32 = VIOLARIER. Vii 
together, inserted at the apex of the pentagonal 5-toothed torus; the two 
anterior ones bearing on their back two nectariferous processes contained 
within the spur: filaments distinct, dilated at the base, bearing the anthers 
low down: anthers connate; lobes diverging at the base. Ovarium some- 
times girded round at the base by the concave torus (or apparently half-infe- 
rior.) Capsule valves contracting elastically and scattering the ripe seeds. 
Seeds horizontal, with an evident carunculus, somewhat ovoid and shining. 
—Low herbaceous plants, rarely annual, usually perennial, sometimes with a 
very short or subterraneous stem (then called stemless), sometimes caulescent, 
and rarely somewhat shrubby. Leaves alternate, withering. Peduncles soli- 
tary 1-flowered, not jointed; furnished with two little bracteoles, recurved 
at the apex before flowering, afterwards erect. 
113. (1) V. Patrinii (DC.:) root woody, somewhat branched, its trunk 
hardish: leaves glabrous, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, truncate at the base, 
crenated ; petioles winged, 14-3 times longer than the leaf ; stipules adhering 
to the petiole for half their length: sepals lanceolate: torus flattish: style 
attenuated downwards: stigma rostrate, triangular, margined: valves of the 
fruit straightish, somewhat truncated.— DC / prod. p. 293; Spr. syst. 1. 
p. 798 ; Wight! cat. n. 113.—V. Chinensis, G. Don.—V. primuleefolia, Linn. 
(partly); Lour. fl. cochin. 2. p. 628.—V. Notaniana, Wall, L. n. 1449 29 — 
Neelgherries. 
We place no dependence on the petals being bearded, the allied V. primu- 
lefolia from North America proving how inconstant that character is. We 
suspect also that V. cespitosa, Don (V. Patrinii var. Nepalensis DC. and 
Wall. L. n. 1445), may be a short petioled variety. 
114. (2) V. Wightiana (Wall.:) stoloniferous, slightly hairy: leaves cor- 
date-ovate, crenated: sepals lanceolate, somewhat acute: spur short, very 
blunt: torus flattish: style attenuated downwards: stigma rostrate, convex 
but not hooked, neither margined nor papillose: fruit globose ?—Wall,! L. 
n. 4021; Wight! cat. n. 112.—— N. eelgherries, 
Too closely allied to F. odorata j nor can we point out any differences ex- 
cept the smaller petals, narrower and more acute sepals, and stigma not 
hooked, all of which may have arisen from the different climate of the East. 
t 115. (3) V. Mysorensis (Wall. L. n. 1446.) 
Of this we know nothing: the plant associated with it doubtfully by Dr 
Wallich from Hamilton’s herbarium, is P. primulefolia, Roxb. fl. Ind. 1. p. 650. 
(not Willd.), and is a species that differs principally from V. Patrinii and 
V. ovata Nutt, by the leaves triangular and acute. 
IL. IONIDIUM. VPentn. i 
Sepals small, unequal, without auricles ; margin membranaceous. Petals 
unequal ; lower one 2-3 times longer than the others, more or less unguicu- 
late, carinately concave and a little gibbous at the base of the unguis in front ; 
margins usually involute in sestivation. Stamens close together: filaments 
distinct, bearing the anthers low down, not terminated with bristles ; the two 
anterior ones usually furnished with a nectarial gland at the base. Capsule- 
valves not elastic.—Herbaceous or suffrutescent low plants. Peduncles soli- 
tary 1-flowered, jointed, bearing two bracteoles above the middle. 
116. (1) I. suffruticosum (Ging.:) stems pubescent, branched near the 
e; branches nearly simple: lower leaves the broader, upper ones oblong- 
lanceolate, mucronate, more or less pubescent, toothed or serrated ; stipules — — 
subulate: sepals narrow, acuminated, strongly keeled: lower petal nearly | 
