

3^6 * • VIOLE.E. 



parum lateralis, erectus, apice clavato-incrassatus, obtusus, glaber, longitudine staminum. Stigma laterale, 

 acutiusculum, petalum superius spectans. Capsula subrotunda, trigona, calyce corolla staminibusque per- 

 sistentibus suffulta, illo triplo longior, laavis, glabra, albida, magnitudine grani cannabis, unilocularis, pen- 

 tasperma; valvje acuta*, carinato-concava;, medio placentifera:. Semina biseriata, globoso-ovata, acuta,hi 

 „„: . .„ M « MnM ,ia rri»tnta. Isvia. albida. elabra. basi scrobiculo notata, macnitudine crani Panare 



IIIX II ralr*e acuta*, carinato-concara;, meuio piuueuuiera;. otMinA vikimuii (jiuuuau-uiaw, acma, uiac 

 apicem rersus caruncula crhrtata, heria, albida, glabra, basi scrobiculo notata, magnitudine grani Papareris 

 somniferi; suppetentia racua. Integumentum exterius crustaccum, fragile ; intcrius membranaccum, basi 

 perehalatam notatum. 



A Mutisio cum Bonplandio communicatum. 



3. JONIDIUM poLYGALiEFOLiun. Tab. CCCCLXXXXVI. fig. i. 



J. fruticulosum ; procumbens; ramosum ; ramis pubernlis; foliis oppositis, Ianccolatis, inte- 

 gerrimis , glabris; stipulis magnis, folio similibus. 



Jonidium polygalasfolium Fent. Malm. p. 27. t. 27. (auct. herb. Juss.). 



Viola verticillata Ortega, Dec. l\.p. 5o. Cav. Dec. bot. 1. p. 373. Pers. syn. 1. p. 256. 



Crescit prope Mexico. £ 



Cacles lignosi, procumbcntcs, ramosi; ramis oppositis, teretiuscuiis, puberulis, gracilibus, elongatis; ra- 

 mulis augulatis. Folia opposita, brcrissimepctiolata, lauceolata, acutiuscula,basi angustata,integerrima, ve- 

 nosa, nerro rcnisque subtus prominulis,membranacea, glabra, marginescabriuscula, concoloria, pollicaria, 

 vix 2t lincas lata. Petioli glabri. Stipois petiolarcs gemina:, foliis simillima;, sed dimidio breviores. Pedun- 

 culi axillares, solitarii, uniflori, infra apicem articulati, basim rersus bibracteati, filiformes, subpuberuli, 

 duas aut quatuor lineas longi ; bracteis minutis, altcrnis, lineari-subulatis. Flores resupinati, cernui, 

 miuuti. Calyx profunde quinqucpartitus, viridis, tenuissime puberulus; foliolis ovato-oblongis, trinerviis, 

 acutis,conniventibus; duobus latcralibus ( interioribus) parum angustioribus. PETALAquinque, limbo calycis 

 inscrta, irregularia, glabra, albida ; superius omnium maximum, spathulatum, apicc rotundatum, trinervium, 

 infernccarinato-concavum, calycem superans; reliqua oblonga, apicc rotundata, trinervia; lateralia calycem 

 superantia ; inferiora eum aiquantia. Stamina quinque, ibidem inscrta, calycc breviora ; duo superiora minora. 

 Filamenta brevissima, lata, glabra, libera. Anther* basi aflixa:, erecta:, connirentes, libcra:, orato-oblongse, 

 basi rotundatsc, apice membranacea:, albida:, glabrrc, biloculares, longitudinaliter internc dehiscentes; pro- 

 cessus tcrminalcs membranacci, obtusi, crocei, loculis parum breviores ; in antheris duabus superioribus 

 emarginati. Squamula: du£ carnosa: ad basim staminum duorum superiorum. Ovarium superum, sessilc, 

 oratum, glabrum. Stylus subterminalis, ercctus, stamina parum eupcrans, clavato-iucrassatum, glabrum, 

 obtusum. Stigma latcrale, acutiusculum, petaium supcrius spcctans. Capsula subrotunda, trigona, calycc 

 corolla staminibusque persistcntibus suffulta , illo duplo longior, hcvis , glabra, vircscens, magnitudine 

 crani piperis, unilocularis, trivalvis, i-5-sperma; valvis navicularibus, medio seminifcris. Semina (fig. 1.) 

 subglobosa, latcribus vix compressiuscula, acutiuscula, infra apicem caruncula albida notata, nigra, 

 lievia, glabra , magnitudine grani majoris sinapis. Integcmentum exterius crustaceum, fragile; interius 

 (Jig. a.) tenuitcr mcmbranaccum, albidum, endospermium arcte obtcgens, basi chalaza fusca uotatum. 

 Endospermicm (Jig. 5.) semini conformc, carnosum, albidum. Embryo (fig. 4-) in ^xi eudospermii ipsuque 

 vix brevior, flavesccns. Cotyledones rcniformes, planx>, foliacea?. Radiclla teres, obtusa, longitudine 

 cotyledonum, supera. 



