VIOLET FAMILY. Violaceae. 



nearly, if not quite, without beards. 3-6 inches high. 

 In marshes and wet soil in the alpine region of the 

 mountains of New England, and north ; also in the 

 Rockies. A native of Europe. Found on Mt. Washing- 

 ton and Mt. Moosilauke, N. H. 



t VVh't ^ small species with olive green, round 



Violet heart-shaped leaves slightly scalloped, and 



Viola blanda sweet-scented white flowers, very small, 

 White with purple-veined petals, bearded, and 



April-May not broadly expanded ; fertilized mostly 

 by the honeybees, and the bees of the genus Halictus. 

 3-5 inches high. In swamps, wet meadows, moist 

 woodlands, and often in dry situations, from Me., south 

 to Ga. , and local westward. The var. renifolia is slight- 

 ly soft-hairy, the leaves are round kidney-formed, and 

 the flower-petals are usually beardless. From Me., Vt., 

 and Mass. , to western N. Y. and Minn. 



A smooth, remarkably narrow-leaved 

 Lance-leaved * 



Vi i e t species, the leaves lance-shaped or even 



Violalanceolata linear lance-shaped, indistinctly scalloped, 

 White and generally blunt. The flowers white, 



April-June veined with dull purple, and the petals 

 beardless ; they are slightly fragrant. Cross-fertilized 

 by the aid of the small bees of the genus Halictus and 

 Andrena. 2-5 inches high. Common in moist ground 

 and on river-banks from Me., south, and west to Minn. 

 It bears cleistogamous flowers. 



A very early and rather inconspicuous 

 Round-leaved violet> most frequently found on woodland 

 VMarotundi- floors and rock y hill sides. The stalks are 

 folia smooth, or. very slightly fine-hairy, and 



Pale golden 2-4 inches high, generally the flower- 

 yellow stalks exceed those of the leaves. The 

 ay smooth deep green leaves are round or 

 long heart-shaped, indistinctly scalloped, and small in 

 the flowering season; but by midsummer they lie flat 

 upon the ground and attain a diameter of 2^4 inches. 

 The small flowers are pale golden yellow, the lateral 

 petals are bearded and veined with madder purple ; the 

 lower petal is also strongly veined and has a short spur. 

 In cool and somewhat damp, or even dry, situations 

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