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Viola perpensa ( ireene, of the Great Lakes region, possesses 

 linear, acuminate lateral leaf lobes. 



Coast or Britton's Violet 

 Viola brittoniana Pollard 



Plate 136b 



Early leaves reniform to ovate in outline, entire or incised, from a 

 thick, erect rootstock; mature leaves three-parted and the segments two 

 to four-cleft into linear or oblanceolate, acute lobes, the middle lobe some- 

 what the widest ; smooth except for minute pubescence on the upper surface 

 and margin. Flowering scapes as long or longer than the leaves. Flowers 

 large, 1 to i§ inches broad, rich purple with a conspicuous white throat. 

 Sepals linear-lanceolate, acuminate. 



In peaty or moist, sandy soil along the coast, southern Maine to Vir- 

 ginia. Flowering in May and June. Next to Viola p e d a t a, one of 

 the most showy of our native species of violet. 



Woolly Blue Violet; Sister Violet 



Viola sororia Willdenow 



Plate 135a 



Leaves ovate to orbicular from a stout, simple or branched rootstock; 

 petioles and under surfaces of the young leaves, and often the scapes, villous- 

 pubescent; leaf blades blunt or pointed, heart-shaped, the margins crenate- 

 serrate, sometimes becoming 4 inches wide when mature. Corolla violet 

 to lavender, and occasionally white; sepals broad, usually blunt, finely 

 ciliate below the middle; petals rather broad, the lower and lateral ones 

 densely bearded with white toward the center of the flower. Cleistogamous 

 flowers ovoid on short, horizontal peduncles, usually underground, but 

 lengthening and ascending as the capsule ripens; capsules green, mottled 

 with browm; seeds dark brown. 



In rocky or rich woodlands, moist meadows and on shady ledges, 

 Quebec to Minnesota, south to North Carolina. Flowering in April 

 and May. 



