Fishers Island) seem to be in southern Westchester County. There 

 are representatives in the local flora herbaria from the northern 

 counties of New Jersey south to Somerset County. 



R. SCELERATUS L. Chiefly a coastal species but represented far 

 inland at Newton and Hamburg in Sussex County, N. J. The elon- 

 gated heads are somewhat similar to those of Myosurus. 



R. OBTUSiuscuLus Raf. {R. laxicaulis). Not represented from 

 Long Island, nor elsewhere east of the Hudson River in New York 

 State; occasional along the Connecticut coast; Staten Island; 

 becoming fairl}^ abundant in northeastern New Jersey. There are 

 no specimens from Sussex County. 



R. PUSiLLUS Poir. A slender introduced species represented 

 from \A^est Chester County and from a single station (Woodmere) 

 on Long Island; Staten Island; Morris, Union and Middlesex 

 Counties in New Jerse}-. 



V. Viola 



The violets (especially the blue-flowered species) are a notori- 

 ously difficult group which cannot always be accurately identified 

 by the treatments of our manuals. The following notes include 

 only a few species of special interest, based, with the exception of 

 V. rotundijoUa, entirely on the specimens in the Local Flora Herba- 

 rium of the New York Botanical Garden.^ 



V. ROTUNDiFOLiA Michx. This yellow-flowered violet is perhaps 

 the earliest of all the species to flower. It is represented from Queens 

 County, L. I. (lib. Brooklyn), and from Staten Island (hb. Brook- 

 lyn) ; of scattered distribution in northern New Jersey (although 

 no specimens are present from Sussex County) ; known from a few 

 localities in Westchester County and a single collection from Orange 

 County, then strangely missing between these points and the Cats- 

 kill Mountains of Greene and Delaware Counties. 



V. BLANDA Willd. A dwarf plant of moist woodlands, with 

 white flowers which are not fragrant. It is often confused with 

 the fragrant white violet {V. pall ens) of wet swamps and pond 

 shores, but is quickly recognized by the hairy upper surface of the 

 leaf. V. hlanda is represented in the Local Flora Herbarium by 

 collections from Nassau and Queens Counties, L. I. ; Staten Island; 



■* Distribution maps made by Miss Rusk, Miss Ora Smith, Miss Friend, 

 Miss Dolores Fay, and Mr. Logan are on file at the New York Botanical 

 Garden. 



