( 3556 ) 
PeTuNIA vioLaceaA ; hybrida. Purpie 
Petunia; hybrid var. 
KEEEE EEE EERE EEE EEE EK 
Class and Order. 
Pentranpria Monoeyntia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Sotanez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx breve tubulosus, laciniis foliosis. Corolla tubo 
cylindraceo vy. ventricoso, limbo plicato inequali plano 5- 
lobo. Stamina 5, inzqualia, inclusa, medio tubo corolle 
Inserta. Ovarium disco insertum, dente unico utrinque ad 
suturam instructo. Stigma capitatum. Capsula valvis 2 
integris, seminibus sphericis reticulatis. Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Perunta* violacea ; caule debili viscido-piloso, foliis brevi- 
petiolatis acutis, corolla ventricose laciniis rotundatis 
acutis. 
Perunta violacea. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1626. 
Saxricxossis integrifolia. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3113. 
Nrerempereta phenicea. Sw. Brit. Fl. Gard. N. S. t. 193. 
‘Hybrida. (Tab. nostr. 3556.) 
The charming groupe here figured represents seedling 
varieties of a hybrid between Perunia violacea and P. 
nyctaginiflora, and it must be confessed that here, as in 
many other vegetable productions, the art and skill of the 
Horticulturist has improved nature. Cultivation, alone, 
has, indeed, very much increased the size of the flowers and 
foliage of this plant: so that it can scarcely be recognized 
as 
* From Petun, the Brazilian name of the Genus, according to Jussieu. 
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