VIOLARIEZ. 
brous ; lip gibbous at the base, roundish-truncate at the apex. 
%. S. Native of the island of Madagascar. Viola buxifolia, 
Poir. dict. 8. p. 646. 
Box-leaved Jonidium. PI. 4 foot. 
8 I. ENNEASPE RMUM (Vent. malm. p. 27.) stem suffruticose, 
much branched at the base ; leaves alternate, lanceolate, smooth- 
ish ; stipulas awl-shaped, rigid; sepals acuminated, glabrous ; 
lip —? seeds shining. h.S. Native of the East Indies. 
Var. a, Malabéricum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 309.) stems decum- 
bent; leaves sparingly serrated. kh. S. Native of Malabar. 
—Rheed. mal. 9. p.117. t. 60. Flowers rose-coloured, with 
deeper veins. 
Var. P, Zeylanicum (D.C. prod. 1. p. 309.) stems ascending ; 
leaves almost entire. h. S. Native of Ceylon. Viola en- 
neaspérma, Lin. spec. 1327. fl. zeyl. no. 317. Flowers rose- 
coloured. 
Nine-seeded Ionidium. Shrub 4 to 2 foot. 
9 I. rineartréttum (Vahl. ecl. amer. 2. p. 18.) stem erect; 
cauline leaves alternate, oblong, tapering at both ends; stipulas 
awl-shaped, rigid. ©? S. Native of the Caribbee Islands. 
Viola linearifolia, Poir. dict. 8. p. 648? Perhaps a variety of 
I. strictum. Flowers blue? 
Linear-leaved Ionidium. Fl. July. Pl. 4 foot. 
10 I. stri’crum (Vent. malm. no. 27. in adn.) stems erect, 
branched at the base, puberulous ; lower leaves opposite, oblong 
or lanceolate, tapering at the base, blunted at the apex ; Stipulas 
awl-shaped, rigid ; sepals acuminated, glabrous ; lip roundish ; 
capsules roundish, trigonal; seeds ovate-roundish, blackish ? 
Y . S. , Native of St. Domingo and New Spain. Vìola strícta, 
Poir. dict. 8. p. 648. Flowers white ? 
yi ar. B; branches erect ; leaves elongated, lower ones obtuse, 
tapering a great way at the base, smoothish. %4. S. Native 
of Guadaloupe. 
Straight lonidium, .Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. Pl. 3 foot. 
11 I. ancustiro' trum (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 
377.) stem woody, elongated, weak, glabrous, upper part 
branched ; leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate, narrowed at the 
top, remotely serrulated, glabrous ; stipulas minute ; peduncles 
glabrous, racemosely-crowded on the branches, fructiferous ones 
4 or 5 times shorter than the leaves ; sepals lanceolate, acumi- 
nated ; capsules roundish-ovate, trigonal, 3-4-seeded. h. S. 
atıve in humid places near Carichana in woods about the Ori- 
noco. Flowers blue? 
Narrow-leaved Ionidium. Shrub 1-2 feet. 
he I. commu'ne (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 469.) stem 
ine aceous or often suftruticose, pubescent ; leaves alternate, 
the poediate ones lanceolate, acuminated, toothed, but entire at 
se ase, hardly puberulous ; stipulas small, linear, very entire ; 
the er glabrous ; filaments 3 times shorter _than the lobes of 
a anthers; sepals linear-lanceolate, acuminated ; lip large, 
ate-bluntish, downy on the outside. XY. h.? S. Native of 
razil in old woods and coppices. Petals blue? 
Common Tonidium. Fl. Jan. April. Pl. 1 to 4 feet. 
i e) I. sETI GERUM (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 470. t. 23. 
neg ina suffruticose, pubescent; leaves alternate, oblong- 
an wat acuminated, very acute, toothed, puberulous ; stipu- 
pinata of the peduncles ciliately many-parted ; sepals 
of Be, ‘ y ciliated ; lip orbicular, pubescent. h.S. Native 
een azıl in cultivated places, as well as in woods that have 
erae down in the provinces of Rio Janiero and Minas 
with wt: etals green at the base, but violet, blue, or variegated 
F white and blue at the apex. . 
i A tearing Ionidium. Fl. year. Shrub 1 foot. 
shrub. SYLVA Ticum (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 472.) stem 
acumi Y, pubescent; leaves alternate, intermediate ones ovate, 
inated, toothed, but very entire at the base, puberulous ; 
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stipulas small, linear, very entire ; sepals linear-lanceolate, acu- 
minated, acute, véry entire ; lobes of anthers almost equal in 
length to the filaments ; lip somewhat rhomboid, pubescent on 
the outside. h.S. Native of Brazil in woods near the farm 
called Cana-braba, about 14 leagues from the town called Villa- 
do-principe. Petals very pale blue. 
Wood lonidium. FI. April. Shrub 1 foot. 
15 I. Guaranrticum (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 474.) 
stem suffruticose, glabrous; leaves lanceolate, acuminated, gla- 
brous; stipulas small, linear, membranous, glabrous; sepals 
oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, acute, very entire ; lip of flower 
orbicular, crenate. h. S. Native of Brazil in woods on the 
banks of the river Ibicui in the province called Messoes. Petals 
white. 
Guaranitic Ionidium. Fl. Feb. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
16 I. Brcotor (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 475.) plant 
villous; stem suftruticose, almost simple; leaves lanceolate, 
acute, unequally toothed, cuneated at the base and very entire ; 
stipulas linear, quite entire; racemes terminal, and often axil- 
lary; pedicels bractless; sepals entire, and very unequal ; lip 
transversely elliptical, truncate at the apex, pubescent on the 
under surface h.S. Native of Brazil in pastures in the pro- 
vince of the Mission, chiefly near the village of St. Nicolas. 
Petals blue, with a yellow spot on the base of the lower one. 
Two-coloured-lipped Ionidium. Fl. Feb. Shrub 1 to 14 foot. 
17 I. a’cpum (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 477.) stem 
shrubby, diffuse, pubescent; leaves alternate, lanceolate, acute 
at both ends, finely serrated, ciliated; stipulas scarious; pe- 
duncles bractless ; sepals lanceolate-oblong, acuminated, quite 
entire, hairy, ciliated ; lip somewhat rhomboid, very blunt, with 
rounded sides, hairy on the under surface. kh.S. Native of 
Brazil, in old woods near the Farm called St. Miguel da Jiqui- 
tinhonha, at the northern extremity of the province of Minas 
Geraes. Petals white. 
White-flowered Ionidium. FI]. June. Shrub 4 foot. 
18 I. scartdsum (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 478.) stem 
suffruticose, with hairy branches ; leaves alternate, lanceolate, 
acuminated, and very acute, serrated, but very entire at the 
base, villous ; stipulas linear-lanceolate, scarious ; sepals oblong- 
linear, obtuse, pinnatifid, but entire at the apex, hispid ; lip 
rather orbicular, obtuse, villous on the under surface. h. S. 
Native of Brazil in the province of Minas Geraes, near Itajuru 
de St. Miguel de Mato Dentro. Petals violaceous at the apex. 
Scariose-stipuled Ionidium. Fl. Jan. Shrub 1 foot. 
19 I. virxosr’ssimus (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 480.) stem 
suffruticose, very villous; leaves alternate, lanceolate, acute at 
both ends, serrated, villous; stipulas quite entire, scarious ; 
sepals pinnatifid, very hairy; lip large, semi-orbicular, cuspi- 
date, obliquely-truncate at the base. h.S. Native of Brazil 
in the province of Minas Geraes. Petals cream-coloured? 
Very-villcus Tonidium. Shrub 1 foot. 
20 I. Poa'ya (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 482.) plant 
. very hairy ; stem suffruticose, usually simple ; leaves alternate, 
almost sessile, ovate, acutish, somewhat cordate at the base, 
obsoletely-toothed ; stipulas linear, scarious, quite entire, hardly 
manifest ; lip large, broad, obcordate ; filaments bearded on the 
outside at the apex; processes of anthers membranous, small. ` 
b., S. Native of Brazil, plentiful in the fields on the western 
extremity of the province of Minas Geraes, chiefly near the 
town called Paracatu and the villages called St. Luzia de Goyaz 
and Meiaponte. Petals white or blue. Rootemetic. This plant 
is called in Brazil Poaya do Campo. 
Poaya Ionidium. FI. April, Aug. Shrub 1 foot. 
21 I. raxna`ru{m (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 482. t. 23. f. 
a.) plant woolly ; stem simple; leaves alternate, intermediate 
ones elliptical, obtuse, with short points, quite entire ; stipulas 
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