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VIOl;ACEAE 



Viola palmata L. 

 Early blue violet 

 Dry, open thickets, specially along roadsides. Frequent. May. 

 The leaves of this species are very variable, and some forms of the 

 plant closely resemble V. atlantica Britton. 



Viola obliqna Hill 

 V, palmata var. c u c ii 1 1 a t a Gray 

 Hooded violet 

 Damp woods, meadows and swamps. May-June. 



Viola papilionacea Pur si ) 

 Common blue violet 

 About dwellings and in grass lands. Our most common spe- 

 cies. Mav-June. 



Viola domestica Bicknell 



Yai'd violet 

 Yards and cultivated ground. Frequent. April-May. Some- 

 times considered a variety of the preceding species. 



Viola cucullata Ait. 



Marsh blue violet 

 Near the mouth of Apalachin creek. Infrequent. May-June. 



Viola viliosa Walt. 



Southern wood violet 



Dry, shaded soil. The "hogback" near Apalachin, the only 



station for it in our range. Its leaves are closely pressed to the 



ground, and it much resembles the false violet, D a 1 i b a r d a 



r e p e n s. April-May. 



Viola sororia A\'illd. 



Woolly blue violet 



Fields and roadsides. Common. IMentiful along the Mutton 



hill road. Mav-June. 



Viola sagittata Ait. 



Arroiv-leaved violet 



Meadows near Apalachin. Rare. May. 



Viola ovata Nutt. 

 Ovate-leaved violet 

 Fields and roadsides in dry soil. Common. April-May. 



