reported from southeastern Virginia. Excellent flowering speci- 

 mens were collected by the writer at Gilmerton (No. 4860, 

 April 20, 1912), concerning a specimen of which Dr. Brainerd 

 writes " . . . is the most satisfactory one that I have seen from 

 Virginia-" 



Growing abundantly with the species was found Viola emar- 

 ginata (Nutt.) LeConte, and a hybrid between the two, which 

 may be designated as 



Viola emarginata X septemloba hyb. nov. 

 Plant glabrous at flowering time, the leaves varying from 

 deltoid to sagittate, the middle lobe of the blade elongated, the 



Fig. I. Viola emarginata X septemloba House. (Natural size.) 



