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House : Notes on New Jersey violets 



* lo. V. nepeiaejona 



Leaf-blades twice as long as 

 broad, deeply cordate. 

 Leaf-blades acute, deeply cordate ; 

 petioles pubescent ; petals deep 

 purple-blue, the upper ones re- 

 flexed. 



Plant pubescent or hirsute. 

 Leaves entire. 



Plant less than 1 dm. high ; 

 leaves spreading, hirsute 

 above, glabrous beneath. *I2, V, villosa. 



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1 1. F. papilii nacea. 



Plant more than l dm. high ; 

 leaves erect, softly pubes- 

 cent throughout. 

 Leaves lobed. 



* 14, F. paTmata variabilis 



Lobes extending about to center 

 of the blade, or blades deep- 

 ly 3-lobed. 

 Lobes extending nearly or quite 

 to the base of the blade, 

 lobes more than 3. 



Corolla deep purple-blue, 



early leaves entire. ^14. 



Corolla light-blue ; early 

 leaves lobed. * 



13. V, pahnaia. 



V. palmata variabilis 



Cleistogenes erect or ascending on long pe- 

 duncles. • 

 Leaves lobed or divided. 



Sepals with short blunt auricles at 

 base ; leaves ciliate ; cleistogenes 

 on peduncles 5-6 cm. long. 

 Sepals long-auricled at base ; plants 

 glabrous; cleistogenes on pedun- 

 cles 10-15 *^^* ^^ng. 



Lobes extending nearly to base 

 of blade, the 5-9 lobes 

 linear-lanceolate, the middle 

 lobe 3-divided. 

 Lobes irregular, extending to 

 or somewhat beyond the 



15. K pahnaia Angellae. 



*l6. V. Slcnedna. 



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17, V, Brittoniana, 



middle of blade. 



*i8. V. Brittoninna X ctuullata. 



Leaves entire ; crenate or dentate, or in- 

 cised at the base, not deeply lobed. 

 Leaf- blades cordate -ovate or cor- 

 date-oblong in outline. 



Plant glabrous ; leaf-blades 

 cucullate, broadly ovate-cor- 

 date, sinuate-dentate. 

 Leaf-blades pubescent ; cre- 

 nate-dentate. 



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19. V. cticuUata, 



