House : Notes on New Jersey violets 255 



a ** form," and often not even that. The species or subspecies 

 designated by Elliott ^ as K palmata dilatata^ is probably distinct 

 from the more northern so-called var. dilatata. 



Viola Brittoniana x cucuUata hyb. nov. 



Glabrous, light-green, 1.5-2 dm, tall ; mature leaves trian- 

 gular or triangular-ovate in outline, shallovvly cordate or nearly 

 truncate, divided into 5-9 somewhat irregular lobes, the lobes cut 

 one-half to two-thirds of the distance to the petiole, the margins 

 irregularly crenate-dentate ; petioles two to three times as long as 

 the blades ; flowers similar to V, cundlata^ the petals somewhat 

 narrower ; cleistogamous flowers and capsules also similar to V, 

 cuadlata^ but the peduncles shorter. 



This is apparently the same as the plant mentioned by Mr. 



Witmer Stone f as a possible hybrid between V, Brittoniana and 



V. atcullata. Its characters and habitat seem to favor such an 



assumption. The cleistogamous capsules are usually more or less 



abortive when mature and the petaliferous flowers apparently 



never develop capsules bearing seeds, which is the case w^ith both 



V, Brittoniaua and K cuctdlata. The accompanying illustration 



(plate 17) was made from living plants collected near Milltown 



{ito, 62, June 5, 1904, type in herb. House; and no. jg, June 14, 



1904) and growing in close proximity to both K Brittoniana and 



V, cnadlata. Viola noiahiUs Bicknell,:}: described from Long 



Island, should also be referred to this hybrid. 



Viola pectinata Bicknell, Torreya 4 : 129. 1904. 



r 



Found near Dayton, Middlesex County, in low meadows and 

 along ditches {710, 75, May 10; no. 57, May 30, 1904). Appar- 

 ently an excellent species, and notable in being discovered both on 

 Long Island and New Jersey at about the same time. The w^ith- 

 ered petioles of former seasons are more or less persistent, the basal 

 auricles of the sepals are short and blunt and not at all suggestive 

 of either V. Britto7iiana or V. cmarginata^ to which the species is 



r 



apparently related. The cleistogamous flowers are sagittate, on 



erect peduncles 5-7 cm. long ; their oblong capsules about I 

 cm. long. (Plate 18.) 



*Bot. S. C. and Ga. i : 300. 1817, 

 fProc. Acad. Phila. 1903 : 680. 1903 

 X Torreya 4 : 131. 1904. 



