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334 ’ BOTANICAL GAZETTE [ NOVEMBER 
Viola insignis, n. sp. 
Acaulescent, glabrous, 2-5°" high: stipules linear-acumi- 
nate, slightly ciliate; leaves long-petioled, the early ones cor- 
date-ovate, the later broadly trigonous, with truncate base and 
very obtuse apex, variously 3—5 lobed, the central lobe largest ; 
margins obscurely crenate, denticulate or nearly entire ; venation 
distinctly palmate: flowering peduncle usually bibracteate, not 
surpassing the foliage: flower very large (4°™ in diameter), 
deep purple, the petals oblong, and of nearly equal size ; lateral 
petals conspicuously bearded with glistening white hairs; spur 
short ; sepals narrowly lanceolate and acuminate: capsule and 
apetalous flowers not observed. 
Dry pine barrens, northern Florida. Types in U. S. National 
Herbarium, Curtiss no. 45 18a, Jacksonville; A. Fredholm no. 425, 
Duval county. I would also refer here Nash’s specimen from 
Eustis, no. 203, the leaves of which exhibit a form of lobation 
akin to that in Brittoniana, a pinnate arrangement of small lateral 
lobes on either side of a large central one ; in this case, however, 
the two posterior lateral lobes are decidedly runcinate, as shown 
in the detached leaf shown in the accompanying figure. The 
species is the sole representative of the HETEROPHYLL2 in 
Florida, so far as I have observed ; and although from the illus- 
tration it may appear to resemble palmata it is most conspicuously 
distinct from that species. 
Apparently all the members of the HeTERopHYLL® (with 
the exception of V. Lrittoniana) produce their cleistogamous 
apetalous flowers on horizontal, or at most ascending, peduncles. 
The tendency of the ripening capsule is to seek the surface of 
the ground where it sooner or later becomes partially buried. 
In the matter of pubescence the species are divided, palmata 
exhibiting nearly constant pubescence, while the remaining 
species are glabrous or only sparsely hairy. The term glabrous 
must be used in a comparative sense where violets are concerned, 
since there is rarely a case in which traces of pubescence sy 
ciliation cannot be found. With respect to leaf-variation it will 
