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o\>pmit bracts below the middle. Sepals lanee-oblong, rather obtuse. Corolla 

 u dtlish blue ; petals oboTate, entire. Capsule smooth. 



Nab. lirj, hilly, open woodlands: frequent. /7. April —May. Fr. June. 



Ofts- Mr. Z,c Contc,— who ought to know the V. villosa, of Ifa//er,— asserts 

 that tbib is quite distinct. I have therefore followed him, iu adopting Willdenow's 

 name. I had not distinguished it from the others, when my Catalogue was published. 



• # Flowers white. 

 7. V. i»bimul;evolia, L. Leaves oblong-ovate, mostly acute, sub- 

 cordate and a little unequal at base, decurrent on t j lc p Ct iole, crenate- 

 gerrate, glabrous above, the nerves beneath and petiole pilose ; lateral 

 petals slightly bearded ; the others naked, the lower one distinctly stri- 

 ate ; stjgma small, capitate, somewhat rostrate. Beck, Bot. p. 39. JVot 

 •fPurth. 

 V. acuta ? BigeL Bost. p. 95. Also ! Beck, Bot. p. 39. 



PniMKosE-LEAVKI) VlOLA. 



Leave* 2 to 4 inches long, and 1 to 3 inches wide, more or less ovate, generally 

 icute, sometimes obtuse, rather thin and membranaceous, penninerved ; petioles : y . 

 to 6 orB inches long, margined, dilated into wings at the base of the leaf. Stipules 

 lance-littear, sub-ciliate. Scapes few, slender, often pubescent, rather shorter 

 than lh< leaves, with 2 opposite (or sometimes alternate) subulate-linear bracts 

 about tin middle. Sepals lanceolate, acute. Corolla small, white, with dark pur- 

 ple vein* or stripes, especially on the lower petal. Capsule smooth. 

 Uub. Moist low grounds ; along rivulets : frequent. Fl. May. Fr. June. 



Obs. Frof. Hooker, and other distinguished Botanists, are disposed to consider 

 this identical with V. lanceolata. It is certainly nearly allied to it : but the V. lan- 

 C60lat*,%6 I have been accustomed to see it in New Jersey, and on Pokono MounUia 

 in this State, appears quite distinct,— with its narrow lanceolate erect leaves, lar- 

 ger flowers, and scapes longer than the leaves. To my view, our plant approaches 

 more nearly, in habit, to V. bhuula. They are all, however, so polymorphous a* 

 to baffle iny definite or satisfactory description. 



8. V. a land a, 1VUUL Leaves broid-cordate and acute, or roundish- 

 remforin, rather remotely and obscurely crenate-serrate. membranace- 

 ous, mostly glabrous, the petiole slightly winged, smooth ; the lateral 

 petals Bfightly bearded and striate, the lower one distinctly striate and 

 somewhat bearded ; stigma depressed, rostrate. Beck, Bot. p. 40. 

 BtAwi) Viola. 



Leaves half an inch to 2 or 2 and a half inches long, and 1 to 2 inches wide, 

 yellowish green, flat and nearly procumbent, cordate, with the sinus rounded 

 sometimes renlform, and orbicular, and decurrent on the petiole, generally gla- 

 brous beneath, often sprinkled with a few short hairs on the upper surface ; petiole 

 I to 4 inches long, with a narrow margin. Stipules lance-linear, sparingly lacin- 

 nu-denutc. Scapes few, mostly longer than the leaves, smooth, with 2 sub-oppo- 

 •iu subulate bracts near the middle. Sepals lance-obloag, rather obtuse (some- 

 times acute). Corolla small, odorous, white; the lower petal with dark purple 

 stripes. Capsule smooth. Seeds oblong, rugosely striate. 



Mob. W § t, low grounds ; margins of rivulets : frequent. FL April-May. FY. June, 

 w**. '^his is a fragrant, delicate little species,— deserving the eulogy ef Shahs* 

 pttre,— Who in his Winter's Tale (Act 4. Sc. 3.) speaks of 



" Violets, dim, 



Put sweeter than the lids of Jtmo's eyes, 

 Or Cytherea's breath." 



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