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Young plants resemble the corresponding cross with . pap- 
tlionacea ; older plants show more the leaf character of V. affinis. 
Emerson Hill, May 18, 1907 (4683, type), transplanted and 
specimens again taken Sept. 29 (5239); South New York No. 3 
(Darcey’s woods), May 11, 1907 (4672), transplanted and speci- 
mens again taken Sept. 29, 1907 (5235), and Aug. 6, 1909 (5897); 
Ocean Terrace, May 25, 1907 (4773), transplanted and specimens 
again taken Sept. 29 (5243); Egbertville, Oct. 3, 1908 (5677); 
New Springville, July 19, 1909 (5866). 
26. Viola affinis x hirsutula nom. nov. 
V. affinis x villosa Brainerd, Rhodora 8: 56. 27 Mr 1906. 
Rootstock fleshy, erect. Plant rather low, glabrous except 
the upper surface and margin of leaf, which has the characteristic 
pubescence of V7. jirsutula. Blades of leaves broadly ovate to del- 
toid-ovate, acutish, but with a blunt tip, deeply cordate to nearly 
truncate at the base, 4~9 cm. long, 3.5—5 cm. wide, on slender 
petioles about twice their length, margin crenate-serrate with low 
teeth. Ripe but rather infertile capsule glabrous, about 7 mm. 
long. 
Only one little plant of this was found on the island, in the 
woods west of Egbertville, Aug. 23, 1909 (6005). This was in 
the little patch of V. hirsutula, with plenty of V. afimis growing 
near. 
The change in the name of the hybrid is due to the fact that 
V. hirsutula Brainerd takes the place of V. ve//osa of authors, not 
Walt. 
27. Viola affinis x palmata hyb. nov. 
Plant with scattered pubescence, intermediate in general ap- 
pearance between the woodland form of V. affinis and V. palmata. 
Rootstock rather slender. Blades of leaves broadly triangular- 
ovate, 6-9 cm. long, 7-10 cm. wide in fully developed leaves, on 
slender petioles two to three times as long; apex obtusish, base 
with a broad sinus; margin ciliolate, irregularly toothed or shal- 
lowly lobed. Cleistogamous capsules purple-mottled, slightly 
puberulent, about 7 mm. long, on short ascending peduncles ; 
calyx-lobes purplish, short, blunt, with short ciliolate auricles ; 
seeds brown. (PLATE 13.) 
One small colony was found in the woods west of Egbertville, 
Oct. 3, 1908 (56175), and one plant removed to my garden. 
