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tirely purple. The seeds round & white. I call this 

 species, as I really think it to be a new one, from 

 its singular & hidden way of flowering Viola 

 clandestina or if this would not be applicable, I 

 should propose the name, though not used before 

 V. stoloniflora — It grows in rich stony & shady 

 woods. 



In the same places I observed another species 

 similar to the former, yet materially different, 

 which I called V. asarifolia in the collection. I 

 regretted very much, not to have been earlyer in 

 the season in this very interesting coum ry ; A mo- 

 nographia of Viola would give a beautifull & in- 

 teresting work if it were possible to collect them all 

 together, from all parts of the world, as they seem 

 to be very generally dispersed ; I think we could 

 muster above twelve species towards it. — This 

 day kept on cloudy, with showers, & the evening 

 got to be very cold for the season. 



29. — I had intented to proceed on my yourncy 

 to day, but it looked to much for settld rain, I 

 staid. My intention was to go from here over, 

 the high lands which divide the north & south- 

 ern waters of Susquehannah &then strike to the 

 left down Meshopen creek, where there some 

 New England peopl j settlements are, which 

 would have brought me out below Tyoga point. 

 But by advise of the people who stated the bad- 

 ness & intricac}' of the roads besides the temper 

 of those settlers at this time, being very yealous 

 of their settlements, having them lost by a law- 

 suit, which has made them swear to kill any 

 man, who would undertake to survey the grounds, 

 this made me abandon theprojectj & I concluded 



