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VIOLACEAE. 



Vol. II. 



21. Viola Brittoniana Pollard. Coast 

 Violet. Fig. 2943. 



Viola Atlantica Britton, Bull. Torr. Club 24 : 92. 



1897. Not Pomel. 1874. 

 Viola Brittoniana Pollard, Bot. Gaz. 26 : 332. 



1898. 



Rootstock thick, erect; scapes slender, 4'-8' 

 high, mostly longer than the leaves ; blades 

 reniform to ovate in outline; 1V-2I' wide 

 Vifhen mature, 3-parted and the segments 2-4- 

 cleft into linear or oblanceolate acute lobes, 

 distantly serrulate, the middle lobe somewhat 

 the widest ; glabrous except for minute pubes- 

 cence on the upper surface and margin; flow- 

 ers large, rich violet with the white throat 

 conspicuous ; sepals linear-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate; capsules ovoid-cylindric, 5"-8" long; 

 seeds buff, i" long. 



In peaty or moist sandy soil along the coast, 

 from southern Maine to Virginia. May-June. 



22. Viola pedatifida Don. Prairie or 

 Larkspur Violet. Fig. 2944. 



Viola pedatifida Don, Gard. Diet, i : 320. 1831. 

 Viola delphinifolia Nutt ; T. & G. Fl. N. A. i : 

 136. 1838. 



Rootstock short, vertical; leaves palmately 

 multifid, primarily 3-parted or -divided, each 

 segment again 3-cleft or -parted into linear 

 subdivisions, these often further cut into 2-4 

 lobes ; leaves of late summer less deeply dis- 

 sected, sometimes 3'-4' wide, usually cuneate 

 at the base with prominent flabelliform veins, 

 the lobes hirsutulous on the margin; scapes 

 exceeding the leaves, bearing showy, violet 

 flowers; cleistogamous capsules yellowish 

 when ripe, s"-7-i" long, on erect peduncles 

 commonly shorter than the petioles ; seeds l" 

 long. 



Prairies, Ohio to Saskatchewan, southwest to 

 New Mexico and Arizona. April-June. 



23. Viola septemloba Le Conte. Southern 

 Coast Violet. Fig. 2945. 



Viola septemloba'LeConte, Ann. 'Lyc.'R.Y. 2: 141. 1826. 



Glabrous ; rootstock vertical ; leaf-outline gener- 

 ally cordate-ovate ; first leaves often and sometimes 

 all the leaves uncut, others primarily 3-lobed, -cleft 

 or -parted with widely open sinus ; the middle seg- 

 ment uncut, relatively long and broad, usually nar- 

 rowed at the base, the lateral segments sometimes 

 uncut, but generally pedately cleft into 2-4 narrow 

 divergent parts, that become smaller toward the 

 base of the leaf; flowers violet, usually raised above 

 the foliage, the three lower petals villous at the base; 

 sepals narrowly lanceolate, with entire rounded 

 auricles; cleistogamous flowers erect; capsules green, 

 ovoid-cylindric, about 7" long; seeds dark brown, l" 

 long. 



Open pine barrens in light soil, southeastern Virginia, 

 south to Florida and southern Mississippi. March- 

 April. 



