1898 | EASTERN ACAULESCENT VIOLETS 341 
V. ciliata Muhl. Cat. 26. 1813, without synonymy or description. 
V. sagittata var. B ovata T.& G. Fl. N. Am. 1:138. 1838. 
In the typical form, as shown by contemporaneous collec- 
tions in the herbarium of the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences, 
the leaves are oval rather than ovate, tapering somewhat at base 
as well as apex. 
Viova ovata Hicks Pollard, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 10:92. 
1896. 
V. sagittata Hicksii Pollard, Bot. Gaz. 20: 326. 1895. 
Leaves distinctly deltoid-ovate, rather truncate at base. 
The prevailing form in the District of Columbia. 
VrioLa CAROLINA Greene, Pitt. 3:259. 1898. 
I have not yet seen material of this species aside from the 
type sheet in Professor Greene’s collection. It is apparently 
quite distinct from other members of the group in the south. 
VIOLA oporata L. Sp. Pl. 934. 1753. 
V. Thompsone Chapm. FI. S. States 34. 1897. [ed. 3. ] 
A specimen of this violet was sent to the National Herbarium 
by Mrs. Thompson at the same time that it was placed in Dr. 
Chapman’s hands, and was immediately recognized as V. odorata, 
a familiar escape in the north, but evidently not hitherto reported 
from the southern states. 
VioLa viTTaTa Greene, Pitt. 3:258. 1898. 
This replaces danceolata throughout the extreme southern 
States. The leaves are unlike those of any other violet in that 
they are so short-petioled as to appear almost sessile ; hence when 
they have attained full dimensions they bear a strong resem- 
blance to the fronds of Vittaria lineata as the describer of the 
species has already observed. 
VIOLA PRIMUL&FOLIA L. l. c. 
A somewhat variable species. I have ventured to segregate 
asa variety the southern material as follows: 
