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triadelphous, produced at the base : appendage bearded. Style clavate : stigma lateral. 

 Capsule woody : seeds flat. — Twining shrubs : stipules deciduous ; corymbs terminal : 

 pedicels elongated, articulated above two bracteoles. 



1. C. Hybanthus, Mart. Leaves ovate, serrulate, glabrous or glabrescent beneath ; 

 sepals blunt ; spur subcylindrical, blunt, three times as long as the flower. — Mart. Nov. 

 Gen. 1. t. 17, 18. — Viola, Aubl. Mey. Fl. Esseq. ! Calyptrion Aubletii, Ging. C. nitidum, 

 Benth. !: a form with smaller flowers. Coryn. Benthamii, Waljt. — A vine, variable in the 

 form of the leaves, in their margin being serrate or repand and subentire, in the spur being 

 either slender or cylindrical, and constricted in the middle, and in the size of the flower ; 

 flowers white ; sepals 1-2'" long, ovate or oblong ; spur usually 1" long, horizontal. — Hab. 

 S. Vincent !, Guild.; [Tabasco!, Guiana 1, equatorial Brazil']. 



2. VIOLA, L. 



Sepals 5, produced at the base. Petals 5, asymmetrical : the anterior spurred or saccate. 

 Anthers connivent or coherent, 2 anterior tailed at the base. — Herbs; stipules persistent ; 

 peduncles axillary, one-flowered. 



2. V. stipularis, Sw. Leaves elliptical or elliptical-lanceolate, pointed : serratures 

 blunt, appressed ; stipules erect, oblong-lanceolate, taper-pointed, fimbriate, 2-4 times 

 exceeding the petiole ; peduncles half the length of the leaf; flowers cernuous ; spur very 

 short ; stigma minute, lateral. — Habit of V. rubella, Cav. ; stem perennial, with solitary 

 flowers from the upper axils ; leaves glabrous : stipules 8'" long, long-ciliate ; flowers small, 

 blue. — Hab. S. Kitts; [Martinique !, Sieb. Mart., 288 ; Venezuela!]. 



3*. V. tricolor, L. Annual ; stem diffuse ; leaves ovate or lanceolate ; upper stipules 

 runcinately pinnatifid ; stigma urceolate. — Hab. Naturalized in the mountains of Jamaica 

 {Macfad.) ; [introduced from Europe into both temperate zones of America, and into the 

 mountains of warmer countries]. 



3. IONIDIUM, Vent. 



Sepals a. Petals 5, asymmetrical : the anterior largest, labelliform, clawed : claw con- 

 cave or shortly gibbous. Anthers connivent : two anterior furnished with a gland at the 

 base. — Herbs or shrubs ; leaves usually narrow; peduncles axillary, articulated above the 

 middle ; flowers nodding. 



4. I. strictum, Vent. Inferior leaves opposite, oblanceolate, serrate, superior lanceo- 

 late-linear, bluntish, alternate; stipules minute, subulate, rigid; peduncles equallin" the 

 leaves ; sepals ovate-lanceolate, pointed, three times exceeded by the labellum ; limb of the 



labellum rounded ; seeds glabrous. — I. linarifolium, Vent. I. suffruticosnm Wickstr. An 



annual, diffuse herb, or suffrutescent, glabrescent ; leaves with remote serratures, or upper ones 

 entire ; sepals 1"' long, glabrous ; capsule few-seeded : seeds globose, yellowish-white — 

 Hab. Antigua !, Nichols., in cultivated grounds ; [Cuba! to Guadeloupe ; Mexico]. 



4. ALSODEIA, Thou. 



Sepals 5. Petals 5, symmetrical, spreading at the top. Anthers ligulate.— Shrubs or 

 trees ; flowers usually racemose. 



5. A. flavescens, Spr. Leaves opposite, ovate, pointleted, subentire ; racemes simple 

 puberulous : pedicels equalling the flower ; filaments very short, much exceeded by the con- 

 nivent anthers.— Aubl. t. 95. Conohoria, Aubl.— A shrub; leaves 5"-6" Ion" leathery, 

 glabrous. — Hab. Trinidad !, at Arima, Cr. ; [Guiana!]. 



XVII. DROSERACEiE. 



Stamens ( definite, hypogynous: anthers mostly extrorse. Pistil usually paracarpous : 

 style mostly dmded Capsule medianicide. Embryo minute, included in the top of the 

 endosperm or exserted from it, rarely axile.— Glanduliferous herbs; leaves mostly involute 

 in the bud. J 



