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■M- ++ in- Flowers yellow, 

 V. rotundif61ia, Round-leaved V. Only in cold woods N. ; tho 

 roundish heart-shaped leaves flat on the ground, becoming large and shining in 

 summer ; spreads by runners ; flower small. 



* * Leafy-stemmed Yio-lkts, wild, perennial : flowering in spring and summer. 

 t- Flowers yellow, short-spurred : stem 2 - i-leaved above, naked helow. 



v. pubescens. Downy Yellow V. Common in rich woods ; soft- 

 downy, also a rather smooth variety ; leaves broadly heart-shaped. - 



V. hast&ta. Halberd-leaved V. Scarce W. & S. ; smoother ; leaves 

 oblong-heart-shaped, halberd-shaped, or 3-Iobed ; flower small. 

 ■I- 1- Flowers not yellow : stem branched, leafy below : leaves rounded heart-shaped. 



v. Striata, Pale V. Not rare N. & W,, low; flowers creamy-white, 

 with lower petal purple-lined ; spur short ; stipules large in proportion, strongly 

 fringe-toothed. 



V. canina. Dog V., the Amer. variety : common in low grounds ; low, 

 with creeping branches or short runners, fringe-toothed stipules, and spur half 

 the length of the violet flower. 



V. rostrata, Long-spukked V. Shady hills ST. & W. ; 6' high, with 

 fringe-toothed stipules, and slender spur longer than the pale violet petals. 



V . Canadensis, Canada V. Common in rich woods N. & W., taller 

 than the others, 1° - 2° high, larger-leaved, with entire stipules ; flowers all 

 summer, the petals white or purplish above, the upper ones violet-puqjle under- 

 neath ; spur very short and blunt. 



» * .* Pansy Violets, /roni Europe, with leiify and branching stems, and large 

 leaf-like stipules : flowering through the spring and summer. 



v. tricolor, Pansy or Heakt's-ease. Cult, or running wild in gardens, 

 low, with roundish leaves, or the upper oval and lowest heart-shaped ; stipules 

 lyi-ate-pinnatifid ; petals of various colors, and often variegated, and under culti- 

 vation often very large and showy, the spur short and blunt. — Var. aevensis, 

 is a field variety, slender and small-flowered, thoroughly naturalized in some 

 places. ® ® y. 



V. COrn£ta, Hokned V. From the Pyrenees, cult, in borders of late ; 

 has stipules merely toothed, and light violet-purple flowers with a very long 

 and slender spur. '21 



15. DROSERACE^, SUNDEW FAMILY. 



Bo<!;-herbs, wilh regular flowers, on scapes ; leaves in a tuft at 

 the root, glandular-bristly or bristly-fringed, and rolled up from the 

 apex in the bud, in the manner of Ferns ; the persistent sepals and 

 withering-persistent petals each 5; stamens 5 — 15 with their antliers 

 turned outward ; and a i-celled many-seeded pod. Represented by 

 two genera. 



1. DROSERA. Stamens 5. Stylrs 3-5, but 2-partecl so as to seem lilte 6-10. 



Ovarv with 3 parietal placentas. Reddish-colored and sticky-glandular. 



2. DlONyEA. Stamens 15. Style 1: stigma lobed and fringed. Ovules and 



seeds all at the broad base of the ovary and pod. Leaves terminated by a 

 bristly-bordered fly-trap. 



L DROSERA, SUNDEW. (Name means in Greek jiewy, or beset with 

 dew-drops, the gland surmounting the bristles of the leaves producing a clear 

 and dew-like drop of liquid, which is glutinous, and serves to catch small flies. ) 

 Plowers small, in a I-sided spike or raceme, each opening only once, in sun- 

 shine, in summer. 2/ 



» Flouxrs small, white : leaves with a blade. 



D. rotundif61ia, Round-leaved S. The commonest species in peat- 

 bogs, white round leaves on long petioles spreading in a tuft. When a small 

 fly or other insect is caught by the sticky glands on the upper face of the leafi 



