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Viola Cornuta. Horned-Violet. 

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Pentandria Monogynia. 

 Syngenesia Monogamia. JLwff. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 5-phylIus. Cor. 5-petala, irregularis, poftice cornuta. 

 Cap/, fupera, 3-valvis, i-locularis. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



VIOLA cornuta; caule adfcendente trigono, foliis cordatis 

 crenatis ne&ariis fubulatis calyce longioribus, petalo 

 fupremo fubacuminato. Soland. MJf. 



VIOLA cornuta; caule elongato, foliis ovatis fubcordatis 

 margine ciliatis, ftipulis oblongis pinnatifidis, nec- 

 tariis fubulatis corolla longioribus. Willd. Sp. PI. 1. 

 1170. 



VIOLA caule elongato, foliis oblongo-ovatis, ftipulis pinnati- 

 fidis, ne&ariis fubulatis corolla longioribus. Syji. 

 Veg. ed. 13. p. 669. ed. 14. p. 803. Hort, Kew. 3. 

 p. 292. 



VIOLA cornuta. Desfont. Atl. 2. p. 318. 



VIOLA pyrenaica longius caudata teucrii folio. Tourn. Inft, 

 421. Rail Hiji. 3. p. 510. 



VIOLA foliis cordato-lanceolatis, ferratis, ftipulis lanceolatis 

 acute dentatis, Hall. Heh, n. 570. 



The Viola cornuta is a native of Spain, and of Mount 

 Atlas, near Belide, in Algiers. Introduced to the Royal 

 Garden at Kew, in 1776, by Dr. Ortega ; and being a 

 hardy herbaceous perennial, eafily propagated by its creeping 

 roots, is now become very common in our gardens, of which 

 it is no defpicable ornament, producing a profufion of bloom 

 during the greateft part of the fummer. Will thrive without 

 care in almoft any foil or fituation. We do not know that any 

 figure has ever been publiftied of this fpecies, there is indeed 

 a good engraving of it in the large collection known by the 



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