Viola VIOLACEAE Viola 



V. emarginata (Nutt.) Leconte. 



Infrequent, on dry banks and in sandy pine woods and brackish 

 meadows, from southern New Castle County to Northampton 

 County. Late April to early June. 



V. Brittoniana Pollard. 



Rare in the Piedmont area; Mt. Cuba (NC), E. Tatnall in 1894 

 (D); frequent in sandy swamps and brackish meadows, southern 

 New Castle County to Sussex County; one collection in Accomac 

 County: dry sandy pineland, 2 mi. s. of Accomac, R. R. Tatnall, 

 3779, 22 May 1938 (T). Late April through May. 



V. lanceolata L. Lance-leaved Violet. 



Common in wet places, Piedmont and Coastal Plain, southward 

 to Wicomico County; infrequent south of the Virginia line. Mid- 

 April into June. 



V. primulifolia L. Primrose-leaved Violet. 



Common in swamps, ditches and wet woods, throughout. Late 

 April to early June. 



V. pallens (Banks) Brainerd. Sweet White Violet. 



Frequent in bogs and low woods of northern New Castle County; 

 rare farther south: bog 23^ mi. s. of Milton (S), R. R. Tatnall, 3243, 

 11 April 1937 (T), and 4811, 25 April 1941 (A, G). Mid- April to 

 late May. 



V. blanda Willd. Red-stemmed White Violet. 



Frequent in rocky woods, and on cold, wet banks of the Pied- 

 mont; rare in the northern Coastal Plain area: New Castle, J. T. 

 Penny-packer, 23 April 1892 (D). Mid- April, May. 



V. rotundifolia Mx. Round-leaved Violet. Early Yellow 

 Violet. 



Cold, wet, shaded banks; rare: on a springy, north-facing road- 

 side bank, Wooddale (NC), Commons in 1856, and many later 

 collections by Commons and others (T, D, A, G) ; persisting at this 

 station up to the present time; Mt. Cuba (NC), J. Crawford, 13 

 May 1892 (A); 1 mi. n. by e. of Centreville (NC), R. R. Tatnall, 

 1766, 20 May 1933, and several later numbers (T, A). Reported 

 by Commons from Greenbank, Ashland and Pike Creek (all NC), 

 but no specimens seen from these localities. Early to late April. 



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