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The Ohio Naturalist. 
[Vol. XIII, No. 3, 
G. Viola labridorica. Schrank. American Dog Violet. Plant 
4-7 in. tall, stems slender, numerous, glabrous; leaves somewhat 
hispidulous above, rounded at the apex, f-lf in. long, f-lf in. 
wide; stipules lance-linear, narrow f-f in. long; flowers deep or 
pale violet, spur rather long, not so long as petal, but rather 
thick. Lucas, Lorain, Portage, Trumbull, Wyandot Co. 
7. Viola rostrata. Pursh. Long-spurred Violet. Plant lf-7 
in. high, compact, low, leaves round, heart-shaped, glabrous 
f-lf in. long, f-1 3-16 in. broad; stipules narrow lance-linear 
f-f in. long; flowers lilac with deep violet along the veins, spur as 
long as petal. Hancock, Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina, Wyandot, 
Crawford, Wayne, Auglaize, Franklin, Licking, Perry, Jackson, 
Belmont, Jefferson, Columbiana, Trumbull Co. 
8. Viola rafinesquii. Greene. Wild Pansy. Plant very slender, 
3-15 in. high; leaves, earliest sub-orbicular, later obovate to 
linear lanceolate, attentuate at the base, f-lf in. long, f-f in. 
wide; flowers bluish-white to cream-colored; stipules, very large, 
leaf-like f-lf in. long. Ottawa, Erie, Cuyahoga, Lake, Ross, 
Tuscarawas, Franklin, Pike, Miama, Montgomery, Hamilton Co. 
9. Viola tricolor. L. Garden Pansy. Plant more robust than 
rafinesquii; lower leaves ovate, upper leaves longer than broad, 
crenate, f-f in. long, f-f in. wide; stipules large, leaf-like, f-1 in. 
long; flower variously, colored purple, white and yellow. 
Cuyahoga Co. 
10. Viola odorata L. Sweet Violet. Plant, low, stoloniferous; 
leaves round or broadly ovate, cordate, obtuse, crenate, f-lf in. 
long, f-f in. broad; flowers deep purple, f-f in. wide, very fra¬ 
grant. Franklin, Lake Co. 
11. Viola rotundifolia Michx. Round-leaf Violet. Plants low, 
bases of former leaves persistent on rootstock; leaves ovate or 
heartshaped, yellowish green, lighter below, f-2§ in. long, f-2| in. 
wide, flowers yellow, lateral petals bearded, keel and lateral 
petals streaked with brown. Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Hocking Co. 
12. Viola lecontiana Don. Woodland White Violet. Leaves, 
bright green above, paler below, petioles rad-spotted, blades 
orbicular to heart-shaped, 1—2f in. long, 1-2J in. wide; flowers 
white, fragrant. Hancock, Fairfield, Vinton, Cuyahoga Co. 
13. Viola blanda Willd. Sweet White Violet. Plant, glabrate, 
somewhat stoloniferous from a very slender rootstock; leaves 
f-lf in. long, f-lf in. wide, thin, light green, reniform to orbicular; 
flowers, white. Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Summit, Stark, Colum¬ 
biana, Belmont, Knox, Licking, Fairfield, Hocking, Champaign, 
Franklin, Lucas Co. 
14. Viola lanceolata L. Lance-leaf Violet . Leaves glabrous, 
lance-shaped, crenulate, f-2 in. long, 3-16—§ in. wide; flowers, 
sepals lanceolate, acute, keel petal white with purple stripes, 
lateral petals beardless. Fairfield and Lake Co. 
