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is one of the showiest spriiii; llowcrs of West Jersey. The 

 plants (HiTer ijreatly in tlie len,nth of the pedicels; in some they 

 are so short that the flf>\vers appear almost sessile, while in 

 other m'ore luxuriant exami)les they stand up six inches from 

 the i^Tound. Like most of the other blue violets it is occasionally 

 found bloominj^- in the autumn. The true J\ pcdala, with the 

 two upper petals, dark purple, I have never found within our 

 limits. 



Fl. — Late April to mid-AIay. si)or<idicallv later. Cleistogenes 

 wanting. 



Middle District.— 'P-dmmgdaXc, Pcmbcrlon (NB), Medford (S), Orchard 

 (S), Haddonficld, Clementon. Washington Park, National Park, Westville, 

 Mantua, Mickleton, Woodbury, Zion. Olassboro, Marlboro (NB), Bridge- 

 ton (S). 



Pine Barrens. — Berlin, Whitings. 



Coast Strip. — Pt. Pleasant. Peter.sburg, Ocean City Jnc. 



Cape May. — Court House. 



Viola palmata I-/. Palmate Violet. 



Viola pahnata Linnaius, Sp. PI. 93.3. 175.3 [Virginia]. — Britton 55 (in part). 



Rich woodlands of the northern counties and less common 

 southward in the Middle district. 



Fl. — Late April to mid-]\Iay. l-r — .Of cleistogenes, mid- 

 June to mid-July (approx.). 



Middle District.— Predwld (Willis), Medford (S). 



Viola palmata triloba Schwein. Three-lobed Violet. 



Viola triloba Schwein, Anier. Jour. Sci. V. 57. 1822 [no locality, prob- 

 ably Pennsylvania].' 

 Viola cuctdlata var. palmata Knieskern 7. — Willis 9. 

 Viola palmata Britton 55 (in part). 

 Viola palmata dilatata Stone, Proc. Acad. Xat. Sci., Phila., 1903, 676. 



Common in woodlands of the northern counties and less abun- 

 dant south w^ard in the Middle and Cape May districts. 



Fl. — Late April to mid-Ma}-. Fr. — (^f cleistogenes, mid- 

 June to mid-July (approx.). 



Middle District.— Ucdiov A (S), Haddonfield (S), Collingswood (S), 

 Bridgeton (S), Dividing Creek. 

 Cape May.— Bayside (OHB), East of Price's Beach (S). 



