Obdeb 13.— violets. 



167 



style 1, with a one-sided stigma; capsule l-oelled, 3-valved; 

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



Viola. 1 

 Qreen Violet. So'lea. 



Analysis of the Genera. 

 Sepals unequal, with ear-shaped lobes at base. 

 Sepals nearly equal, not appendaged at base. 



1. VI'OLA. Violet. 

 Sepals 5, prolonged at base into two aurioulate 

 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 equaj. 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 Fig. 898. Tiolet 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. .-. .« 



o Leaves divided. . . .8, 9 [otic 22. 



c Leaves undivided.... -10-12, and the Ex- 



d Pet. yellow. Stems lerfy at the top only 18-15 



d Petals not yellow, or but partly yellow c 



e Stipules entire. Summer ... .IS 



e Stipule_s fringe-toothed, i&y, June 17-19 



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

 1 T. rotundifo'lia. JEarly Yellow Violet, livs. round-ovnte, 

 cordate, smooth. Sepals blunt. April. 



2 7. lan'oeola'ta. Lance-leavedV. Lvs. lanceolate, tapering to the base. Some boarded. 



3 V. primulaefo'Ma. Primrose V. Lvs. lance-ovate, abrupt at base. Fls. beardless. 



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



5 T. palus'tris. jBog V. Lv3. reniform-cordate. Spur very short. Stips. ovate. White Mts. 



6 V. SelMr'kii. SelMrh's V. Lvs. round-cor. Spur near as long as petals, blunt. May. 

 1 V. peda'ta. Foot-Uamd F.Lvs.^edate, 5-9-part.,segm. narrow, entire. Eoot premorae. 



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



9 V. palma'ta. Palm-leaved V. Leaves hastate-lobed, cordate. I a™^ of. No. 10. 



Fig. 399. Eipe, open cap- 

 sule of Violet. ' ■ 



