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Description.— ^pocimcn in full flower. Chadtl's Ford, :\Iay 10, 1902, 

 B. H. Smith. No. 5,172, Herb. W. S. Flowers similar to the last, 

 but 15 mm. broad; scapes 100 mm. long, spotted with red. Earliest 

 leaves 25 x 25 mm., renifonn, orl^icular or somewhat ovate ; later leaves 

 ovate, 40 x 50 mm., slightly pubescent above, gkibrous below; petioles 

 red-spotted, 50 mm. long, glabrous. Scapes of the cleistogenes 25 

 mm. in length. Late summer fruiting plants have the leaves all ovate, 

 usually rather acuminate, but they do not exceed 50 x 60 mm. in size; 

 petioles, however, vary to 150 mm. in length. 



As already stated, this and the preceding need more careful study, 

 but I have not the necessary material at hand. 



In the higher Alleghanies (Sullivan and Wyoming counties, also 

 Fulton — Porter), Viola renifolia Gray grows with V. Icconteana, 

 and in its later stages bears considerable resemblance to it, as 

 the leaves often become decidedly ovate in outline. The bristly 

 pubescence of the petiole and veins on the under surface of the leaf, 

 however, are in marked contrast to the smoothness of these ])arts in 

 V. leconteana, while the upper surface in V. renifolia at this season is 

 glabrous, instead of sparsely pubescent, as in the other species. 



V. leconteana seems to be the most stoloniferous of any of the white 

 acaulescent violets, but all of the hlanda group exceed V. primulosfolia 

 and lanceolata in this respect. 



4. Viola primulaefolia Linn. 



Viola primuhefolia Linn., 1753, Sp. Plant., pi. 934. 

 Viola p. boscii D. C, 1824, Prodronius, J, p. 293. 

 Viola p. cordata D. C., 1824, Prodromus, I, p. 293. 



Range. — The southeastern counties of Pennsylvania, as well as in 

 boggy places in ]\Ionroe comity, and abundant in southern New Jersey, 

 except the pine barrens, where it is replaced very largely by the next. 



Habitat. — Open moist ground. 



Description. — Early flowering plant. Tinicmn, Delaware county, 

 Pennsylvania, April 25, 1903. No. 5,153. Hcrlx W. S. Flowers white, 

 10 mm. broad, the lower petal strongly, the laterals slightly veined 

 with dark purple, all glabrous; sepals lanceolate-acute; scape 40 mm., 

 glabrous. Leaf ovate-oblong or oval, base deciuTcnt; crenulate, 15 x 20 

 to 20 X 25 mm., glabrous, except base of mid vein beneath and petiole 

 which are pubescent, petiole 10 to 15 mm. 



Older flowering plant. Tinicum, May 9. No. 5,154, Herb. W. S. 

 Scapes 90 mm. Leaves almost or quite glabrous thoughout, 35 x 23 

 mm., petiole 40 mm. Cleistogenes erect on scapes 20 mm. long. 



Fruiting plant. Tinicum, June 21, 1903. No. 5,155, Herb. W. S. 



