142 WILD FLOWER FAMILIES 
common species in most localities within these 
boundaries. It is more likely to be found along 
hillsides or in comparatively dry fields than in 
marshes and meadows. It has none of the closed 
flowers that so many of the Violets bear. 
WHITE VIOLETS 
Two or three spe- 
cies of stemless 
white Violets are 
widely distributed 
in the United 
States. The Sweet 
White Violet is 
a moisture-loving 
sort, occurring es- 
pecially in wet 
meadows, or 
along brooks, or 
in swamps. It is 
abundant over a 
very wide range, 
the limits eastward 
being Newfound- 
eae RCI land and North 
Carolina and westward British Columbia and 
California. The stems and the heart-shaped or 
kidney-shaped leaves are generally smooth and 
shiny, a fact which distinguishes this species 
from the Kidney-leaved Violet, the stems and 
