Viola cucullata x f imbriatula . 



This hybrid is of frequent occurrence, out for many years it posed 

 as a species, its real character toeing not even suspected. As early as 

 Dec. 9,1897 Prof. Greene of the Catholic University, Washington, D. c, 



identified it with v. dentata Pursh. as "being quite the same as a water 

 color by Major John LeCorite of that this expert artist considered that 

 species. As a matter of fact the v. dentata of pursh 1 " is a synonym of V. 

 sagittata Ait. But LeConte regarded v. dentata Pursh, v. emarginata( Nut t .) 

 and our unrecognized hybrid as one an J the same thing. The proof of 

 this is found in a tracing in the Gray herbarium made of Le:onte*s wa- 

 ter color oy a careful artist and sent by a Mr Hartindale to Dr. Gray. 

 This tracing is unmistakably our unrecognized hybrid, but is labeled 

 by LeConte "emarginat-dentata, " 



But, meanwhile Mr. pollard had published with a plate the plant un- 

 der discussion as V. Porteriana, collected at BushKill Palls, Pa., May 

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31,1*97. Pour years later, however, it came out in the Britton Man- 

 ual (p. 637) as V. dentata Pursh. 



In I90h the hybrid character of our puzzling plant was discovered, 

 and the proof presented in a Rhodora paper in which were cited V. Por- 

 teriana and several other specimens seen at Cambridge, among them one 

 from Jaffrey, N.H. collected by Walter Deane July 25,1696. 



I would add further that four specimens of this hybrid were sent 

 out in my distribution of No. Am. violets in 1910, viz:- J>k , 35> 36&37. 



Inttonia 3:l , 4 0& 256, Flora Am. Septentrional is 1:172 , London , 1616. 

 t1 Bull. Torr. club 24: ^04, plate 314 .1697. ^Rhodora 6:217-6 Nov. 1904. 



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