( 230 j 
1, Viola L.  Vuoxer. 
Sepals unequal, appendiculate at base. Pet- 
als unequal, the inferior longest and calearate. 
Stamens 5; anthers cohering into a tube, the 
two inferior ones appendiculate at their base. 
1. V.oporata L. Stemless; petals violet. 
2. Throckmorton Ranch. Spring. 
Sweet violet; probably escaped from culti- 
vation. 
2. V.canina L. Stem leafy; spar as long 
as the sepals; petals violet.—2f. Cemetery, 
Saucelito. Spring. 
3. V. ocetLATa Torr. & Gray. Stem erect, 
leafy. Leaves cordate; stipules small, sca- 
rious; spur merely saccate; petals gradually 
changing color from purple to white.—2f. 
Tamalpais. Santa Cruz Mountains. Summer. 
4. V. pepunounaTa Torr. & Gray. Stem 
leafy, ascending; leaves rhombic; stipules nar- 
rowly lanceolate, foliaceous; sepals lanceolate; 
spur merely saccate; petals yellow, the out- 
side tinged with purple.— 2£. Common. 
Spring. 
5. V.aurna Kellogg. Stem leafy, ascend- 
ing; leaves lanceolate; stipules lanceolate, folia- 
ceous; sepals linear, acuminate; spur merely 
saccate; petals yellow.—2f. Contra Costa 
mountains. Summer. 
