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base within, especiall)^ the pilose-bearded lateral and lower ones, 

 entire or undulate-dentate or emarginate, all often with scattered 

 pilose hairs over their inner surfaces ; sepals narrowly lanceolate, 

 tapering-acute, not ciliolate, posterior auricles well developed : 

 capsule oval or oblong, obtuse or rounded at apex, 6-10 mm. 

 long; seeds ovoid, small, less than 1.5 mm. long; cleistoga- 

 mous flowers on erect peduncles shorter than the leaves, acumi 

 nate, small, the sepals 5—7 mm. long. 



Southwestern Long Island, in low grounds near or at the 

 borders of salt marshes, often with V. Bntto)iiaiia. Collected 

 in two localities at Woodmere, and at East Rockaway. Type 

 from Woodmere ; in Herbarium New York Botanical Garden. 



A noteworthy violet which introduces a strikingly new leaf- 

 pattern among our eastern species. The nearest approach to its 

 configuration of leaf is seen in certain forms of V. cmargiuata, 

 with which species, however, V. pectiiiata need not be confused. 

 Its systematic position appears to lie somewhere between V. 

 einargi)iatiX and V. Brittoiiiaiia, perhaps nearer to the latter as 

 indicated by the character of its pubescence and its flowers, as 

 well as by general habit, notwithstanding the marked difference 

 in form of leaf 



Viola lavandulacea sp. nov. 



Tufted from short compound rootstocks, rather pale green, 

 glabrous or with traces of minute pubescence on the upper sur- 

 face of the leaves : petioles slender, much elongated, becoming 

 I 5—23 cm. long ; leaf-blades oval or ovate and obtuse to deltoid- 

 ovate and acute, abruptly contracted or truncate at the base, 

 often slightly decurrent and a little undulate along the lower 

 margins, obscurely crenate or subentire to crenulate-denticulate, 

 mostly 2-5.5 cm. long, 2-4 cm. wide, or finally as large as 7 X 

 5 cm. : j)C(luncles 10-30 cm. high, finally much surpassing the 

 leaves : flowers pale lilac to lavender blue, the petals whitened 

 and much narrowed basally, all or all but the two upper ones 

 sharply dark-lineate, the lateral pair bearded with a scant tuft of 

 short gland-tipped hairs, the others glabrous, the lower one nota- 

 bly shorter than the others ; sepals glabrous, lanceolate or linear- 

 lanceolate, often sub-falcate, obtusely purplish apiculate ; cleistog- 

 amous flowers on elongated erect pedicels, linear-lanceolate, 

 the narrow .sepals obtuse, the auricles rather small ; mature cap- 

 sule not seen. 



