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Viola eriocarpa Schwein.^^ 



This should be recorded instead of the name V. scahriuscula 

 (T. & G.) Schwein. 



To these should be added the following new hybrids : 



Viola brittoniana X sororia 



Plant pubescent with fine spreading hairs. Rootstock thick, 

 ascending. Blades of vernal leaves 2-4 cm. long, 1.5-3 cm. wide, 

 ovate, mostly acute, cut-toothed or cleft, with a prominent middle 

 lobe constituting the main part of the blade, on petioles two to 

 four times as long ; later leaves larger and wider in proportion to 

 their length, some of the blades much wider than long and uncut ; 

 blue flowers on scapes as long as the petioles ; cleistogenes pros- 

 trate or ascending, the scapes 6-15 cm. long; sepals lanceolate, 

 two thirds to one half as long as the capsules, glabrous except on 

 the prominent ciliolate auricles; capsules 10-15 "^i""^- lori§"j green 

 or mottled with purple ; seeds brown. 



Bradley Avenue clearing, June 4, 1910 (6ip6), and July i, 1910 

 {^^55) '1 transplanted and specimens collected Sept. 21, 1910 

 {6592), and May 13, 191 1 {6660). 



A colony of several plants was found at this station. Except 

 for their pubescence, these plants are similar to V. brittoniana X 

 papilionacea in their general appearance. 



Viola emarginata X sororia 



Plant pubescent with fine spreading hairs chiefly on the petioles 

 and scapes. Rootstock thick, erect or ascending. Blades of leaves 

 3-7 cm. long, 2-5 cm. wide, irregularly toothed, especially at the 

 base, triangular-ovate, mostly acute, base cordate to truncate, 

 somewhat decurrent ; blue flowers on scapes equaling the petioles ; 

 cleistogenes on prostrate or ascending scapes, which are about 5 

 cm. long ; sepals lanceolate, acute, glabrous except on the ciliolate, 

 long auricles ; capsules elliptical in outline, mostly small and not 

 well developed, slightly spotted with purple ; seeds grayish brown, 

 in size like those of F. emarginata. 



Bradley Avenue clearing, June 4, 1910 (61P4) ; transplanted 

 and specimens collected again Sept. 21, 1910 (6^pi). 



^See Brainerd, E. The caulescent violets of the southeastern United 

 States. Bull. Torrey Club 38: 194. 5 My 191 1. 



