Viola purpurea Kellogg var. purpurea

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Viola purpurea Kellogg, Proc. Cal. Acad. 1: 56. 1855.
Viola Kelloggii Aven Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 17:
100. 1904.
No. 8608, collected May 31, on Copernicus Peak, Mt. Ham-
ilton, Santa Clara county, elevation 4300 feet, on a grassy slope
facing westward, where it ^was abundant. The plants were
much branched, decumbent at base, forming a mat-like mass.
The leaves are “obtusely crenate” as in the original, but the
upper ones are more lanceolate. Professor Nelson has made a
synonym on account of mistaking 1873 as the date of publica-
tion for this species, there being a Vpurpurea Stev. 1856.
PLANTS OF CALIFORNIA
Santa Clara County
8608 VIOLA PURPUREA Kellogg
Mt. Hamilton
A. A. Heller, Collector
May 31, 1907
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