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JONIDIUM. 3^5 



ecalcaratum, planiusculum , emarginatum , albidum, apicc dorsoque purpureum , ad basim concavum et 

 interne purpureo-punctatum ; pctala lateralia inrcquilatero-ovata, subfalcata, apicc rotundata, trinervia, pa- 

 tenti-reflexa, calyce parum longiora, purpurca; petala duo inferiora oblonga, obtusa, calycem vix supe- 

 rantia, subenervia. purpurea. Stamina quinque, hypogyna, calyce brcviora. Filamenta brevia, glahra, libera. 

 Amtbbijb {Jig* 8-12. ) ovatffi, cordatas, basi affixa?, in tubum connata:, bilocukires, glabra?, apice emargi- 

 nat# et in membranam desinentes, internc ad utrumque latus dchiscentes, albidas; dua; superiores parum 

 minorcs. Processus terminales membranacei , ovati, obtusi, in staminibus duobus superioribus emargi- 

 nati, glabri, crocei, crecti, loculis parum brcviores. Squamula; dua; subovata; ad basim staminum duo- 

 rum superiorum, longitudine filamcuti, albids. Ovariuu (fig. 7. ) scssile, ovatum, glabrum, uniloeulare. 

 6-spermum; onria placentis tribus parictalibus pcr paria affixa. Stylos terminalis , adscendens, apice cla- 

 vato-incrassatus, stamina suba?quans, glaber. Stigma laterale, acutum, petalum superius spectans. Capsulv 

 ( f l S- *9- ) subrotundo-elliptica, trigona, stylo coronata, calyce coroilaque marcida suffulta, lasvjs, glabra, 

 viridis , magnitudine grani cannabis, unilocularis, trivalvis, 5-0-sperma; valva; ( fig. 16-18. ) naviculares , 

 mcdio placentiferx. Semina (//g. i3-i5. ) solitaria aut per paria placentis diversa altitudine affixa, subglo- 

 boso-clliptica, apiceacuta, infra apicem,ubi affixa, cariincula instructa, basi obtusiuscula ctscrobiculo notata, 

 hinc intcr carunculam etscrobicuhnn linca obsolcta instructa, laivia, glabra, albida, triplo ininora quam in 

 Viola odorata; suppetentia immatura. 



3. JONIDIUM rAUVIFLORUM. 



J. fniticulosum; ramosum; diffbsum; ramis elongatis, bifariam puberulis; foliis akernis 

 ovatis, acntis, serratis, glabris. 



Jonidium parviflonmi Vent. Malm. p. 27. 



Viola parviflora Mutis. Linn. suppl. 3q6. Sp. pl. ed. W. t*p. 1171. 



Crescit prope S. Fe de Bogota , alt. i36o hex. fy 



Fruticulus ramosus, diffusus, procumbens; ramis alternis, infcrioribus opposilis, clongatis, filiformibus, 

 h-retiusculis, hinc et inde Jinca pubcrula notatis; ramulis angulatis. Hadix lignosa, tcrctiuscula, subtor- 

 tuosa, cinerascens, fibrillis obsita, crassitie fili emporetici. 1'olia alterna , interdum subopposita, breviter 

 petiolata, ovata, acuta, basi cuneata, serrata, venosa, ncrvo mcdio subtus promincntc, membranacea, glabra, 

 laete viridia, concoloria, 4-5 lineas Jonga, 2-0 lineas lata. Petioli dimidiani lineam longi, glabri. Stipulje 

 petiolares gemina:, ovato-lanceolata;, acuts, erectre, glabras peliolo parum longiores. Pedu.nculi axillares , 

 solitarii, uniflori, filiformes, gJabri, apiccm versus articulati,ebractcati,subscmipolIicares, folium supcrantcs. 

 Flores rcsupinati, ccrnui, magnitudiue pra;cedentis. Oalyx profundc quinqucpartitus, glabcr, viridis; foliola 

 ovato-lanceolata, acutiuscula, uninervia, apicc purpurascentia, inaxpialia ; duo lateralia ( intcriora ) superio- 

 ribus parumbrevidra, sicutha;c,plana; infcrius lateralibusparumbrcvius, carinalo-concavuin. PfiTALAquinque, 

 limbo calycis inserta, purpurascentia, glabra, irrcgularia ; superius maximum, calycem triplo superans, 

 obovato-bilobum, basim versus carinato-concavum, lobis rotundatis, patcntibus; petaladuo lateralia oblonga, 

 •>btusaj subfalcata, undulato-concaviuscula, supcriore dimidio breviora; petala duo inferiora calycem sub«- 

 quantia, oblonga, obtusa. Stamina quinque, ibidcm inserta, calyce parum breviora. Filamenta brevissima, 

 glabra. Antuers basi affixa;, crecta;, connivcntcs et coha;reiites (?), oblonga;, basi rotuudata', apice membra- 

 nacea;, biloculares, glabra;; loculi viresccntcs, intcrue longitudiualitcr dcbisccntes; processus ttrminales ro- 

 tundati, crocei; in staminibus duobus superioribus emarginati. Squamula; dua; subclavata: ad basim 

 staminum duorum superiorum. Ovarium supcrum, ovatum, glabrum, uniloculare, oligospermum. Stvlus 



