404 
Becker, Yiolae Asiaticae et Australenses. 
Flores 1,2 — 1,5 cm lati, alb i di; pedunculi 1 — 2, folia 
superantes, graciles, glabri, in medio bracteolati, bracteolis 
approximatis subulato-linearibus glanduloso-margina- 
t i s 3 — 3,5 mm longis; sepala lanceolata vel a n g u s t e 
lanceolata, subcalloso-obtusiuscula, viridia, hyalino-mar- 
ginata, glabra, trinerva, 5 — 5,5 mm longa, appendicibus 
brevissimis infimis deltoideo-productis ; petala anguste 
oblonga, ad basin subattenuata, ad apicem rotundata vel sub- 
retusa, 9 — 1 1 mm longa, lateralia subbarbulata, 
infimum abbreviatum violaceo-striatum 
breviter calcaratum; calcar sepalis brevius, rotundatum ; 
ovarium ovoideum, glabrum; Stylus subclavatus, apice truncato 
et obovato, breviter rostellatus; capsula ellipsoidea, 
acuta, glabra. Fl. V. (Descr. sec. M a k i n o 1. c.). 
Syn.: V. Shikokiana Matsum. En. Jap. II. (1912) p. 379. 
Geogr. Verbreit.: Japan, Insel Shikoku et Nippon. 
Standorte: Prov. Tosa: Mt. Torigata leg. Makino 
22. V. 1889; — Tadzikawa leg. Makino 5. V. 1893. — Sec. Mat- 
sum u r a 1. c. Insel Nippon: Prov. Musasi, Mitsumine; — 
Prov. Sagami, Hakone; — Insel Shikoku: Awa. 
Plantam non vidi. Stylus probabiliter ad apicem di margi- 
natus, antice erecto-rostellatus. 
4. V. pallens (Banks) Brainerd in Rhodora (1905) p. 247. 
Planta acaulis, humilis, glabra, foliis e basi 
profunde cordata rotundatis plerumque ob- 
tu s i s , floribus albidis barbatis; V. blandae Willd. similis. 
Rhizoma ut in V. blanda. 
Stipulae ovato-lanceolatae, acuminatae, 
vix adnatae, v i r i d e s , 3 — 4 mm longae. 
Folia longe petiolata, 3 — 4, e basi profunde 
cordata rotundata, obtusa vel rarius acuta, plane 
crenata, plerumque glabra; petioli saepe disparse hirtelli, 
interdum rubro-punctati. 
Flores folia non superantes, albidi, odori, minores; 
petala superiora late obovata, lateralia plerumque 
subbarbata, infimum brevissime calcaratum ; ovarium 
glabrum ; Stylus subclavatus, ad apicem deplanatus utrinque et 
pone marginatus antice erecto-rostellatus; capsula ellipsoidea, 
viridis, in pedunculis erectis, seminibus parvis 1 mm longis ple- 
rumque nigris. Fl. V. 
Syn.: V. pallens Gray New Manual of Bot. (1908) p. 584. 
V. rotundifolia ß pallens Hooker Fl. bor. amer. I. 
(1833) p. 77. 
Exs. : W. Bckr. Viol. exs. (1908) nr. 188. 
G e o g r. V e r b r e i t. : Nord - Amerika, auf feuchtem 
Boden und an Bächen; Labrador bis Brit. Columbia, südlich bis 
zu den Bergen von Süd-Carolina, Tennessee, Michigan und Wyo- 
ming (sec. Gray 1. c.). 
Standorte: Long Island, N. Y. : Rosedale, Jamaica. 
