. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. VIOLACEAE. [5. Viola cucuUata Ait. ^larsh Blue \iolet. Fig. 2937. I'iola cncullata Ait. Ho Kew. -89. Glabrous; leaves except the earliest broadly ovate to reniform, cordate, acute or subacuniinate, finely crenate-serrate, often 3*' wide when mature ; pedun- cles usually much exceeding the leaves ; corolla violet- blue, darker colored at the throat, sometimes white; la
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. VIOLACEAE. [5. Viola cucuUata Ait. ^larsh Blue \iolet. Fig. 2937. I'iola cncullata Ait. Ho Kew. -89. Glabrous; leaves except the earliest broadly ovate to reniform, cordate, acute or subacuniinate, finely crenate-serrate, often 3*' wide when mature ; pedun- cles usually much exceeding the leaves ; corolla violet- blue, darker colored at the throat, sometimes white; lateral petals with strongly clavate beard, spurred petal glabrous, generally somewhat shorter than the lateral; sepals narrowly lanceolate; cleistogamous flowers long and slender, on erect, often elongate peduncles; capsules oyoid-cylindric, green, 5"-7i" long, but little exceeding the long-auricled sepals; seeds nearly black, I" long. Wet places, Quebec and Ontario, south to the moun- tains of northern Georgia, ri'o/o dcniata Greene, not Pursh. is a not infrequent hybrid between this species and I', fimbriatula. April-June. 16. Viola viarum Pollard. Plains Violet. Fig. 2938. Viola z'ianim Pollard in Britton, Man. 635. 1901- Glabrous; leaves broadly deltoid with the basal angles rounded; some undivided, merely crenate- serrate, or with a few slight incisions; others pe- dately 3-7-lobed or -parted, the middle segment broad acute serrate, the lower segments commonly lunate with outer margin sinuately serrate; corolla deep violet, the spurred petal gl.'.brous narrow emar- ginate, the lateral pair narrow, bearing a sparse short clavate beard, the upper pair broader diver- gent emarginate; sepals narrowly lanceolate, with rather short auricles; cleistogamous fruit on pedun- cles somewhat shorter than the petioles; ripe cap- sules pale green, ovoid-cylindric; seeds olive-brown, nearly i" long. Dry open ground, waysides, and rocky river-banks ' ) Kansas. April-May.
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