(i2<') l'I.\Nf I.I IK <»!•' AI-.\n.\M.\. 



AiAMAM.v: Mdiinlaiii H'<;ion to Coast ])l;iin. Dry roi-ky or sandy places. Loo 

 Coiiuly. Aulmrii (/>'.//,(;•.»• A'rtr^-, No. .V>). Cullman (bounty, 800 feet. Dale County, 

 ()/:nk! Moliiir ('i)iiuty, Sprin^Miill, on sandy pine ridges. Flowers July, August. 



Type locality : '• E C'linada." 



Horb. Gcul. 8urv. Herb. Midir. 



VIOLACEAE. Violet Family. 



VIOLA L. S).. I'l. 2:li:W. ITHS.' 



About l.">0 species, in ieiuperate regions, chiefly of tbe Xortlif^rn Hemisphere. 

 North America 36, Atlantic 2'). 



Viola pedata J>. Sp. PI. 2:983. 1753. BikiVs-k<»ot Violkt. 



liola pvdata viir. hirolor I'ursh; Raf in DC. Prodr. 1: 2!tl. 1824. 



\"iola itedata inoniata Greene, I'ittonia, 3 : 35. 1898. 



Gray, Man. ed. ti, 78. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 19.5. 



Candinian and I^ouisianian area. Southern New England, New .Jersey, and south- 

 ern Missouri, south to Tennessee and Mississippi. 



Alabama: Tennessee Valley, Mountain region. Metamorphic hills. Dry grassy 

 banks, open copses. liawrence County, Moulton. Madison County, Montesano 

 {r,o>i»ton, Herb. Biltniore.) Tuscaloosa County {E.A.Smith). Lee County, Auburn 

 {F.S.Earle). Flowers April; not infrequent. 



Type locality: " Hab. in ^'i^ginia." 



H(>rb. Geol. Surv. 



Viola palmata L. Sp. PI. 2 : 933. 1753. Blue Wooi)-\ iolkt. 



Viola IteierophyUa Muhl. Cat. 25. 1813. 



Mola palvutta var. vnhjarin Ell. Sk. 1 : 300. 1817. 



Viola ciicullala \ax. palmata Gray, Man. ed. 5, 78. 1867. 



Ell. 8k. 1. c. Gray, Man. ed. 6. 79. Chap. Fl. 33. Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 196. 



Allegheuiau to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia, Ontario; New England, west to 

 Minnesota, Nebraska, and Arkansas, south to I'^lorida and I^onisiana. 



Alabama: Over the State. In light dry soil. Most abundant in the pine forests 

 of the Maritime Pine belt. Flowers sky-blue, March. Common. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Viola palmata dilatata Ell. Sk. 1 : 300. 1817. 



Ell. 1. c. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Georgia, Louisiana. 



Alabama: Mountain region to Lower Pine belt. In dry sandy soil. Lee County 

 {Baker iS' Earle). Mobile County, pine uplands. 



Type locality : " Upper districts of Georgia and Carolina." 



Viola brittoniaua Pollard, Bot. Gaz. 26 : 332. 



Viola atlantica Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 24 : 92. 1897. Not V. atlantica Pomel,1874. 



Britt(m &, Br. 111. Fl. 2 : 44(). 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Coast of southern New England to New Jersey 

 sourhward along the coast. Eastern Louisiana (Feliciana, Carpenter). 



Alabama: Lower Pine belt. Mobile County, in dry pine woods. Flowers bright 

 blue, March 15. Frequent. 



Viola vicinalis Greene, Pittonla, 4 : 9. 1899. Largk-flowkued Violkt. 



.rioZa{»(8J/7Hi« Pollard, Bot. Gaz. 26:334. 1898. Not Richter. 1888. 



Glabrous from a stout erect rhizome; leaves rather iirm, thickish, the margin 

 slightly revolute, triangular in outline, obtuse at the apex, truncate at the base, tlie 

 early incised and the later variously lobed, the 3 to 5 lobes broad to linear, deeply 

 pinnatiiid, the middle lobe alway-S: the largest, the lowest pair more or le.s8 ruucinate, 

 the divisions crenately denticulate; peduncles shorter or longer than the leaves.; 

 llowers large, the lateral petals bearded with glistening hairs, spur short, sepals 

 .narrowly lanceolate, acute. 



Louisianian area. Florida. 



Ai^ba.ma: Coast i)lain. In dry sandy pine woods. Mobile County. "Infrequent. 



Type locality of J. i»isij77u'8 Pollard: "Dry pine barrens, northern Florida. « * •* 

 Curtiss no. 4518a, Jacksonville; A. Fredholm no. 425, Duval County.' 



' Charles L. Pollard, The purple-flowered, stemless violets of the Atlantic coast, 

 Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 10, pp. 85 to 92. 1896 Same author, Further 

 .observation>s on the eastern acaulesceut violets, Bot. (^az. vol. 26, i)j). 325 to 342. 1898. 



