-C viOLACKas. (violet family.) 



•tigma, a one celled ovary, forming a capsule, trhich splits at maturity into three parte 

 Represented only by the familiar genua 



1. VIOLA, L. 



Sepals unequal, anricled at the base. Petals unequal, lower one spurred. Anthers 

 nearly sessile, often coherent, the connectives of the two lower bearing spurs which ara 

 inclosed by the spur of the petal, (See Addenda. ) 



* Leaves undivided. 



■i- Flowers not yellow, or orange, 



1. V. cauiaa, L., var. adunca, 6r. Flowers violet or purple. Low stems sending 

 out runners; leaves ovate, often somewhat cordate at the base, obscurely crenate; stipules 

 foHaceous, narrowly lanceolate, lacerately toothed; spur as long as the sepals, curved; 

 lateral petals bearded. 



Var. longipes, Wat. The obtuse spur straight. 



2. V. ocellata, Torr. & Gr. Stems nearly erect, 6 to 12 inches high; leaves cordate 

 to cordate-ovate, acutish, conspicuously crenate; stipules small, soarious; upper petals 

 white within, purple-brown without, the others pale-yellow veined with purplei 



-f--f- Flowers yellow, tinged with purple. 



3. V. pedunculata, Torr. & Gr. Stems with a decumbent or procumbent base; 

 leaves rombio-cordate, with truncate or abruptly cuneate base, obtuse, coarsely crenate; 

 stipules foliaceous, narrowly lanceolate, entire or gashed; showy flowers on peduncles 

 exceeding the leaves; petals 6 to 9 lines long, the upper tinged with brown on the outside, 

 the others veined with deep purple; lateral petals bearded; capsule smooth. 



4. V. aurea, Kellogg. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, cuileate or sometimes truncate 

 at base, obtuse, coarsely crenate; stipules foliaceous, lanceolate, laoiniate; peduncle but 

 little longer than the leaves; petals 4 to 6 lines long, as in the last, but Ughter yellow; 

 capsule pubescent. 



5. V. Nuttallii, Pursh. Leaves oblong-ovate to oblong, attenuate into a long 

 petiole, entire, or obscurely omuzilc; stipules entire; peduncles usually shorter than the 

 leaves. 



-f--i--i- Flowers yellow. 



6. V. saizaentosa, DougL Leaves rounded-cordate, reniform, or sometimes ovate, 

 Qnely crenate, usually punctate with dark dots. Flowers small. 



* • Leaves divided or lobed; fiowers yellow, tinged with brown-purple. 



7. V. lobata, Benth. Distinguished by its stout stems and large palmately 5 to 

 9-lobed leaves. Flowers large, 



8. V. cbrysantha, Hook. Stems short; leavfes bipinnatifid, with narrow seg- 

 ments. Flowers large, like V. pedunculata, but the lateral petals are not bearded. 



