BICKNELL: FERNS AND FLOWERING PLANTS OF NANTUCKET 621 
broadly cuneate and flabellately cleft into irregular lobes of varying 
length and breadth. Plants with similar leaves collected June 12, 
1908, were rooted deep in heavy yellow sand and, like those of 
the burned-over tract, had doubtless suffered some disturbance 
of their normal course of growth. 
*VIOLA OBLIQUA Hill. 
Viola affinis LeConte. See Bull. Torrey Club 40: 261-270. 
1913. 
On a shaded bank at Watts Run, an abundant growth, and 
sparingly in a not distant thi€ket in Squam; also in the shade of 
a willow by a bog hole west of Trot’s Swamp. In full flower as 
late as June 9, 1909. 
Becoming 3.5 dm. high, or more; leaves thin, from narrowly 
to broadly cordate-ovate, attenuate to acuminate, acute, in. age 
widely dilated at base and broader than long, the largest 9 cm. 
wide, the upper surface with some minute appressed hairs; 
sepals ovate to ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, flowers often becoming 
upturned; peduncles of apetalous flowers of very variable length 
even on the same plant, declined, ascending or sometimes strictly 
erect and over 1.5 dm. high; capsules mostly blotched with purple, 
sometimes pale, the expanded valves 7-10 mm. long; seeds pale. 
*VIOLA PAPILIONACEA Pursh. 
Viola cucullata of authors, not Aiton. See Bull. Torrey Club 
40: 261-270. 1913. 
Found only in a boggy meadow about a mile west of the 
town, growing sparingly with Viola lanceolata; in full flower 
June 1, 1909. 
Plants rather small, somewhat tufted from multicipital root- 
stocks; scapes mostly not longer than the leaves; leaf blades cor- . 
date-ovate to triangular-cordate, crenulate-serrate, thinly pubes- 
cent on the upper surface with appressed silvery spiculae; sepals 
narrowly lanceolate, sometimes elongate, ciliolate; flowers pale 
blue, or deeper blue, much darker towards the throat. 
VIOLA LAETECAERULEA Greene. 
V. papilionacea of authors, in part, not Pursh. See Bull. 
Torrey Club 40: 261-270. I913. 
Found only in the town, where it is frequent by streetsides 
and in shaded yards, often forming close beds, and appearing as 
