VIOLARIEH. I. Catyprrion. 
like C. Aublétii, according to Kunth, Viola excélsa, Willd. herb. 
ex Roem. and Schult. syst. 5. p. 391. Flowers large, white. 
Orinoco Hooded-violet. Shrub climbing. 
§ 2. Flowers small, disposed in axillary crowded fascicles. 
5 C.? FRANGULÆFÒLIUM (Ging. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 289.) 
stem twining to the right; leaves oblong-elliptical, acute, rounded 
at the base, obsoletely serrulated, puberulous on both surfaces ; 
flowers disposed in crowded fascicles, exceeding the footstalks 
of the leaves; sepals narrow, acuminated; lower petal emar- 
ginate at the top; spur (hood) obtuse, flattened on the sides; 
stamens furnished with very long smooth appendages. h.%™. S. 
Native in the Andes about Popayan at the height of 6016 feet. 
Noiséttia frangulefolia, H. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 5. 
p. 384, t. 499. a and b f. 1. Flowers like those of Noisétlia 
but the habit of the plant agrees with Calyptrion. 
Frangula-leaved Hooded-violet. Shrub twining. 
+ Doubtful Species. 
6 C.? pra’Nprum (Ging. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 289.) 
stem herbaceous, creeping ; leaves oblong ; peduncles solitary ; 
lower petal trifid. %4. S. Viola diándra, Allemand in Lin. 
syst. 669. Tonidium diandrum, Roem. et Schult. syst. 5. p. 
399. Flowers white ? 
Diandrous Hooded-violet. Pl. creeping or twining. 
Cult. Elegant climbing shrubs, well adapted for covering 
rafters in stoves. A rich light soil will suit them best, and 
young cuttings will root freely if planted in a pot of sand, 
placed under a hand-glass, in heat. 
II. NOISE’TTIA (in honour of Louis Noisette, an eminent 
French cultivator and writer on fruit-trees, author of Le Jardin 
Frutier, 2. fasc. in 4to. 1813). H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. 
p. 882. exclusive of the synonym of Aublet, Bigelowia, D. C. 
mss. but not of Sprengel. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx middle-sized, 
running into the pedicel at base; sepals 5 (f. 63. e.), unequal, 2 
lower ones usually with unequal sides. Lower petal large (f. 63. b.), 
with the limb involute in zestivation, drawn out behind into a long 
Straight cylindrical tube (f. 63. c.); 2 lateral petals short, ascend- 
Ing, the rest smaller, all smooth? Stamens free ; filaments dilated 
at the base and furnished with a membrane at the top, bearing 
the anthers low down; anthers hardly longer than the ovary, 
With sub-sagittate lobes, the two anterior anthers drawn out on 
the back into nectariferous awl-shaped appendages (f. 63. g.), 
Which are drawn in, within the tube. Ovary superior; ovulæ 
usually 12-30? rather pear-shaped (H. B. et Kunth. 1. c.). Cap- 
sule l-celled, 3-valved, membranous, ovate, obsoletely 3-sided, 
veny, with linear placentas; valves few~seeded. Erect or scandent 
shrubs, with twiggy branches. Leaves alternate, simple, stalked, 
feather-nerved. Stipulas in pairs, usually running down the stem. 
lowers on pedicels ; pedicels many, or from abortion solitary, 
bibracteolate towards the middle, but not jointed, disposed in 
axillary crowded fascicles, Flowers of a pale colour. 
l N. LONGIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 382. 
t. 499. b & f. ii.) stem shrubby, striated, simple or branched ; 
eaves lanceolate, serrated, acute, tapering into the sbort foot- 
Stalks at the base; flowers in bundles ; peduncles bractless ; 
Spur awl-shaped, length of pedicel; sepals lanceolate, acumin- 
ited, 2 lower ones unequal-sided, eared on the outside at the 
nase jower petal obcordate, lateral ones oblong, obtuse, the 
A ; ry many-seeded ; stigma hooked. k.S. Na 
tive of Cayenne. Viola longifolia, Poir. dict. 8. p. 649. Ioni- 
tum longifòlium, Roem. et Schultz. syst. 5. p. 398. Flowers 
‘ream-coloured or white. 
Long-leaved Noisettia. Clt, 1824. Shrub 1 to 1} foot. 
IT. Noiserria. 
.4-6 in a fascicle; spur obtuse, a 
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III. SCHWEIGGERIA. 
2 N. orcnipirto'ra (Ging. mss. 
et D. C. prod. 1. p. 290.) stem 
slender, smooth; leaves lanceolate, 
serrulated,on long footstalks; flowers 
little shorter than the pedicel. h? 
S. Native of Guiana. Viola orchi- 
diflora, Rudge, pl. guian. rar. 1. p. 
11. t.10. Ionídium orchidiflérum, 
Roem. et Schult. syst. 5. p. 400. 
Flowers cream-coloured or white 
(f. 63.). 
Var. B; leaves lanceolate, acu- 
minated, serrated, tapering at the 
base into the long footstaik, gla- 
brous ; flowers 3-4 lines long, 3-4 
in each fascicle; capsules 3-sided, 
straw-coloured, 2-3-seeded, with ovate, veiny, glabrous valves. 
h.S. Native of Guiana. 
Orchis-flowered Noisettia. Shrub 14 foot. 
3 N. cateopsiro Lia (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 461.) 
stems somewhat herbaceous, simple, triangular, a little winged ; 
leaves lanceolate, rather acuminated, acute, serrated; flowers 
in racemose bundles; peduncles bractless ; ovary usually con- 
taining 15 seeds. X.S. Native of Brasil in old woods on the 
eastern part of the province of Minas-Geraes, near the village 
called Rio-Vermelho. N. longifolia, Nees et Mart. in nov. 
act. Bonn. 12. p. 48. but not of Kunth. Root yellow. Petals 
pale yellow, but pale scarlet at the apex. 
Hemp-Netile-leaved Noisettia. Fl. April. Pl. 1 to 1} foot. 
4 N.? Roquereuitia’na (St. Hil. in mem, mus. 11. p. 462. 
t. 22. f. c.) plant glabrous, stems shrubby, round, climbing, 
branched ; leaves ovate or oblong, or elliptical-lanceolate, acu- 
minated, rather acute at the base, crenate-serrated ; peduncles 
bracteate ; flowers usually disposed in racemes. kh. VU. 5. 
Native of Brasil in old woods on Mount Tejuca near Rio Janeiro. 
A climbing shrub. Perhaps a species of Anchietia. 
Roquefeuille’s Noisettia. Fl. Aug. Shrub climbing. 
5 N. acumina ra (D. C. mss. and prod. 1. p. 290.) leaves 
lanceolate, on short footstalks, ciliated, toothed, drawn out at 
the apex into a long, entire acumen ; pedicels solitary, a little 
shorter than the leaves; capsules ovate. h? F. Native of 
North America. Violzoides, Mich. ined. Perhaps a variety of 
N. orchidiflora. 
Acuminated-leaved Noisettia. Shrub 2 feet. 
Cult. These curious plants will grow freely in light. rich soil, 
and young cuttings will strike root freely if planted in a pot of 
sand, placed under a hand-glass, in heat. ‘The climbing species 
is well fitted for covering rafters in stoves. 
Ill. SCHWEIGGE RIA (in honour of Aug. Frid. Schweigger, 
Professor at Regiomonti in Sicily). Spreng. ex St. Hil. mem. 
mus. 11. p. 454. Gléssarrhen, Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 22. D.C. prod. 
1. p. 290. 
Lix. syst. Pentándria, Monogynia. Sepals of calyx very 
unequal, running into the peduncle at the base, 3 exterior sepals 
large (f. 64. a.), longer than the petals, usually cordate, acuminated, 
hastately 2~eared at the base, lower ones unequal-sided, with the 
spur between, with the auricles of the exterior ones stretched out, 
and usually rounded ; 2 inner sepals very small and very narrow. 
Petals 5, unequal, with 3-nerved claws; 2 upper ones shortest, 2 
Jateral ones longer than the upper ones (f. 64. c c.), lowest one large 
(f. 64. b.), with the limb involute in estivation, bicallose at the base, 
and drawn out behind into a hollow spur (f. 64. e.). Filaments of 
stamens separated and dilated at the base, oblong, pressed to the 
ovary, each furnished with a membrane at the apex, bearing the 
