284 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Lechea Leggettii Britton & Hollick. 

 Lechca moniliformis Bicknell. 



Dry or sandy places. Occasional or local in New London 

 County (Graves); not reported elsewhere. July — Aug. 



VIOLACEAE. VIOLET FAMILY. 



VIOLA L. Violet. Heart's-ease. 



Viola pedata L. (like a bird's foot; referring to the form of 



the leaves). 

 Viola pedata L., var. hicolor Pursh. 

 Bird-foot Violet. 



Dry sandy or rocky ground. Rare in its typical form: 

 New Milford (Miss S. Hartwell), Branford (Miss R. Doo- 

 little), and rarely near the coast eastward (Graves). 



The var. lineariloba DC. (very narrow-lobed), Viola 

 pedata of Gray's Manual ed. 6, not L., is frequent in most 

 parts of the state and is sometimes common on sandy plains. 

 May and sometimes again in Sept. 



Occasionally occurs with white or pink flowers. 



Viola cucullata Ait. (hooded). 



Viola palmata L., var. cucullata Gray in part. 

 Marsh Blue Violet. 



Frequent or common. Wet meadows, swamps and banks 

 of streams. IVIay — June. 



Sometimes occurs with white, pale or variegated flowers. 



A hybrid with Viola Unibriatida is frequent ; a hybrid with 

 Viola palmata occurs at East Lyme (Miss A. M. Ryon) ; 

 hybrids with Viola papiUonacea and Viola sororia are occa- 

 sional ; a hybrid with Viola Brittoniana occurs locally along 

 the coast westward (Fames) ; a hybrid with Viola septen- 

 trionalis occurs at Killingly (Weatherby & Bissell) ; a hybrid 

 with Viola sagittata occurs at Windsor (Bissell) and Fair- 

 field (Fames). 



This and the twelve species immediately following consti- 

 tute a group of closely related species that hybridize freely 

 when growing together. These hybrids show characters more 

 or less intermediate between those of the parents, and many of 



