. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 554 VIOLACEAE. Vol. 21. Viola Brittoniana Pollard. Coast Violet. Fig. 2943. Viola Atlantica Britton, Bull. Torr. Club 24: 92. 1897. Not Pomel. 1874. Viola Brittoniana Pollard, Bot. Gaz. 26: 332. 1898. Rootstock thick, erect; scapes slender, 4'-8' high, mostly longer than the leaves; blades reniform to ovate in outline; 1V-2I' wide Vifhen mature, 3-parted a
. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 554 VIOLACEAE. Vol. 21. Viola Brittoniana Pollard. Coast Violet. Fig. 2943. Viola Atlantica Britton, Bull. Torr. Club 24: 92. 1897. Not Pomel. 1874. Viola Brittoniana Pollard, Bot. Gaz. 26: 332. 1898. Rootstock thick, erect; scapes slender, 4'-8' high, mostly longer than the leaves; blades reniform to ovate in outline; 1V-2I' wide Vifhen mature, 3-parted and the segments 2-4- cleft into linear or oblanceolate acute lobes, distantly serrulate, the middle lobe somewhat the widest; glabrous except for minute pubes- cence on the upper surface and margin; flow- ers large, rich violet with the white throat conspicuous; sepals linear-lanceolate, acumi- nate; capsules ovoid-cylindric, 5"-8" long; seeds buff, i" long. In peaty or moist sandy soil along the coast, from southern Maine to Virginia. May-June. 22. Viola pedatifida Don. Prairie or Larkspur Violet. Fig. 2944. Viola pedatifida Don, Gard. Diet, i: 320. 1831. Viola delphinifolia Nutt; T. & G. Fl. N. A. i: 136. 1838. Rootstock short, vertical; leaves palmately multifid, primarily 3-parted or -divided, each segment again 3-cleft or -parted into linear subdivisions, these often further cut into 2-4 lobes; leaves of late summer less deeply dis- sected, sometimes 3'-4' wide, usually cuneate at the base with prominent flabelliform veins, the lobes hirsutulous on the margin; scapes exceeding the leaves, bearing showy, violet flowers; cleistogamous capsules yellowish when ripe, s"-7-i" long, on erect peduncles commonly shorter than the petioles; seeds l" long. Prairies, Ohio to Saskatchewan, southwest to New Mexico and Arizona. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for reada
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