VIOLACE.F,. 29 



back. Ca/wM^ 3- valved, 1 -celled. .Sf^rfi carunclcd. Leaves 

 alternale. Flotcers nodding. Perennial, herbaceous plants. 



(^a J without ftenw, scape and havfs arisitifr/rom a rhizoma. Stigma tcith 



a recuiixd beak. 



1 V. Pedata. Lwof* pedate,7-parted, sojjnients entire, linear lanceolate, 

 hii. > escenl or glabrous. Stigma tliick, margined; beak short. Pt- 



tlU IS. 



r nearly wliitp. %. April — May. Common in the middle and 

 up; : ; try- of Georgia. 4-6 inches. 



2. V. Palxata. Rhizoma. /./«awcAthick, cordate, very variable, pubescent, 

 palmate, 5-7-lobcd, lobes of various furnis, toothed, the middle one the lar- 

 gest. Srjxils lance-ovate, ciliate ; }>€lals entire, veined, white at the base, lat- 

 leral petals hearded, the upper one marked with blue lines. Early plant with 

 almost enure leaves. A variable plant. 



Bright blue, sometimes pale. %. May. Common. 4-6 inches. 



J. V. CucuLLATA. Leaves reniform or cordate, cucuUate, serrate, general- 

 ly glabrous. Sepah subulate, acuminate. Petals white at the base, lateral 

 ones bearded, which with the upper one, marked with blue lines. Stigma 

 triangular, margined. 



There have been several varieties found of this species by Botanists, but 

 the situation and the time when observed, will account for nearly, if not quite, 

 all the variations. In open dry places the plant is pubescent ; in spring, the 

 leaves are ahnost uniformly cordate, in fall as uniformly renitorm ; the 

 color of spring is blue, of summer, nearly or quite white. 



Blue or I ' -' -!)lue. %. Common. 4-6 inches. 



4. V. S} : :.\. Leaves ovate-cordate, slightly succulent, glabrous, 



dentate, lower leaves entire, the others pedatc, 7-lobed, middle lobe the lar- 

 ge«r S*mls lanceolate. Petals entire, upper ones large, villose, lateral 

 ont y bearded, marked with blue lines. 



\'. u.t. H-. March. Low country of Car. &. Geo. 



5 v. Sa'^tttata. Leaves oblong, acute, cordate, sagittate incised at the 

 ghtly ciliate. Inferior petal glabrous, the rest bearded. 



\ .AR. OvATA. Leaves ovate, somewiiat cordate ; petiole margined. 

 \'Aii. K3JARcJn»'-\TA. Glabrous; /earca almost triangular, lacerately toothed 

 near the base. 



Pale blue. %. March & April. Upper districts of Geo. &, Car. 6-8 in. 



6. V. ViixosA. Leaves cordate, obtuse, pubescent, appressed, toothed* 

 with purple veins. Sepals acute, or obtuse. Petah villous, lateral ones 

 btarded. 



Pale blue. %. March and April. Sandy soil, common. 



7. V. RoTUXMFOLiA. Leaves orbicular, cordate, somewhat crcnate, gla- 

 brou.". Petiole nubesccnt. Stpah obtuse. Petals sometimes eraarginate, 

 upper ones small, marked with a few brown lines. Spur ahon. 



Yeiliiw. 1[. .May. Mountains. 



8. V. PRIM^L.^^FOUA. i>aiet oblong, somewhat cordate, serrate. Petioles 

 jn^,.,) . ,„ ..,3_ Pttult entire, green at the base, lateral ones bearded. Stig- 

 wtu , margined. 



">S ii e. 1\.. Feb. to April. Common. 2-3 inches. 



9. V. LAXf-ror.ATA. />wiy*lancef>Iate, narrow, glabrous, attenuate at the 

 base into a ^ole, obtuse, cuneatc. Peduncles reddish, of the length of 

 the ''".'IV. - : . .ir^ of the calyx lanceolate, acute. 7V/«/.« entire, green at 

 the .'■ upper one marked with blue lines; all beardless. 



\'. ...u. '4.. April— .May. Damp places. 3-8 inches. 



(5.) with stems. Stigma concede, not margined. 



10. y. Stricta. Stem erect, glabrous, nearly terete, branching. Leave* 

 roundish, cordate, acute, serrate, with conspicuous stipules, ciHate. Sepalt 



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