1903.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 679 



Le Conte's septernloba, a species not recognized in any of our manuals, 

 and I am much gratified to have Prof. Greene's endorsement and 

 statement that it matches well the water-color drawing of Le Conte 

 in his possession. 



Its large flowers, only matched by V. britioniana, its peculiarly lobed, 

 essentially glabrous leaves, and its great size in late summer — some 

 plants measure 15 inches in height — serve easily to distinguish it from 

 any other violet. 



19. Viola brittoniana Pollard. (PI. XXXV, fig. i; PI. XXXIX, fig. ii.) 



Viola atlaniica Britton, 1897, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, XXIV, p. 92 (jiec 



atlantica Pomel, 1874). 

 Viola brittoniana Pollard, 1898, Bot. Gazette, XXVI, p. 332. 



Range. — All along the New Jersey coast, and at points in the south- 

 ern pine barrens (Egg Harbor and Tuckahoe), also up the Delaware 

 valley, occurring at vSpringdale, Camden county, New Jersey, and 

 Tidlytown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. 



Habitat. — Damp, sandy, open ground. 



Description. — Flowering plant. Springdale, New Jersey, May 10, 

 1903. No. 5,114, Herb. W. S. Flowers very large, 28 mm. across, 

 rich violet, inclining to lilac (somewhat lighter than Ridgway's "aster- 

 purple"), without any deeper blue tint near the base of tlie petals, such 

 as is found in the preceding cut-leaved species ; white area of the throat 

 extended especially on the upper petals, pubescence on lateral and 

 lower petals short but spreading out beyond the white area, a scatter- 

 ing of hairs on the upper petals as well, sepals narrowly lanceolate- 

 acute; scape glabrous, 125 mm. in length. Leaves all much divided, 

 earliest ones reddish beneath, divisions extending about three-quarters 

 of the distance to the base, middle segment much broader than the 

 others, size 30 x 30 mm. ; later leaves divided to the base into three 

 segments, and each of these again divided almost to the base, making 

 nine irregularly toothed, nearly equal narrow lobes; size 70 x 75. The 

 leaves appear glabrous, but have a scattering of exceedingly minute 

 hairs, scarcely discernible to the naked eye, on the upper surface and 

 margin ; the later leaves are decidedly cucullate ; petioles 90 mm. long, 

 those of earliest leaves 30-40 mm. 



Fruiting plant. Springdale, June 27, 1903. No. 5,115, Herb. W. S. 

 Leaves 70 x 90 mm., petioles 225 mm. ; cleistogenes on erect peduncles 

 150-200 mm. tall. The late foliage seems somewhat harsh to the touch, 

 probably due to the minute marginal pubescence. This very distinct 

 violet seems to have escaped the notice of all the early writers, and 



