76 Mr. Schtoeinitz on the Genus Viola. 



&zic. The colour is an opake green on the upper side, h 

 Hovvers in May and April. As usual I place the main diag- 

 nostics in contrast thus : 



V. pubcscens. V. eriomrpa. 



Caule simplici erecto, apice folioso. =• Jecunibente, ramoso, a basi foliosc 

 Foliis majoribus villo=o-cancscentibas.= ininoribus, scabriusculis. 

 Stipulis axillaribus: marcidis iriteg;ris,= viridibus, magiiis, semiamplexicaiji - 



villosis, miiioribus. libus valde ciliatis. 



JVeclario abrupte inliexo, acuminalo, = brevi vix producto, obtuso. 

 Capsidis jjlabris aut villosis, minoiibus.= dense villosis, magnis. 



26. Species. V. Striata. Leconte and Nobis. 

 Non. V. Striata auctorum. 



V. caulescens, glaberrima. Cardibvs erectis, simplicibus, 

 glaberriniis, superne anguiatis, inferne teretiusculis ; apice 

 tantum foliosis ; tota planta stricta. 



Foliis glaberriniis, luteo-virescentibus ; pagina superiori 

 splendore nitentibus, nervis crassiusculis quasi phcato-stria- 

 tis ; forma plerumque lanceolato-lato-rhoraboideis, quasi 

 utrinque acuminatis, interdum hastato-cordatis, sinu aper- 

 tissimo non rotundato ; statu juniori subcucuilatis, eroso- 

 dentatis. 



Petiolis longitudine foliorum canaliculatis, demum cum 

 folio reflexiusculis. Foliis ceterum alternis et in marginibut^ 

 subciliatis. Stipidis axillaribus minoribus marcidis lato- 

 ovatis, acutis, serratis. 



Floribiis luteis, exius saepe, praesertim in junioribus rubr© 

 tinctis, in pf^dimcidis axillaribus erectis, apice minutim stip- 

 ulatis, stipulis latioribus. Fetalis subaequalibus majusculis; 

 infimo rotundato, striato ; lateralibus barbatis. Kuctario 

 non producto, Calycis laciniis glabris, lanceolatis, margina- 

 tis, subserratis, nervoso-striatis. Stiginat<; papiilis obsito. 

 iateribus barba alba ; in stylo breviusculo. 



Capsidis minoribus glaberriniis. Radicc fasciculari dif- 

 fusa. 



The erect, shining, and strict habit, the diamond shaped, 

 strongly striate leaves, distinguish this Species easily. It 

 grows from six to eight inches high before the stem puts out 

 leaves, and then supports at most three, with a few axillary 

 flowers. I have always found it growing single, though of- 

 ten in considerable numbers, in open woods on hill sides. 

 Mr. Leconte first found it in our vicinity and directed my 

 attention to it, and by continued observation I am well as- 

 sured of its being a very good and constant species. Spe- 

 cimens have been sent from Cherokee country, agreeing 



