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Parry, coll. 1867, no. 83. — A span high, from a thickish branching 

 caudex. Involucre as long as the pedicels, in Nuttall's specimen whit- 

 ish and as if somewhat petaloid, the leaflets lanceolate or linear and a 

 little connate* at the base. Rays of the umbel from three to six lines 

 long, of the umbellets one or two lines long. Styles long. Fruit a 

 line and a half or two lines in length, the jugoe rather salient. 



S. Hallii, n. sp. Acaulescens, glabrum ; foliis pinnatisectis 3 - 5- 

 jugis, segmentis cuneatis oblongisve incisis vel pinnatifidis, lobis 

 3-7 brevibus mucronatis nunc paucidentatis ; scapo sirnplicissirno 

 nudo folia superante ; floribus flavis; fructu anguste oblongo gla- 

 berrimo pedicello brevissimo multo longiore ; dentibus calycis bre- 

 vibus demum evanidis ; vittis ad valleculas magnis cum accessoriis 

 ssepius in quoque jugo minimis; seminis sectione transversa subquad- 

 rata. — Low mountains of Colorado, Hall and Harbour; mentioned 

 in Proceed. Acad. Philad., March, 1863, p. 63, no. 221. Bear Creek, 

 seventeen miles west of Denver, Dr. George Vasey. — Scape ten 

 inches high, slender. Umbel nearly as in the preceding, but the 

 secondary rays are very short, as also are the ovate-subulate leaflets of 

 the involucel. Styles slender. Fruit narrow, two lines long, abrupt 

 both at the base and apex ; the vittas filling the intervals between the 

 narrow and slightly salient jugre. The odor of the fruit in both 

 species is rather strong. Notwithstanding the yellow flowers of this 

 species and the slender styles in both, they are confidently referred 

 to Sesell. 



Miscellaneous Specific Characters, fyc. 



Viola renifolia, n. sp. Rhizomate floribusque V. Mandce vel 

 paullo majore ; foliis reniformibus (adultis saspius poll. 2 latis) utrin- 

 que cum petiolo villoso-pubescentibus ; scapo pubescente. — This Vio- 

 let was first brought to my notice by Miss Shattuck of Mount Holyoke 

 Seminary, who collected it at, or received it from, " East Elba, New 

 York." Later Mr. Henry Cillman sent it from Ontonagon, Lake 

 Superior; and now I have fresh specimens and the living plant from 

 Mr. Frank A. Sherman, of Hanover, New Hampshire. Also speci- 

 mens from -the colder parts of Oneida Co., New York, from Professor 

 Paine. It grows in company with V. blunda, which it closely resem- 

 bles as to the flower, but the leaves are more like those of V. palus- 

 tris ; yet they are more strictly reniform, and are conspicuously beset 

 with pale, soft and tender, lax hairs. 



