146 PENTAXDRIA MONOGYNIA 



-j- f With evident Stems : Stipules axillary. 

 • Floivers blue 



9, V, Muhienberoiana, Ging. Stems weak, decumbent ; leaves rcn- 



iform-cordate, crenate-serratc, nearly smooth, the upper ones a littlt 



acuminate, on short petioles ; stipules oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, cil- 



iate-scrrate, the lower ones laciniate-dentate ; spur elongated, straight. 



Beck y Bot. p. 40. 



V. asarifolia. Muhl. Catal.p.26. Not of Pursh, DC. Ell. Le Conte. 



V. debilis. Pursh, Am. I. p. 174. JSTutt. Gen. I. p. 160. Bart. Phil. 



I. p. 124. Schiv. in Sill. Jouvn. 5. p. 71. Bi^el. Bast. p. 97. Florul. 



Cestr. p. 30. Also? DC. Prodr. 1. p. 298. Not? of Mx. Pen. 



nor Lin dl. Ency. 



V. striata ? Ell. Sk\ I. p. 301. Not of Jit. JVilld. .Vutt. Le Conte, Zj c . 



Y. Muhlonbergii. Torr. El. 1. p. 256. Ejusd. Comp. p. 118. 

 'Also, V. uliginosa. Muhl L c. Schw ? I. c. p. 72. Not of DC. 

 Also ? V. punctata. Sthw. I. c. p. 67. 

 Muhlenberg's Viola. 



Stem 2 to 8 or 10 inches loner, often much branched from the base, smooth, at 

 fir9t nearly erect, finally decumbent, assurgent, straggling, and often nearly 

 prostrate. Leaves about an inch in length, and wider than long, reniform-cordate, 

 the lower ones rounded, the upper ones with a short acuminatum, smooth, or 

 sprinkled with a few short hairs, sometimes ferruginous-punctate ; petioles ont 

 fourth of an inch to an inch long, the radical ones somrtiim B '2 or 3 inches long. 

 Stipules at the axils of the leaves (also at and near the base of the stems), the upper 

 oneslaciniate-scrratc at base, the lower ones lacerately ciliate. Pedimvles axil- 

 lary* longer than the leaves, with 2 sub-oppo6ite lance-linear bracts above the 

 middle. Corolla middle sized, pale purplish blue, veined; lateral petals beard- 

 ed, the lower one mostly with a straight and rather tapering spur about one third 

 the length of the corolla. Stigma tubular, papillose, oblique. Capsule smooth, u. 

 little longer than the sepals. 



Hdb. Low, swampy grounds ; moist woodlands: frequent. Fl. IVTay-Junc. Fr. July. 



Obs. I have collected small specimens, apparently of this species, with botk 

 flowers and mature capsules, in the month of September. The leaves and cap- 

 sules were covered and roughish with numerous small ferruginous dots, or short 

 lines. The V. cam'/?a, of Europe, is nearly allied to our plant,— as also, in habit, 

 is the V.rostrata, of tills country. 



* * Flowers white. 



10, V. ochroleuca, Schiv. Stems somewhat erect, cespitose, glab- 

 rous ; leaves cordate, more or less acuminate, crenate-serrate, on long- 

 ish petioles ; stipules oblong or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, laciniate- 

 serrate, ciliate ; spur slightly curved at apex. Beck, Bot. p. 40. 

 V. striata, WiUd? Sp. I. p. 1166. Pers ? Syn. l./>.255. Ait? Keiv. 

 2. p. 47. Muhl? Catal.p.26. Pursh, Am. 1. p 174. JKutt. Gen. 1. 

 p. 150. Bart. Phil. 1. p. 123. Le Conte, in Ann. Lye. JV. Y. 2. p. 

 149. Lindl? Ency.p.im. Eat. Man. p. 393. Ah*? DC. Prodr. 

 1. p. 297. Not? of Schxo. 



V. debilis. Mx ? Am. 2. p. 250. Also 1 Lindl. Ency. p. 186. Not 

 of Pursh, Nutt. &c. 

 Also ? V. repens. Schw. 1. c. p. 70. 



OCHROLEUCOVS, OR YELLOWISH-WHITE VlOLA. 



