286 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. fBull. 



Viola sororia Willd. (sisterly). 



Viola palmata L., var. sororia Pollard. 

 Woolly Blue Violet. 



Occasional or frequent. Woods and dry open ground. 

 ]\Iay — June. 



Viola septentrionalis Greene (northern). 



Rare. Roadsides and shaded banks : Union, East Windsor, 

 Plainville, New Hartford and Winchester (Bissell), May — 

 June. 



Viola fimbriatula J. E. Smith (finely fringed). 

 Viola sagittata Gray's Manual ed. 6 in part. 

 Viola ovata Nutt. 



Common. Dry fields and woods. April — May. 



Hybrids of this with Viola palmata, Viola papiUonacea, 

 Viola sagittata and Viola sororia are occasional. A hybrid 

 with Viola Brittonimia is reported from Southington 

 (Andrews), and occurs at Fairfield (Eames), 



Rarely seen with white flowers. 



Viola sagittata Ait. (arrow-head shaped). 

 Viola subsagittata Green. 



Moist or dry sandy or heavy soils. Generally rare: East 

 Lyme (Miss A. M. Ryon), Glastonbury, Windsor and Bloom- 

 field (Bissell), Plainville and Southington (Andrews). Occa- 

 sional along the coast in Fairfield County (Eames). May 

 — June. 



A hybrid of this with Viola Brittoniana is reported from 

 Southington (Andrews), and occurs along the coast in Fair- 

 field County (Eames). 



Viola Brittoniana Pollard. 



Viola septemloba of authors, not LeCcnte. 

 Viola atlantica Britton, not Pomel. 



Meadows or sometimes dry open places. Occasional or 

 local along the coast from New Haven westward (Eames). 

 May — June. 



Viola pectinata Bicknell (comb-like). 



Rare. Stratford, inner edge of salt meadows (C. C, God- 

 frey) . May —June. 



