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♦+ t-i- ++ Flowers yellow. 



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

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

 summer ; spreads by runners ; flower small. 



* * Leafy-stemmed Violets, wild, perennial : fl&wermg in spring and summer. 

 ■I- Flowers yellow, short-spurred : stem 2 - i-kaved above, naked below. 



V. pub6scens, Downt Yellow V. Common in rich woods ; soft- 

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



V. hast&ta, Halbeed-leaved V. Scarce w. & S. ; smoother ; leaves 

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



i~ ■*- Flowers not yellow : stem branched, leafy behw : 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 . canlna, Docf 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-spdrred V. Shady hills ST. & W. ; 6' high, with 

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



V. Canadensis, Cahada 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-purple under- 

 neath ; spur very short and blunt. 



* * * Panst Violets, Jrom Europe, with leafy and branching stems, and large 

 leqf-Uke stipules : flowering through the spring and summer. 



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

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

 lyrate-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. ® ® !^ 



V. OOrnilta, IIorned V. Prom the Pyrenees, cult, in borders of late ; 

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

 and slender spur. ^ 



15. DROSERACE^, SUNDEW FAMILY. 

 Bog-herbs, with 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 6; stamens 5— 15 with their anthers 

 turned outward ; and a 1-celled many-seeded pod. Represented by 

 two genera. 



1. DKOSERA. Stamens 5. Styles 3 - 5, but 2-parted so as to seem like 6-10. 



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



2. DION.SA. Stamens IB. 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. 



1. DSOSEBA, SUNDEW. (Name means in Greek dewy, 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. ) 

 Flowers small, in a 1 -sided spike or raceme, each opening only once, in sun- 

 shine, in summer. 21 



« Flowers small, white : leaves with a blade. 

 D. rottindif61ia, Eobnd-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 leaf 



