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Ana)i07i€ nemorosa^ L. forma qninquefolta, (L.) [A, qtiinqite- 

 folia, L. Sp. PL 541 ; A, ncmorosay L. var. qimiqucfolia, Pursh, 

 FL Am. Sept. 386.) This differs only from the ordinary state of the 

 eastern American plant, called in all recent books A. nciiwrosa^ 

 in the lateral leaf divisions being again div^ided. This is, indeed^ 

 the general condition of the radical leaves, and there are all gra- 

 dations traceable. As a matter of fact, I now regret having ever 

 written it up in this way, but the early signatures of the cata- 

 logue being printed, some explanation of my motive should be 

 made. I am now convinced that our plant is distinct from the 

 European, as was long ago forcibly argued by Barton* and should 

 be called A. qidnquc folia, L.t A long series of European ne- 

 morosa and Atlantic American qitinqiicfolia, seem to me to show 



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remarkably constant differences. The few West Coast specimens 

 referred to nemorosa that I have had opportunity to examine 

 seem again distinct from either, | while in the plant of the southern 

 Alleghenies which I have seen in Mr. Canby's herbarium, we 

 must have the genuine Central European A. trifolia, as indi- 

 dicated by Dr. Gray (Amer. Nat. vii. 422.) 



Wood 



Island 



(Pursh.) {Ny7npha^a odorata, var. rosea, Bennett, Rhode 

 Catalogue.) Flowers large, pink or purple. It has long seemed 

 to me that this striking and beautiful form of the water lily was 

 entitled to a name. It is very w^ell known to exist at various 

 points along the Atlantic coast from Massachusetts to New Jer* 

 sey, whence I have specimens collected by Mr. Commons near 

 Cape May, and Dr. Lockwood reports it as growing near Man- 

 chester and Woodstown, 



Aqiiilegia Canadensis, L. forma FLAVIFLORA (Tcnncy). {A. 

 flavifloray Tcnncy, Amer. Nat. i. 389. A. Canade?tsts, L., var. 

 PJiippcnii, Robinson, Flora Essex County, A. Canadensis, L., 

 var. Jlaviflora, Britt. Bull. Torn Club, xv. 97. This manifestly 

 falls into the rank of forma, and the yellow color appears to 

 be perfectly constant. 



Viola pedaia, L. forma BICOLOR, (Pursh.) (F. pedata, var. 



* Comp. Flor. Thila. ii. 20 ; Fl. N. A. ii. 10. 



f T hav^e so designated it in the Addenda to the New Jersey Catalogue. 



\A, Grayii, Kell. and Behr. 



