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selkirkit, Goldie. Selkirk's Violet. 



Clayey hillsides, open woodlands, pastures, about stumps and old logs, 

 under young evergreens, and in deep mossy ravines. Abundant. 



Oneida county appears to be one of the favorite abodes of this rare species. 

 It is as beautiful as V. blanda, and more interesting. In color, it is usually 

 deep blue, sometimes purple. In form, the flowers are like those of V. pedata, 

 with a long spur, and the leaves like those of V. blanda crenulated. It 

 prefers the north side of hills; and sometimes occurs exceedingly minute, 

 an inch high, leaves half as broad and smaller. The flowers are almost ephe- 

 meral; they can be found only during four or five days in April. 



CUCULLATA, Alton. Hooded-leaved Violet. 



Waysides, wet meadows and woods. Common. 



Flowers with stripes of purple and white, along the rocky steep at Spra- 

 ker's, Montgomery county. 



Flowers pure white, up the ravine of Deerfield creek, and along brooks 

 on the Litchfield hills- May- July. 



var. palmata, Gray. Hand-leaved Violet. 



Swamps. Along Tan-house creek, Schenectady, Pearson. Near Oriskany, 

 Knieskern. Crooked lake outlet, Sartwell. Bare. May -June. 



sagittata, Aiton. Arrow-leaved Violet. 



Dry hillsides, copses, pastures. Plains of Rome. Frequent. April, May. 



pedata, L. Foot-leaved Violet. 



Gravelly woods, sandy plains. On the Pine plains near the Gunsaul road, 

 Schenectady, Pearson. Rare. May - September. 



rostrata, Pursh. Beaked- spurred Violet. 



Moist woods, rich flats along streams. Abundant. May, June. 



mtjhlenbergii, Torrey. Determined by Muhlenberg. , 



Ravines and swamps. Common. April- June. 



striata, Aiton. Veined-flowered Violet. 



Rich open woods. Banks of the Mohawk opposite Whitesboro Seminary. 

 Oriskany, Vasey. Clark's mills. Clinton; Franklin, Miss L. W. Shattuck. 



Rare. April - September. 



canadensis, L. Canadian Violet. 



Groves and moist shady hillsides. Abundant. Completely covering the 

 ground in many woods. Flowers throughout the season. 



PUBescens, Aiton. Downy Yellow Violet. 



Open woods, ravines, pastures. Common. April - June. 



var. eriocarpa, Nuttall. Woolly-fruited Violet. 



Dry woodlands. Frequent. May. 



var. scabriuscula, Torr. §• Gr. Rough-leaved Violet. 



Copses. Albany, Beck bot. Oneida county, Knieskern. 



Infrequent. May, June. 



CISTACE^E. Rock-roses. 



HELIANTHEMUM, Tourn. Sun-roses. 



canadense, Michx. Frost-plant. 



Rocks, sand. Everywhere in Schenectady, Pearson. Dry sandy plains near 

 Oneida lake, Knieskern. Common on our sandy knolls, Sartwell. 



Infrequent . June - August , 



