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2. L fulva Nutt.: peduncles solitary, 3 — 4-flowered ; 

 nectary acutely conic, longer than the petals 5 spur resupinate, 

 emarginate, nearly as long as the galea ; flowers with crowded 

 spots; leaves rhombic-ovate, obtuse, nnucronately tooth- 

 ed. ^futt.Gcn.l.^.XAQ, \. bijlora W alt. Car. ^,2\d, 

 W i 1 1 (L Spec. 1175. Elliott Sk. I. p. 304. R e nu <J- 

 Schult.Y.p. 349. I. nolitangere /3. M i c h. Fl. 11. p. 149, 

 I. maculata M uhL Cat. p. 26. 



Plant glaucous and diaphanous. Cafisule 5-angled, 3 — 5-seeded. 

 Seeds prismatic, with 4 angles. Cotyledons flat, carneous, cu- 

 preous green. Perisfierm none. JStu 1 1 a II. 



Hab. In wet shady places. August. 



I have followed Mr. .A'^uttaU in considering these two 

 species of Impatiens as distinct, but, must acknowledge that 

 they frequently appear to border on each other. They arc 

 both nearly aUied to I. nolitangere of Europe, 



173. VIOLA. L. 



Calyx deeply 5-cIeft, produced at the base. Corolla 

 S-petalled, irregular; upper petal corniculate at the 

 base. Anthers connivent, cohering. Capsule l-celled» 

 3-valved. Ge?u pi 1364. Nu 1 1. Gen. L p. 147. 

 Jiiss. p. 294. Lam. III. DCCXXV. Ro e in. ^ 

 Schult.Gen.9l3. Nat. Ord. Cisti /z^j^. Vio- 

 LACEJE. Fent. Violets 



* Stemless. 

 t Flowers blue. 



1. V. pedata L. : leaves pedate, nearly smooth, ahout 

 '7-parted ; segments linear-lanceolate, entire ; stigma large, 

 obliquely truncate, and perforate at the apex. fVi lid. Spec, 

 I. p. 1160. S c hw eini t z Monog. Viol, in SilL Jour. V. 

 p. 50. Bot. Mag. t. 89. Bat. Hep. t. 153. M i c h. FL IL 

 p. 151. Pwr.' A F/. I. p. 171. Big. Bost. ip, 60. E l- 

 liott Sk. I. p. 300. N utt. Gen. 1. p. 147. fV a 1 1. Car, 

 p» 219. Ro tm. &i S chult. Y. p. 351. V. digitata 

 P ur s h I.e. 



/?oo^ thick, descending. Leaves exactly pedate ; segments ob- 

 tuse, sometimes 2 — o-toothed at t!ie apex. Stipules radical, 

 subulate, conspicu^-usly ciliate. Scape generally longer ihan 

 the leaves, angular, smootli ; bracts opposite, nearly radical, 

 linear, very narrow. Flower very large, pale blue. Seg- 

 luei its of the ca/yx- lanceolate, acute. Prtuls beardless, rounded 

 at the extremity, emire. Filaments very jhort ; anthers united 

 at the top by a membrane. Style ?,\\ovi; «if§-7«a compressed, 

 angular, projecting beyond the stamens. Capsule oblong, suh- 

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