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Capsule (in embryo state) villous at the apex. 



Brought by Mr. C. W. Dorr from Nevada Territory. An 

 alpine species, almost woolly in external appearance. 11 



This, a common violet in western Nevada, at least in the 

 vicinity of Reno, has apparently been collected but rarely, and 

 has been much misunderstood. The referring- of it to f. prae- 

 morsa by Watson, led Professor Nelson to describe it as V. 

 senecta^ his type coming from near Reno. It is extremely plen- 

 tiful to the north and west of Reno, appearing on nearly all of 

 the open and treeless hills among the sage brush. With the ex- 

 cellent cover illustration, taken from living plants by Mr. F. L. 

 Peterson, which shows the habit of the plant in nature, the orig- 

 inal figure by Kellogg, taken from a dried plant, and the origi- 

 nal description, it should be an easy matter hereafter to identify 

 this species. In habit it is much like I '. Beckwithii^ the short 

 stem and lower parts of the petioles being beneath the surface 

 of the ground. The flowers are bright yellow, medium sized, 

 the upper petals somewhat brown tinged on the back. When 

 dry they often turn bluish. Kellogg says that it is an alpine 

 species, but that statement is surely wrong. I have seen it at 

 an elevation of a little over 5500 feet, but it is most abundant 

 between 4500 and 5000 feet. Mr. Dorr probably got the origi- 

 nal in the vicinity of Carson or Virginia City. Its exact distri- 

 bution is not known, but in Pittonia 3: 41, Greene reports it 

 from as far north as Plumas county, California. 



I have found a few individuals of a related plant at Truckee 

 Pass, a short distance east of Reno, but this is perfectly smooth, 

 and has thick, glossy green leaves of more elongated outline. 

 It is probably undescribed, but more and better material is 

 needed. 



VIOLA VENOSA (Wats.) Rydb. Mem. N. V. Bot. (lard. 1: 262. 

 19/ 11 1. 

 Viola Nutlallii var. venosa Wats. Bot. King Rep. 35. [871. 

 Viola durea var. venosa Wats. Bot. Cal. 1: 56. [876. 

 Viola praemorsa var. venosa Gray, Syn. Fl. 1 : part 1. 

 [895. 



