Dlolet 3famil^. 



Common Blue Violet. Viola pahnata, var. cucullata. 



Meadow Violet. 



Found in meadows and roadsides, among the grass everywhere, in 

 May and June. 



The leaf and flower stems vary in height from 3 to 6 or 7 inches. 



The large heart-shaped leaf (1 or 2 inches wide at the base) is 

 strongly ribbed, minutely hairy, and cut in rounded scallops along 

 its margin ; full green in color. The stem is half-round, and grooved 

 on its flat side. 



The 5 petals and the spur of the flower are variable in color from 

 dark to light (rarely white), from blue- to red- violet ; the bearded side- 

 petals and the lower petal are white at the base. The flower-stem is 

 long, slender and smooth. 



The flower-stems are the length of the leaf-stems usually, or a 

 little shorter, and the blossoms appear in the midst of the rich green 

 foliage. In the new growths the lower edges of the leaves at the base 

 are rolled inwards. 



"This violet was taken from N. America to England in 1762, and 

 in some English botanies is called V. obliquaP — Sir D. Wooster. 



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