1903] Eames,— The Dentarias of Connecticut 217 
ciliolate, irregularly incised-dentate, the teeth subacute to rounded 
and acutely mucronate: of the stem-leaves ovate and obtuse, 2 to 5 
rarely 7 cm. long, 1.2 to 4 cm. wide, the central one rarely somewhat 
lobed, the oblique lateral ones frequently 1-cleft or -lobed on the outer 
side: those from the base and detached rootstocks sometimes simi- 
lar, usually larger, much broader, 3 to 5.4 cm. long, 2.8 to 5.8 cm. 
wide, central one broadly rhombic-ovate, -orbicular or broader than 
long, 1-cleft to -parted bilaterally, lateral ones r-parted to -divided on 
the outer side, the inner division sometimes 1- to 2-cleft, obliquely 
rhomboidal. Flowers purple-tinted, drying pale purple; petals 12 to 
15 mm. long, about twice length of sepals which are ovate-oblong, 
obtuse, 5 to 7 mm. long.  Pedicels .6 to 1.5 cm. long in flower, 1.5 
to 2 cm, long in fruit. Pods rarely matured, 2.5 to 3 cm. long includ- 
ing style 6 to 8 mm. long. — Windsor, in rich soil on banks and allu- 
vial bottoms beside a woodland stream flowing into Farmington River, 
6 June, 1903, Hames, no. 3970. 
Apparent hybrids between D. diphylla and D. laciniata are in her- 
baria as D. maxima, and often require careful study to be rightly 
understood, as they bear more or less resemblance to this species, 
and possess no constant characters. 
D. anomala, n. sp. Rootstock interrupted by the union of sev- 
eral prominently fusiform annual segments, slightly to moderately 
tuberculate-bracteate on a somewhat smooth surface: deep-seated: 
apparently intermediate between this section and the following. 
Stems 2 to 3.5 dm. high, somewhat pubescent, rather slender, soli- 
tary or two together, simple or occasionally with an axillary flowering 
branch. Leaves ternate, pubescent on both surfaces: those of the 
stem 2, subopposite or separated 1 to 2 cm., or 3 and irregularly 
alternate a fourth on the branch when present, leafless in one instance, 
on petioles 1 to 5.5 cm. long: basal rarely present, similar. Stem-leaf- 
lets 2 to 5.5 cm. long, 1 to 3 cm. wide, distinctly short-petiolate, 
somewhat ciliolate, irregularly subacute- to obtuse-dentate or incised, 
acutely mucronate; central one more or less deeply cleft to 1-parted 
on each side, the lateral ones 1-parted to -divided on the outer side. 
Flowers “nearly white, just tinged with rose or purple:"! petals ro 
to 12 mm. long, obovate, rounded at the apex, 3 times length of the 
ovate-oblong obtuse sepals which are 3 to 4 mm. long and distinctly 
smaller than in any other of our species. Pedicels 7 to 20 mm. long, 
slender in flower. Pods not seen.— Plainville, rich moist woods, 
5 May, 1902, C. H. Bissell; 11 May, 1902, C. H. Bissell. ( Type 
material in herb. Bissell, also in herb. Gray and in the author's 
herbarium. ) 
Growing with D. diphylla and D. laciniata and flowering about 
midway between them in time. This species may have had a hybrid 
origin between the widely different accompanying species, but it is 
! Bissell, RHOD. V, 169. 
