114 PEXTANDRIA M0X0GYX1A 



with subulate sub-opposite or alternate bracts near the middle. Scinis lanceol 

 smoothish. Corolla paid purplish blue; petala obovata-oblong, the upper ones 

 ■early naked, the lateral ones ami the lower, or spurred one, bearded. Stigma 

 with h horizontal beak. Capsule smooth. 



Mob. Dry hills : Mica-slalc, & Serpentine rock: frequent. Ft April-May. Fr. June. 

 Obs. There appears to be 2 or 3 pretty distinct varieties of this. The most com. 

 mon one has the leaves I to 2 inches long, and half an inch to three quarters wide, 

 rather acute, sagittate and toothed or minutely hastate at base, generally pubea 

 sent, and often roughly so, on petioles about as long as the leaves. Another rari- 

 ety is smoother, with the leaves more cordate, rather obtuse, crenate-dentate, ou 

 petioles more than twice as long as the leaves. A third variety, (var. emarginata, 

 A'utt.) is much larger, more or less pubescent, with leaves 2 to 3 inches long, anl 

 I to 2 inches wide, almost triangular-hastate, the lobes at base coarsely toothed or 

 lacerate, on petiob s finally I times as long as the leaves, and nearly twice as long 

 as the scapes. This last is certainly a striking variety; and Mr' Le Cunte con 

 tends it is a good species. 



5. V. ovata, Js'utt. Leaves ovate, crenatc, ciliate, abruptly decurrcnt 

 on the short petiole, mostly roughish pubescent ; lateral petals densely 

 bearded, lower one slightly bearded, upper ones naked ; stigma margin- 

 ed, somewhat rostrate. Bcck^ Hot. p. 39. 



V. ciliata. MuhL CataL p. 26. 



V, primulifolia. Pureh, »im. 1. p. 173. Lindl. Ency. />• 186. Not of 



WiUd% and others. 



Ovate Viola. 



Leaves numerous, about an inch long, and three fourths of an inch wide, rather 

 acute, sometimes obtuse, generally very pubescent, rarely smoothish ; petiole mar- 

 gined, scarcely as long as the leaf. Stipules ovate lanceolate, acuminate, ell late. 

 Scapes several, mostly a little longer than the leaves, pilose, with sub-opposite 

 lance-linear bracts near the middle. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, smoothish, ofte»i 

 < iliate. Corolla blue ; petals obovatc, entire, paler at base, the lateral ones withe 

 while beard. Capsule smooth. 



Nab. Dry hills ; Mica-slate range : frequent. Fl. April— May. Fr. June. 



Obs. This species, used in decoction, is one of the many Newspaper remedies for 

 the bite of the Rattlesnake] and also for Dysentery, Strangury, &o. It is mucila- 

 ginous ; but I am unacquainted with its virtues. 



6. V. sororia, JVilld. Leaves orbicular, or roundish cordate, with the 

 einus often closed, crenate-serrate, mostly pilose, thickish, puq)lc be- 

 neath, flat, lying on the ground ; lateral petals densely bearded, lower 

 petal somewhat bearded, upper ones naked ; stigma depressed, with a 

 eleflexed beak, J> Conte, Ann. JV. Y* Lye. 2. p. 142. 



V. barbata. Muhl. CataL p. 26. 



V. villosa, var. cordifolia. Nutt. Gen. I. p. 148. Bart. Phil. I. p. 122. 



Torr. Fl. 1. p. 252. Ejusd. Comp. p. 117. Beck, Bot. p. 39. 



V. cordifolia. Schrv. in Sill. Journ. 5. p. 62. DC. Prodr. 1. p. 295. 



• iSTER, OR KlNBRBD VlOLA. 



Leaves 1 te 2 inches long, mostly orbicular and subreniform, sometimes cordate 

 and rather acute, sprinkled with rigid hairs, especially on the upper surface, 

 ewnetimes nearly smooth, and occasionally the young ones quite villose beneath j 

 fttiole about twice as long as the leaf, somewhat margined. Stipules small, Ian- 

 ••etlatc. Scapes few, about as long as tho leaves, smooth, with small subulate 



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