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Leaves not hairy on the upper surface, plant 
therwise hairy. 15. V. incognita, 
Blade of leaf not hairy on either surface. 
Blades rounded, cordate ; seeds small, nearly 
black. 16. V. pallens. 
Blades ovate to ovate-lanceolate ; seeds larger, 
brown. 17. V. primutlifolia, 
Blades lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate; seeds 
dark bro 18. V. lanceolata, 
Petals yellow ; ses ole beneath, spreading close to the ' 
ground. 19. V. rotundifolia. 
Il. Caulescent: with stems above ground bearing leaves and flowers 
Petals yel 
Sea Sdiediy hairy. 20. V. pubescens. 
Plants not hairy or only slightly so. 21. V. scabriuscula, 
Petals blue, 22. V. conspersa. 
Vote. — No attempt is made to include the hybrids in the ey: In ep raps 
list the numbers given without collector’s name refer to my own collec In the 
case of common species, when only one record is given, it isthe cuca essere record 
I have found. 
I. VIOLA PEDATA L. Sp. Pl. 933. 1753 
Occasional in the Todt Hill region and in the sandy regions on 
the west side of the island, rarely elsewhere. Some of the earlier 
records are: Todt Hill, May 12, 1877, WZ. Ruger ; Court House, 
May 10, 1879, and Kreischerville, June 5, 1879, V. LZ. Britton ; 
Mariner Harbor, May, 1881, C. O. Thompson. Specimens with 
white flowers, Todt Hill, May, 1882, . Z. Aritton, and Garretsons, 
May 10, 1890, G. D. Hulst; with double flowers, Watchogue, 
May 11, 1884, Arthur Hollick; in blossom Nov. 4, 1883, Totten- 
ville, Arthur Hollick. Our plants have the characters of var. 
fineariloba DC. 
2. V. Brirronrana Pollard, Bot. Gaz. 26: 332. 1898 
V. septemloba of authors, not LeConte. 
V. atlantica Britton, not Pomel. 
New Dorp, May 8, 1876, V. LZ. Britton. Common on the low- 
lands. It was admitted on the authority of Geo. W. Wright as 
V. delphinifolia Nutt.* in the Flora of oe County.f 
* Proe, Nat. Sci. Kani: 8. .8: 39. 10 My 1902. 
+ By Arthur Hollick and N. < Britton. Staten Island, 1879. 
