Leaflet Highlight Feature through hovering text

HTML

<script src="http://leafletjs.com/examples/us-states.js"></script>
<script src="http://cdn.leafletjs.com/leaflet-0.7.3/leaflet.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.leafletjs.com/leaflet-0.7.3/leaflet.css">
<div>Hover over following text to higlight state:
<b><span id="New York">New York</span></b>

</div>
<div id="map"></div>

CSS

#map {
    height: 700px;
    margin-top: 10px;
}
#montana {
    background:rgba(255, 255, 0, 0.7);
    padding:3px;
    cursor: pointer;
}
.hover
{
    border: 1px solid red;
    color: red;
    
}

JavaScript

var highlighted_feature;

var map = L.map('map').setView([37.8, -96], 4);

L.tileLayer('http://{s}.tile.osm.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png', {
    attribution: '&copy; <a href="http://osm.org/copyright">OpenStreetMap</a> contributors'
}).addTo(map);



function getColor(d) {
    return d > 1000 ? '#800026' : d > 500 ? '#BD0026' : d > 200 ? '#E31A1C' : d > 100 ? '#FC4E2A' : d > 50 ? '#FD8D3C' : d > 20 ? '#FEB24C' : d > 10 ? '#FED976' :
        '#FFEDA0';
}


function style(feature) {
    return {
        weight: 2,
        opacity: 1,
        color: 'white',
        dashArray: '3',
        fillOpacity: 0.7,
        fillColor: getColor(feature.properties.density)
    };
}


var geojson;


function onEachFeature(feature, layer) {


    layer._polygonId = feature.id;


}

geojson = L.geoJson(statesData, {
    style: style,
    onEachFeature: onEachFeature
}).addTo(map);


map.attributionControl.addAttribution('Population data &copy; <a href="http://census.gov/">US Census Bureau</a>');

function hoverstart() {

    var selectedId = 30; // test-ID for State Montana

    geojson.eachLayer(

    function (layer) {
        if (layer._polygonId == selectedId) {

            //console.log(layer);
            highlighted_feature = layer;
            highlighted_feature.setStyle({
                weight: 5,
                color: '#666',
                fillColor: 'red',
                dashArray: '',
                fillOpacity: 0.7
            });
        }
    });
  $(this).addClass("hover");
}

function hoverstop(e) {

    if (highlighted_feature) {
        geojson.resetStyle(highlighted_feature);
    }
    $(this).removeClass("hover");

}
$("#montana").hover(hoverstart, hoverstop);