STATE GEOLOGIST. 29 



v. lanceolata, L. Lance-leaved Violet. 

 Near Saint Paul, Mrs. Terry. Kare. South. 



V. primulsefolia, L. Pj-imrose-leaved Violet. 



Near Saint Paul, Mrs. Terry; Pipestone county, Mrs. Bennett. Rare. South. 



V. blancla, Willd. Sweet White Violet. 

 Fi-equent throughout tlie state. 



v. renifolia, Gray.* Kidney-leaved Violet. 



Abundant in cedar swamps and mossy woods from northern New England through 

 Canada and Manitoba to British Columbia, Macoun; doubtless in northern Minnesota. 



V. Selkirkii, Pursh. Selkirk's Violet. Great-spurred Violet. 

 Upper Mississippi river. Garrison. K?,re. . North. 



V. ciicullata, Ait. Common Blue Violet. 

 Common, often abundant, throughout the state. 



Y. cucullata, Ait., var. palmata, Gray. Hand-leaf Violet. 



Lake Pepin, Miss Manning ; Minneapolis, Herrick, Orlswold; Worthington (com- 

 mon). Foote. 



V. cucullata, Ait., var. cordata, Gray. 



Near Minneapolis, Mrs. Terry; Nicollet county, Aiton, 



V. sagittata. Ait. Arrow-leaved Violet. 



Frequent southeastward ; extending north to Minneapolis, Roberts, Marine Mills, 

 Washington county, Miss Field, and Anoka county, Juni; and northwest to Fergus 

 Falls, Leonard. 



Y. delpliinifolia, Nutt. Larkspur Violet. 



Frequent, often common, through the south half of the state ; extending north to 

 Morrison county, Vpliam, and along the Bed river valley. 



V. pedata, L. Bird-foot Violet. 



Abundant, or common, through the south half of the state and in the Eed river 

 valley. 



V. canina, L., var. sylvestris, Regel. Dog^ Violet. 



Frequent, but not common, throughout most of the state ; rare southward. 



Y, striata, Ait. Pale Violet. 



Hennepin county, Herrick; Alexandria, Mrs. Terry. Infrequent. 



V. Canadensis, L. Canada Violet, 



Frequent northward, and found more rarely throughout the south half of the state; 

 extending southwest to Martin county (very scarce), C ratty, and Pipestone county, 

 Mrs. Bennett. Flowers light pink . 



V. pubescens. Ait. Downy Yellow Violet. 

 Common, or frequent, throughout the state . 



V. pubescens, Ait., var. erlocarpa, Nutt. 



Frequent in the vicinity of Hesper, Iowa, at the southern boundary of Minnesota, 

 adjacent to Houston and Fillmore counties, Mrs. Carter. 



V. tricolor, L. Pansy. Heart's Ease. 

 Rarely adventive, Stearns county. Garrison. 



*ViOLA RENIFOLIA, Gray. Rootstock and flowers as in V. blanda, or somewhat 

 larger ; leaves reniform (when fuUy grown usually two Inches wide), on both sides, as 

 also the petiole, villous-pubescent ; scape pubescent. Gray in Proc. Am, Acad, of Arts 

 and Sciences, 1870. 



