ORDER 16.—VIOLETS. 167 
style 1, with 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-shaped lobes at base. Vioua. 1 
Sepals nearly equal, not appendaged at base. Green Violet. So’LEa. 
1. VIOLA. Violet. 
Sepals 5, prolonged at base into two auriculate 
lobes. Petals more or less unequal, the largest 
one spurred at base, the 2 cpposite 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. 
—z2z Low herbs, cauleseent or acaulescent. Pe- 
duncles angular, solitary, 1-flowered, nodding at 
the top. : 
* Acaulescent: leaves and flowers all radical....a Fig. 398, Violet No.1: section. 
* Caulescent: stems leafy... 
a Flowers blue....b 
a Flowers white....Nos. 2-4, 
a Flowers yellow,...No. 1. 
b Petals beardless....5-7 
b Petals bearded....¢ 
< Leaves divided....8, 9 [otic 22. 
e Leaves undivided....10-12, and the Ex- 
d Pet. yellow. Stems leafy at the top only....18-15 
d Petals not yellow, or but partly yellow....e 
e Stipules entire. Summer....16 
e Stipules fringe-toothed. May, June....17-19 
e Stipules lyrate-pinnatitid, very large....20-21 Fig. 899. Ripe, open cap- 
1V. rotundifo’lia. Eurly Yellow Violet. Lvs. round-ovate, Sule of Violet. 
cordate, smooth. Sepals blunt. April. 
2 V.lanceola’ta. Lance-leavedV. Lvs. lanceolate, tapering to the base. Some bearded. 
8 V. primulefo’lia. PrimroseV. Lvs. lance-ovate, abrupt at base. Fls. beardless. 
4. blanda. Sweet Wild V. Leaves round-cordate. Fis. beardless, fragrant. May. 
5.V. palus’tris. Bog V. Lvs. reniform-cordate. Spur very short. Stips. ovate. White Mts. 
6 V.Selkir’kii. Selkirk’s V. Lvs, round-cor. Spur near as long as petals, blunt. May. 
7 V. peda’ta. Foot-leaved V.Lvs. pedate, 5-9-part.,segm. narrow, entire. Root premorse. 
8 V. delphinifo’lia. Larkspur V. Leavesin 7-9 linear, 3-cleft segments. W. dprd. 
9 V.palma’ta. Palm-laved V. Leaves hastate-lobed, cordate. Variety of No. 10. 
