





JONIDIUM. 



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7. VIOIA arguta. "j" 





V. fruticosa; volubilis; ramis teretibus, hirtcllis; foliis ovatis , acutis, profuntle cordatis, 

 argute serratis, supra pubcrulis, subtus pubescentibus; petiolis villosis; stipulis tlcntato- 

 ciliatis; pedunculis calycibusque glabris. 



Viola arguta Willd. herb. Bozm. et Schult. Sjst. veg. 5. /?. 3<)i . 



Crescit in sylvis frigidis , inter Qonzanamam et Loxam, alt. 1060 hex. (Regno Peru- 

 viano.) \) Floret Augusto. 



Frutex volubilis; ramis teretibus, laivibus, hirtellis ; ramulis subflexuosis. albido-pubesccntibus. Polu 

 alterna, petiolata, ovata, acuta, profunde cordata, argute serrata, dentibus acuminatis, incumbentibus, reti- 

 culato-venosa, membranacea, supra pubcrula, praisertim medium versus, subtus pubesccntia, pilis simpli- 

 cibus, albidis, i4-i5 lineas longa, 8-9 Iincas lata. Petioli 2-0 lineas longi, albo-villosi. Stipule petiolarcs 

 gemina;, lanceolata;, acuminatus, dentato-ciliata:, ciliis longis, plana;, mcmbranacea;, glabra;, fusccscentes, 

 erecta;, tres lincas longa;, pcrsistentes. Pf.dunculi axillares, solitarii, uniilori , iiliformcs, 8-12 lineas longi, 

 glabri, medio bibracteati; bractcis oppositis, linearibus, intcgerrimis, glabris, scsquilincam longis, persis- 

 tentibus. 1'lores magnitudine floris Viola; palustris. Caltx profunde quinqucpartitus, glaber, persistens;- 

 foliolis linearibus, acuminatis, planis, subcequalibus, basi productis et obtusis; duobus superioribus distan- 

 tibus. Petala quinque, hypogyna, incarnata, glabra, inaiqualia ; supcrius ovatum , acutum , concavum (?), 

 flabellato-nervosum, basi saccato-calcaratum ; calcare basi rotundato, lateribus compressiusculo, lamina vix 

 dimidio brcviorc ; petala duo lateralia vix longiora, incequilatera, ovato-oblonga, obtusa, basi dimidiata, hinc 

 rotundata, concava, multinervia, imberbia; pctala duo inferiora parum breviora, oblonga, obtusa, subrcquila- 

 tera, ncrvosa, plana. AntiierjE quinque, sessiles, hypogynai, crcctx, conniventes, corolla breviores, oblonga^ 

 planiuscula?, apice membranacce, glabra:, bilocularcs, longitudinaliter intcrne deluscentes, albidaj ; du;e supe- 

 riores dorsobasim versusappendiculata;. ProccssustcrininaIesmembranacei,crocei,in antheristribus infcriori- 



busovati,apiccrotundati,erecti,antheradimidiobrcviores;inantherisduabussupcrioribuslongitudineanthera;, 

 ovato-oblongi, obtusi, uncinato-reflexi. Appendiccs basilares difformes, lateribus compressa;, inaaquilatero- 

 ovata;, acuta i , descendcntcs, in calcare recondit#, anthera parum breviores. Discus nullus. Ovarium supe- 

 rum, sessile, conicum, glabrum, apice in stylum dcsiuens. Stylus crectus, glaber, stamina supcrans, adscen- 

 dens(?). Stigma simplcx. Capsula elliptica, trigona, impressionibus seminum undulato-rugosa, stylo persis- 

 tente coronata, calyce cincta ipsoquc parum longior, membranacea, fusca, glabra, magnitudinegrani tritici, 

 unilocularis , subia-spcrma, trivalvis. Placenta; 5, medio valvarum longitudinaliter adnata;. Sesiina el- 

 liptico-ovata, hinc acutiuscula, indeobtusa, fusccsccntia, punctulis linearibusglandulosis fuscis conspersa, 

 glabra, magnitudine grani sinapis, ad cxtrcmitatem acutiusculam caruncula minuta albida laterali notata ; 

 suppetentia vacua. Integumentum crustaceum, fragilc. 



JONIDIUM. Vent. 





Calyx profunde quinquepartitus, basi in pcdunculum decurrens, irre- 

 gularis, persistens. Petala quinque, fundo vel limbo catycis inserta, 

 valde incequalia, persistentia; superius maximum, inferne angustato- 



