer, lat. 56^ N. ; woods at Methy Portage, lat. 56° N. (Macoun). 



V. palustris, L. Marsh Violet. 



Indigenous. Marshes. One mile West of Prince Arthur's Landing, Dawson 

 route, Lake Siiperior, July 22, 1872 (Macoun). West coast of Newfoundland 

 (Dr. BeU). From Vancouver Island throughout British Columbia to lat, 

 56° N. ; Lake Athabasca and Methy Portage (Macoun). 



V, Selkirkii, Pursh, Goldie, 1822. Great Spurred Violet. 



Indigenous. Damp shady soil. Gate Lake, Wentworth Township, Quebec 

 (D'Urban). Rivifere du Loup (Thomas). Dartmouth Paver, Gaspe Peninsula ; 

 McLeod's Harbour, Lake Huron (Dr. Bell). Lake Superior (Robbina). Island 

 of Montreal (Dr. Holmes). Walkerton and Owen Sound (Buchan). 



V. cucnllata, Alton. Common Blue Violet. 



Indigenous. Wet meadows and woods. Common throughout Ontario, 

 Quebec, and the Maritime Provinces. Plains of the Saskatchewan River 

 (Bourgeau). Little Slave Lake (Ma-coun). Arctic America (Torrey & Gray), 

 West coast of Newfoundland (Dr. BeU). 



