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Viola Helena, sp. nov. 



Caule erecto 3-6 cm., foliis laticeolatis 7.5- 11.5 X 1.5-2 cm. dentibus 

 glanduliferis stipulis lineari-lanceolatis, serratis, 8 mm.; scapis bibracteatis 

 umbellate biflores. Sepala lanceolata 4-5 mm. Petala alba, inferiore latis- 

 sime saccato. Capsula i cm. longa, glabra. 



Type locality, Wahiawa Mountains, Kauai, H. I. J. M. 

 Lydgate, May, 1908. 



Plant one to two feet high. — Lydgate. Leaves lanceolate, 

 tapering at both ends, glandular serrate, 3-4.5 inches long by 

 7-9 lines wide, with petioles of 2-3 lines. Scapes or peduncles 

 one or two on a stem, 2-3 lines, with two to three linear bracts, 

 bearing an umbel of two flowers on pedicels of 10-14 lines 

 which have bractlets of about i line. Sepals lanceolate, 2 lines. 

 Petals a little more than twice as long, the lower saccate, white, 

 or pale lavender, lower and lateral ones bearded. Capsule gla- 

 brous, 7 lines long. 



The species is named by Mr. Lydgate for his wife. 



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