deltoid-lanceolate, hastate and rhombic-ovate, repandly toothed; stipules
ovate, acute; stigma somewhat incurved, emargmate; sepals lanceolate,
acute ; spur very short.—Michx. ! ft. 2.p. 149; Ell.sk. l.p . 302 ; Schwein.!
l.c .; Torr.'. ft. 1. p. 257; DC. prodr. 1. » .3 0 0 ; LeConte! l.c. V. gib-
bosa, R a ft; DC. 1. c.
Shady woods, particularly in mountainous regions, Pennsylvania ! to
Florida !—Rhizoma long and creeping. Stem 4-10 inches high. Radical
leaves dilated and truncate at the base. Peduncles shorter than the leaves.
Flowers smaller than in V. pubescens, yellow: lateral petals slightly bearded.
Stigma hairy on each side, with a deep furrow on the top.
25. V. tripartita (Ell.) : hirsute; stem simple, leafy only at the summit;
leaves deeply 3-parted, the lobes lanceolate, toothed. Ell. sic. p. 2. 302 ; DC.
prodr. 1. p. 300. V. hastata, (3. L e Conte, l. c.
Near Athens, Georgia.—Stem about a foot high; the young plant villous.
Leaves divided to the base, sometimes trifoliolate, very hairy; segments
sometimes acuminate. Stipules lanceolate, villous, entire or serrulate. Peduncles
long, slender, bracteate with 2 minute alternate scales near the
middle. Flowers yellow. Sepals acute. The lower petal beautifully streaked
with purple. Elliott.
26. V. pubescens (Ait.) : villous ; stem erect, naked below; leaves broadly
cordate, toothed; stipules ovate, somewhat toothed; sepals oblong-lanceolate;
spur very short, a little saccate.—Ait. Kew. (ed. 1.) 3 .p. 290; Nutt.!
gen. 1. p. 150; Schwein.! 1. c.; Torr.! ft. 1. p. 257; Le Conte! 1. c. V.
Pennsylvanica, Michx.! ft. 2. p. 149.
0. eriocarpa (Nutt.) : capsules densely villous. Nu tt.! 1. c .; Torr.! 1. c.
V. eriocarpa, Schwein. ! 1. c .; D C. 1. c.
y . scabriuscula: branching from the root; stems decumbent, nearly glabrous;
leaves smaller, somewhat scabrous, but hardly pubescent; capsule
glabrous, or villous.—V. scabriuscula, Schwein.! mss.
Dry woods, Canada! to Georgia! west the Council Bluffs on the Missouri.
y . Pennsylvania, Darlington! Kentucky, Dr. S h o rt! April-May.
—Stem 6-12 inches high, with naked stipules at the base. Leaves 2-3
on the upper part of the stem, somewhat acuminate, rarely almost glabrous.
Peduncles shorter than the leaves. Flowers middle-sized, yellow: petals
handsomely striate. Appendages of the stamens forming a broad dorsal
wing or keel, not produced at the base. Stigma globose, not rostrate, strongly
bearded on each side.
27. V. glabella (Nutt.! mss.): “ nearly glabrous; stem erect, naked below
; leaves reniform-cordate, with a short acumination, crenately serrulate;
stipules very small, membranaceous, nearly entire; sepals linear-lanceolate;
spur very short, slightly saccate.
“ Shady woods of the Oregon. April.—Leaves with a very shallow sinus,
scarcely at all cuneate at the insertion of the petiole. Flowers rather larger
than in V. pubescens, bright yellow, the upper ones almost fastigiate: petals
somewhat veined at the base. Stigma globose, hairy on the sides.” Nuttall.
—Very near V. pubescens.
28. V. ocellata: pubescent; leaves on very long petioles, cordate-triangular,
crenately toothed; stipules lanceolate, somewhat ciliate; peduncles shorter
than the leaves; sepals linear; petals oblong-obovate (lateral ones spotted)
; spur very short; appendages dorsal, winged, not produced at the base.
California, Douglas !—Stem nearly a foot high, simple, terete. Leaves
l i inch wide, slightly cordate, or truncate at the base; uppermost ones,
somewhat acuminate and deltoid: petioles 3-4 inches long. Stipules small,
scarious. Flowers on the summit of the stem, middle-sized: peduncles
about an inch long. Upper petals purple, the others pale yellow; lateral
ones with a purple spot below the middle, slightly bearded on the claw.
Style much attenuated downward : stigma strongly bearded on each side.
29. V. Canadesnis (Linn.): nearly glabrous; leaves broadly cordate,
acuminate, serrate, the nerves pubescent; stipules ovate-lanceolate, entire;
peduncles shorter than the leaves; sepals subulate; petals elliptical-oblong;
spur very short, saccate; capsule very obtuse.—P u rsh ! ft. 1. p. 174;
Schwein.! 1. c .; Torr.! ft. l.p . 255; DC. prodr. 1. p. 301; Le Conte, l.
c .; Hook. ft. Bor.-Am,. 1. p. 80.
ft. corymbosa (Nutt.! mss.): flowers 5-6, somewhat corymbosely fastigiate,
sometimes white.
Shady woods, generally in mountainous districts, Hudson’s Bay! to Carolina!
and west to the Pacific. /?. Woods, Alabama, Nuttall! May-July.—
Stem from 6 inches to 2 feet high, nearly simple. Flowers middle-sized.
Petals only slightly twisted, pale within, violet externally; lateral ones bearded.
Seeds roundish-ovate, brown.
30. V. sarmentosa (Dougl.) stems creeping, filiform; stolons floriferous ;
leaves cordate, with the sinus open, crenate, somewhat pubescent above,
glabrous and punctate beneath; style rather slender; appendages of the anthers
somewhat produced; peduncles about as long as the leaves ; spur very
short.—Hook.ft. Bor.-Am. l.p . 80.
Hilly wooded places, N. W. America, Douglas; pine woods of the Oregon
near the junction of the Wahlamet, Nuttall! and near Wallawallah,
Mr. Townsend!—Leaves about £ of an inchin diameter; the petiole longer
than the lamina. Flowers yellow: petals oblong-obovate, entire; lateral petals
slightly bearded.
31. V. chrysantha (Hook.): somewhat pubescent; stems caespitose,
short; leaves bipinnatifid; segments linear; sepals ciliate; inferior petal without
a spur.—Hook. ! ic. t. 49.
Monterey, California, Douglas !—Btems partly subterranean, several in a
cluster from one root. Leaves on long petioles; the segments very narrow
and rather acute. Stipules linear lanceolate, entire. Peduncles rather longer
than the leaves. Flowers very large: petals broadly obovate, glabrous; the
2 superior ones purplish; the others bright yellow with dark lines at the
base; inferior one slightly saccate at the base. Upper part of the filaments
broad and rounded : appendages dorsal, wing-like, not produced at the base.
Style clavate, curved: stigma obtuse, slightly hairy below the summit.
§ .3. Stigma urceolate, hairy on each side; aperture large, furnished
with a lip on one s id e : style attenuated downward: ovary partly immersed
in the concave torus: seeds very numerous.—Gingins.
32. V. tricolor (Linn.): root somewhat fusiform; stems branching, diffused;
lower leaves ovate, cordate; stipules runcinately pinnatifid, the middle
lobe crenate; petals with short claws; spur thick, obtuse, not produced;
appendages short; seeds oblong-ovate. DC. prodr. 1. p. 303.
*. arvensis (DC.): annual; stems assurgent; upper leaves spatulate-
ovate; petals scarcely longer than the calyx, yellowish, blue, or spotted with
purple. DC. 1. c .; Hook. ft. Bor.-Am. l.p . 81. V. bicolor, Pursh ! ft. 1.
». 175; Nutt. gen. 1. p. 151; Schwein.! 1. c. V. arvensis, Ell. sk. 1. p. 302.
V. tenella, Muhl.! cat.p. 25 ; Torr. ! fl. 1. p. 257; Le Conte ! 1. c.
Dry rocky hills New-York! to Georgia, Missouri,and Arkansas! May.—
Plant nearly glabrous. Stem somewhat triangular. Stipules very lar^e.
Petals pale blue, yellowish towards the base (sometimes none); lateral ones
bearded. Capsule glabrous.