256 House : Notes on New Jersey violets 



Viola nepetaefolia Greene, Pittonia 5: 92. 1902. 



A peculiar little species with elongated, deeply cordate and 



May 



in its leaf- 



very narrow leaves. Found near Dayton {ito. 22, 



Related to V. affinis LeConte, from which it dif 



characters and the densely pubescent capsules of the cleistoga- 



mous flowers, 



Viola conjugens Greene, Pittonia 4 : 3. 1899. 



Found in two localities near New Brunswick and Milltown {jios. 

 25 and 46). In both instances, growing with a form of V.finibri- 

 atula {710. 24) the leaves of which approach V. sagitiata in shape, 

 yet are densely pubescent. V. conjugens differs from it by its ob- 

 long-ovate and cordate leaves, less pubescence, and its larger flow- 

 ers of a deeper violet-blue colon It is possibly a hybrid. 



J 



1817. 



K ovataY^\x\X. (18 18 



The most abundant violet of the region and also the most varia- 

 ble. It shows all gradations into Viola finibriatnta aberra7is Stone,* 

 and a close study of this variety in the field leads me to agree 

 with Mr. Brainerd f in calling it a natural hybrid. It in turn 

 seems to pass into V. Porteriana Pollard, % excellent specimens of 

 which occur at Lindenau, near New Brunswick {itos.^4 and 6f) 

 and, in the field, also show all indications of being true hybrids. 



V. jimbriahda is subject to such great variation that it will be 

 a matter of great difficulty properly to express, in terms of spe- 

 cies, the several hybrids which result from the crossing of the 

 numerous potent forms of V. fimbriatula, and V. sagittata, with 



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other and more constant species. My 



fimbf 



palmata 



Britto7iia7ia, do produce seeds from the petaliferous flowers, which 

 are capable of germination and growth, and much as I was loath 

 to admit the fact, I was convinced that not only a few, but that 

 numerous hybrids exist between these species and others. 



Viola 



1789. 



In its typical form {jws, 60 and 61) this species is nearly or 



^Proc. Acad. Phila. 1903 ; 683. pLjy,/^ 4, 6. I903 



t Rhodora 6 : 218, 1904. 



:J:Bull. Torrey Club 24 : 404. 1897. 



