254 House : Notes on New Jersey violets 



16) was made from fresh flowering plants collected near Mill- 

 town {710. ^7). 



The type of Viola Stoneana is Witmer Stone's no, jiij, col- 

 lected near Kennett Square, Pa., May 7, 1903. No. §112, a 

 flowering specimen, is identical (National Herbarium numbers, 



^go^o^ and ^go^o^. 



Material in the National Herbarium shows the range of this 



species to extend as far south as Virginia. 



Vio 



1753. 



The typical form of this species, if we regard the figure and 

 description of Britton and Brown's Illustrated Flora,^ as typical; 

 is rare in this region. The following varieties are more abundant 

 than the species. 



Viola palmata variabilis (Greene) Stone, Proc. Acad. Phila. 



1903: ^6^]. 1903. V. variabilis Greene, Pittonia 5- 9^' 



1902, 



Recognizable by the diversified character of lobation exhibited 



by the leaves and the very dense pubescence. .Abundant on dry 



or sandy slopes and in open woods, near New Brunswick {jios. 



34^ 35 ^^^d j6). One of these with variegated flowers is the 



Viola palmata variegata G. Don.f 



Viola palmata Angellae (Pollard) Stone, Proc. Acad. Phila. 

 1903 : 678. 1903. V. Angellae Pollard, Torreya 2 : 24. 



1902. 



( 



therefore considerably south of the Orange mountains, the type 

 locality. The flowers are much larger and of a brighter blue than 

 the typical V. palmata. Like V. palmata, it has various '' dilc^" 

 tata " forms, and if recognized as a species, it must be upon its 

 floral characters, which are more evident in the field than in the 



herbarium. 



he subspecies of K palmata, and its allies, often show 

 forms with more or less entire or three-lobed leaves, and this m 

 itself is the best proof of the impropriety of using '' dilatata'' ^^ 

 a subspecific or varietal name. The condition expressed is merely 



* Britton and Brown, Illustrated Flora 2 : 446. 1897. /. 2484. 

 I Gen. Syst. 1 : 321. 1831, 



