334 VIOLARIEZ. 
155 V. pidsa (Blum. bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnea. 1. p. 645.) 
stigma proboscis-like; style clavate ; stamens oblong, connected ; 
capsules ovate-globose; 4 superior petals hairy at the base ; 
leaves cordate, tapering into the petiole a little at the base, cre- 
nulate, pilose; stipulas oblong, setaceously-toothed, ciliated, 
erect. Stem stoloniferous. XY. S. Native of Java. 
Pilose Violet. Pl. creeping. 
156 V. rri’ripa (Spreng. pug. 1. p. 22.) stem decumbent ; 
leaves somewhat trifid, tapering to the base, with the segments 
lanceolate, very entire; calyxes hardly appendiculated behind ; . 
spur much larger than the calyx. YJ. F.? Native of? Flowers 
white. 
Trifid-leaved Violet. 
t Species not sufficiently known. 
Plant decumbent. 
157 V. cıBBo'sa (Rafin. dec. pl. nov. amer. sept. in litt. 1819.) 
caulescent, glabrous; leaves on long footstalks, cordate-deltoid, 
crenated, obtuse, under surface pale ; stipulas ovate-lanceolate, 
obtuse, entire ; petals glabrous ; spur gibbous, very short. 4%. H. 
Native on the Alleghany Mountains in North America. Flowers 
yellow. 
Gibbous-spurred Violet. Fl. May, Jul. Clt.? Pl. 4 foot. 
158 V. serryLLIròLIA (H. B. ex Willd. herb. in Roem. et 
Schult. syst. 5. p. 391.) stems procumbent ; leaves linear-spatu- 
late, quite entire. X.S. Native of South America. Unknown 
to Kunth. 
Wild-Thyme-leaved Violet. Pl. procumbent. 
159 V. Tevermuronia (H. et B. ex Willd. herb. in Roem. 
et Schult. syst. 5. p. 391.) leaves alternate, ovate, serrated ; 
stem shrubby, procumbent; peduncles longer than the leaves. 
h.S. Native of South America. Unknown to Kunth. 
Teucrium-leaved Violet. Shrub procumbent. 
160 V. sca’sra (Brown, in flora 1820. p. 469.) almost stem- 
less ; leaves cordate, acuminated, scabrous ; sepals acute; root 
creeping. 2? H. Native about Salzburgh. 
Scabrous Violet. Pl. 3 foot. 
161 V. crassiv’scuta (Bory, ann. gen. 1820. vol. 3. p. 16.) 
stems decumbent, without bracteas? leaves alternate, stalked, 
ovate, oblong, quite entire, thickish ; flowers naked, on long 
peduncles. Native on Sierra Nevada in Spain. 
Thickish-leaved Violet. Pl. decumbent. 
162 V. Serxirxu (Pursh. mss. ex Goldie. edinb. phil. journ. 
1822. p. $19.) leaves cordate, crenate-serrated, rather pilose ; 
petals beardless ; spur long, thick, very blunt. 2%. H. Native 
on mountains near Montreal in North America. Flowers blue. 
Selkirk’s Violet. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1822. Pl. 4 foot. 
163 V.spatuxa'ta (Willd. relig. ex Roem. et Schult. syst. 5. 
p- 353.) leaves lanceolate-spatulate, fascicled, almost entire; 
pubescent. %. H. Native of the province of Guilan on the 
Caspian sea. 
Spatulate-leaved Violet. Pl. + foot. 
164 V. Atrecuane’nsis (Roem. et Schult. syst. 5. p. 560.) 
hairy ; leaves ovate and oblong-cordate rather entire; footstalks 
broad, membranaceous ; 2 lateral petals bearded ; spur very 
short, saccate. 4%. H. Native of North America on the Alle- 
ghany Mountains. Perhaps a variety of V. ovata? Flowers blue. 
Alleghany Violet. Fl. April, June. Cit.1824. Pl. 4 foot. 
165 V. Lasrapo’rica (Schrank. denk. I. bot. Gesell. regensb. 
II. p. 12.) stem erect, branched; leaves orbicularly-cordate, 
acuminated ; stipulas lanceolate. %. H. Native of Labrador. 
Labrador Violet. Plant } foot. 
166 V. ELonca'ta (Poir. dict. 8. p- 644.) glabrous; leaves 
elliptical, quite entire, stalked; flowers solitary on long pe- 
duncles; stem weak; capsules very smooth; seeds rufous, glo- 
bose. Y%?H. Native of North America. 
Elongated-peduncled Violet. Pl. Ł foot. 
IV. 
Viora. V. Ervetion. 
167 V. PRUNELLÆFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer, 
5. p. 370.) very smooth ; leaves ovate-oblong, acute, rounded 
at the base, obsoletely cordate, crenate ; stipulas ciliated; calyxes 
acute; petals retuse, smooth; spur somewhat saccate, short, 
rounded ; style clavate above, thickened ; stigma lateral, truncate. 
4..G. Native of South America about Santa Fe de Bogota, 
at the height of 4110 feet. Flowers violaceous. Perhaps allied 
to V. hirta. Style club-shaped ; stigma truncate. 
Prunella-leaved Violet. Pl. 4 foot. 
168 V, umpractr coxa (H. B. et Kunth, nov. spec. amer. 5. 
p- 370.) caulescent, procumbent ; leaves ovate, bluntish ; 
running into the footstalk at the base, denticulated, upper sur- 
face glabrous, under surface as well as footstalks and peduncles 
beset with a few hairs ; stipulas dentately-ciliated ; calyxes linear, 
acute; lower petal rounded, with a saccate, short spur, rounded 
at the base, with the rest of the petals obovately-spatulate ; 
dorsal appendages of stamens oblong, obtuse, compressed, one- 
half shorter than the cells; ovary ovate, smooth; ovule 22, 
disposed in 2 rows. Style cultriform? stigma obtuse. %. G. 
Native of Mexico in woods near Real del Monte, at the height 
of 4278 feet. Flowers violaceous. Petals smooth, about the 
size of those of Viola palistris. 
Shaded-ill Violet. Pl. procumbent. 
169 V. cHamapriro Lia (Ruiz, et Pav. in herb. Lamb. and 
D.C. prod. 1. p. 306.) stems ? leaves ovate, toothed ; 2 lateral 
petals bearded. Native in Peru. Perhaps V. teucrit/dlia. 
Roem. et Schult. syst. 5. p. $91.? or perhaps a variety of y. 
rubélla, Cav. 
Germander-leaved Violet. Pl. 1 foot. 
170 V. Kamrscna’tica (Ging. in Schlecht. Linneæ. 1. p. 
406.) stigma triangular, marginated ; leaves cordate ; stipulas 
lanceolate ; sepals ovate, acuminated ; spur cylindrical, rounded 
at the top, longer than the sepals. 4%. H. Native of Kamts- 
chatka. Petals purple. Very like V. hirta. 
Kamtschatka Violet. Pl. 3 foot. , 
Cult. Almost every species of Violet deserves to be cultivated 
in gardens, the greater part for the beauty of their flowers, and 
others for their scent, such as the varieties of Viola odorata. 
The hardy perennial species are well adapted for ornamenting 
rock-work or the front of flower-borders, but the smaller species 
should be grown in small pots in a mixture of loam, peat, an 
plenty of sand. The American species do best in vegetable 
mould or peat; those species which are natives of woods are 
well adapted for growing under trees, and those natives of bog 
or marshes should be planted in moist situations. They are : 
readily increased by seeds or parting the plants at the root. T k 
annual species may be sown in the open borders or on rock-work- 
The greenhouse and stove species should be grown in a mixture 
of loam and peat, the herbaceous kinds of them should be D 
creased by dividing at the root or by seeds, and the shrub y 
kinds should be propagated by cuttings, which will root freely 
if planted under a hand-glass, those of the stove species-m heat. 
The species marked frame should be always preserved in Paia 
that they may be protected during winter by a frame. 
Neapolitan violet, a variety of V. odoràta forces well, and where 
there is a stove or warm pit may be had in flower throughou 
the winter and early part of spring. 
_ V. ERPE’TION (from epryroc, erpetos, creeping; and y 
20n, the Greek for violet, in allusion to the creeping rooting stems! 
D. C. in herb. Lamb. Sweet, fi. gard. t. 170. , st 
Lin. syst. Pentandria, Monogynia. Character m almos 
every respect the same as Viola, but the lower petal is DO 
drawn out into a spur at the base, and the anthers are des 
titute of dorsal appendages. The sepals are scarcely produc ; 
at the base. Filaments united at the apex; lobes of anther 
