Vioia.] VIOLARIE^. 79 



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15. K canina; stigmate papilloso subreflexo, caule adultiore adscendente ramoso 

 glabro, foliis cordatis, stipulis acuminatis pectinatim tenuiter laceris, sepalis subulatis, 

 pedunculis glabris, capsula elongata, valvis acuminatis, seminibus pyriformibus fuscis. DC^ 

 Linn. Sp. PL p. 1324. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 298.--Var. Rich, in Frankl \st Joum. 

 ed. 2. App. p. 8. ? 



Hab. North -West Coast of America, (De Candolle.) Canada? Dr. RicJmrdson. — Dr. Richardson 

 mentions this with a mark of doubt as a native of North America. No American author seems to be aware 

 of its existence in that country. With regard to the station mentioned by De Candolle, his information is 

 probably derived from Mr, Menzies*s specimens, in Mr. Lambert's Herbarium. If so, I possess the same, 

 and have referred them to V. Muhlenbergiana ; though, 1 must confess, they have as good a claim to rank 

 with K canina. 



16. V* adunca ; stigmate subreflexo glabro, caule adscendente simpliciusculo, foliis ovatis 

 cordato-ovatisque coriaceis crenatis insigniter fusco-punctatisj stipulis lanceolato-acumina- 

 tis profunda dentato-ciliatisj sepalis lineari-Ianceolatis, petalis duobus barbatis calcare nunc 

 adunco vix longioribus, pedunculis elongatis folia multo superantibus. — Sm* in Itees* CycL 



Hab. North -West Coast of America. On the plains of the Columbia. Puget Sound. Observatory Inlet. 

 Mr. Menzies ; Douglas; Dr. Scouler. — That this is the V. adunca of Sir J. E. Smith there can be no 

 question, since Mr. Douglas has compared his specimens with the original ones in the Herbarium at Nor- 

 wich, shortly previous to the death of its lamented possessor ; but the spur, though sometimes, is by no means 

 coQStajutly, uncinate. Generally it is so in the state of bud ,- and I find it to be remarkably the case with a 

 specimen which has a double spur. But the greater number are straight, thick, and very obtuse. Hence, 

 since Sir J. E. Smith, in other respects, compares it with V. canina, it may be supposed to be too nearly 

 allied to that species : but I am of opinion that it is perfectly distinct. It has a more rigid and erect mode of 

 growth. Its leaves are almost coriaceous, and, in all the specimens, (and these from very remote localities,) 

 more ovate, more coriaceous, and so thickly covered with distinct brown dots as to give a dusky hue to the 

 foliage, and to bring the species near to some of the South-West American kinds, which present that ap- 

 pearance in a remarkable degree. The flowers, as Mr. Douglas describes them, are of a fine and very deep 

 purple-blue colour. 



Sect. II. Cham^melanium. Ging. in De Cand, Stigma sphceroideo-capitatum, utrinque 

 fascicidis pihrum onustum, /braminulo minuto sublaterali. Stylus compresso-clavatus. 

 Stamina oblonga approximata. Torus planiusculus. Capsida scepe trigona. Folia 

 seminalia scepius svbrotunda, Petala 2 ungue harbata. DC, 



17. V. Nuttallii; stigmate capitato utrinque subpiloso, caulibus erectis, foliis ovato-lan- 

 ceolatis subintegerrimis subpubescentibus in petiolum longum attenuatis pedunculos 

 sequantibus, stipulis lanceolatis integris, sepalis la n ceol at o- acuminatis, petalis ovato-lanceo- 

 latis, calcare brevissimo. (Tab. XXVI.)— PwrsA, Fl. Am, v, L p, 174. Schwein, Viol in 

 Sill Joum, V, 5. p. 77. Le Conte in Ann, Lye, of N. Y, v. 2. p. 151. De Cand. Prodr, 

 v.\, p, 300. 



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major 



foliis latioribus, floribus majoribus. — V. glareosa. Douglas, MSS. 



rrara sublonge descendens, subfasciculatim ramosa. Caules plurimi ex eadem radice, erecti. 

 igitem longi, inferne subramosi, graciles. Folia fere omnia ad eadem altitudinem attingunt, 

 I, nunc lanceolata, subfirma, integerrima vel obscure sinuato-dentata, glabra vel paululnm 

 oetiolum lonirum attenuata, uninervia, venis lateralibus oblique parallelis. Stipula mediocreai 



