YELLOW GROUP 



clustered in the leaf - axils, producing dark-brown pods, often 

 found growing with the last in sandy soil with same range. 

 First flowers appearing in June and July. 



The frost flowers are not seen upon this species. 



H. corymbosum. — This is a species peculiar to the New Jersey 

 barrens and southward along the coast. The flowers of both kinds 

 are produced together in clusters at the summit of the stem, the 

 petal-bearing ones small, at length becoming prominent by stand- 

 ing out on long, slender pedicels. 6 to 12 inches high. 



Very white and woolly. 



Round-leaved Violet. Early Yellow Violet 



Viola, rotundifolia.. — Family, Violet. Color, yellow. Flowers, 

 on scapes 2 to 4 inches high, ascending from rootstocks which are 

 rough with the remains of former leaves. Petals, of a pale yellow, 

 the 3 lower ones marked with brownish lines, the lateral bearded. 

 Leaves, ovate to roundish, heart-shaped, crenate, smooth, shiny, 

 at flowering season 1 to 2 inches broad, on short petioles. Later 

 they become larger, 3 or 4 inches broad, and lie prone upon the 

 ground. One often finds these leaves in summer carpeting the 

 woods, without associating them with the dear little violet that 

 accompanies them in spring. May and June. 



Cold woods, rocky hillsides, Maine to Delaware, in the 

 mountains to Georgia and westward. 



Later cleistogamous flowers appear on short runners. 

 Downy Yellow Violet 



V. pabescens. — Color, yellow, the petals purplish- veined. This 

 is one of the leafy violets, and the flowers stand, one or more, 

 above a pair of leaves, not large, softly yellow. Stem, downy, 

 rather rough, 5 to 18 inches high. Leaves, broad, generally 2 on 

 the stem, with a bract or two below, otherwise the stem is naked. 

 Basal leaves have long petioles, are broadly ovate or roundish, 

 kidney-shaped, softly hairy about the edges and petioles. Flowers, 

 without petals, can be found later in the season on short peduncles. 



A beautiful spring flower, growing abundantly, often in 

 large, close patches. The plant gives an impression of much 

 green and little color. Dry, cold woods, western New Eng- 

 land south to Georgia, and westward. 



Bryant's "first flower of spring" is the yellow violet. 



■ When beechen buds begin to swell, 



And woods the bluebird's warble know, 

 The yellow violet's modest bell 



Peeps from the last year's leaves below," 

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