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is one of the showiest spring flowers of West Jersey. The 

 plants differ greatly in the length of the pedicels; in some they 

 are so short that the flowers appear almost sessile, while in 

 other mKDre luxuriant examples they stand up six inches from 

 the ground. Like most of the other blue violets it is occasionally 

 found blooming in the autumn. The true V. pedata, with the 

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

 limits. 



Fl. — Late April to mid-May, sporadically later. Cleistogenes 

 wanting. 



Middle District. — Famingdale, Pemberton (NB), Medford (S), Orchard 

 (S), Haddonfield, Clementon, Washington Park, National Park, Westville, 

 Mantua, Mickleton, Woodbury, Zion, Glassboro, Marlboro (NB), Bridge- 

 ton (S). 



Pine Barrens. — Berlin, Whitings. 



Coast Strip. — Pt. Pleasant, Petersburg, Ocean City Jnc. 



Cape May. — Court House. 



Viola palmata L. Palmate Violet. 



Viola palmata Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 933. 1753 [Virginia]. — Britten 55 (in part). 



Rich woodlands of the northern counties and less common 

 southward in the Middle district. 



Fl. — Late April to mid-May. Fr — .Of cleistogenes, mid- 

 June to mid-July (approx.). 

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



Viola palmata triloba Schwein. Three-lobed Violet. 



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

 ably Pennsylvania]. 

 Viola cucullata van palmata Knieskern 7. — Willis 9. 

 Viola palmata Britton 55 (in part). 

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



Common in woodlands of the northern counties and less abun- 

 dant southward in the Middle and Cape May districts. 



FL — Late April to mid-May. Fr. — Of cleistogenes, mid- 

 June to mid-July (approx.). 



Middle District.— Mediord (S), Haddonfield (S), Collingswood (S), 

 Bridgeton (S), Dividing Creek. 

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



