WILD FLOWERS WHITE AND GREENISH 
petals are veined or hair-lined with purple. The 
matured flower measures from one-quarter to one-half 
inch broad, and is borne singly on short, slender 
stems that really seem a little stout for so small a blos- 
som. Though often found growing five or six inches 
high, the plant averages nearer two inches. The thin 
textured, smooth surfaced, yellow-green leaves are 
round heart-shaped with finely toothed margins. The 
plant is stemless, that is, it has no main stalk, and 
the leaf and flower stems spring directly from a very — 
slender rootstock. As the season advances, the plant 
sends out slender stolens or runners bearing a few petal- 
less flowers that never open. It is found from New- 
foundland and New Brunswick to Georgia and Louisi- 
ana, and in California. 
The Lance-leaved Violet, V. lanceolata, is a more 
slender and somewhat taller species, having striking 
long, narrow, lance-shaped leaves which gradually 
taper into a long, slender stem, or petiole, and which 
is‘a distinct. and ready means of identification. The 
margins are finely toothed or scalloped, the texture is 
thin, and the colour yellowish green. The white-petaled 
flowers are slightly fragrant, and if anything, they are 
a trifle larger than the preceding species, and like those, 
their lower petals are marked with purple lines. They 
are usually beardless and have a short spur. Late in 
summer they send out many stolens that take root at 
short intervals and bear apetalous flowers which never 
open, and in fact, are seldom observed because they are 
inconspicuous and are obscured by the leaves. This 
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