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gesting those of Jiastata, while the leaves of tripartita glaberrima resemble 

 rather those of V. scabriuscula in shape. This species, which I 

 have described above under the name tenuipes, is of southern range ex 

 clusively. From the true kastata, which also occurs in Florida, it may 

 be distinguished by the rootstock, which is of the same type as that of 

 tripartita. 



I wish to express my appreciation of the courtesy of Mr. C. D. Beadle, 

 Curator of the Biltmore Herbarium, for the loan of many sheets of speci 

 mens, and to Mr. Frank Boynton, of the same institution, for assistance 

 in field work. 



Viola Mulfordae. 



Acaulescent, tufted, from a short, thick and nearly vertical caudex: 

 scapes and foliage finely puberulent; leaf -blades oblong or ovate-oblong 

 outline, in the earliest 1.5-2 cm., the latter 3-4 cm. long; the margins 

 coarsely crenate, frequently incised at base with one or more lobes, the 

 apex very obtuse; petioles about twice the length of the blades; scapes 

 12-15 cm. high, surpassing the leaves; flowers deep violet-purple, nearly 

 2 cm. broad; sepals linear-lanceolate, finely ciliate; petals obovate, very 

 obtuse, copiously bearded at the base with glistening white hairs; scapes 

 of the cleistogenes evidently erect. 



Type, No. 404,998 in the United States National Herbarium, collected 

 by Miss F. A. Mulford at Hempstead Plains, Long Island, N. Y., May 

 13, 1902. The species belongs to the coastal plain region, its affinities 

 being with V. Brittoniana , with which it is found growing. Miss Mul 

 ford was the first to detect the obvious differences in both flowers and 

 foliage, and after a full season's observation of both plants in the field 

 concluded that they should not be referred to the same species. In 

 recognition of her courtesy in contributing material and the result of 

 her investigations, I take pleasure in naming the plant as above. It will 

 be remembered that the leaves of V. Brittoniana are distinctly ovate in 

 outline and pinnately lobed, while the flowers are of another shade, and 

 do not exhibit the white pubescence. 



