VIOLET FAMILY 141 
let in which the petals are not bearded at the 
base—the Bird’s-foot Violet. The leaves are 
divided into many narrow lobes which give a 
resemblance to a bird’s foot, whence the English 
name as well as the Latin one—Viola pedata. 
This species is so characteristic that it will be at 
Pho. graph by AH. Verrill 
BIRD’S-FOOT VIOLET 
once recognized from the picture. The only 
sorts with which it is likely to be confused are 
the Coast Violet of the East and the Prairie Violet 
of the West, but these are both bearded species 
and are easily distinguished. The Bird’s-foot 
Violet is distributed from Maine to Florida, and 
Minnesota to Missouri, but it is by no means a 
