say of it, “Flores odorem Viole odorate spirant ;’ and Mr. 
Skinner observes upon his specimens, “sweeter than violets.” 
On this account it is worthy of cultivation in every stove, and it 
flourishes in damp earth among Zycopodia, and in situations 
suited to the growth of tropical Ferns. 
Descr. Whole plant more or less glandulose-pubescent. 
Stems branched from below, terete, striated, one foot to one and 
a half foot long, decumbent, the lower part closely, the upper 
more distinctly, clothed with the sheathing basis of the alternate 
leaves: these latter are sessile, oblongo-ovate, acuminate, striated, 
the base obtuse, almost cordate, suddenly contracted into the 
very hairy, striated, cylindrical, submembranaceous sheath, which 
surrounds the stem. ‘The stem becomes more slender upwards 
(with the leaves gradually smaller), and passes into the terminal 
panicle, a span or more long: the dranches di-trichotomous, slen- 
der, the ultimate ones bearing an umbel of small, white, but ex- 
cessively fragrant, flowers, having exactly the odour of sweet 
violets. Bracteas ovato-lanceolate, the lower ones sheathing at 
the base. Calyx of three, green, glanduloso-pilose spreading se- 
pals. Corolla of three, ovate, white, spreading, crenulate, obtuse 
petals. Stamens three (only), alternating with the petals; /i/a- 
ments naked ; anthers oblong, subsagittate. Ovary oblong, gla- 
brous. Style very short. Stigma of three, rather large, peni- 
cillate lobes. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Transverse section of ovary :—magnified. 
