VIOLACEAE. Ri VIOLA. 
Ordo LXXXII. VIOLACHAE sussiev. 
Herbae vel frutiees, foliis stipulatis vernatione involutis. Se- 
pala cum petalis et staminibus magis minusve irregularia 5, aesti- 
vatione imbricativâ, filamentis brevissimis dilatatis, antheris 
connectivo membranacco superatis. Ovarium uniloculare, placen- 
tis 3 parietalibus, stylo unico, stigmate saepe unilaterali. Cap- 
sula loculicide trivalvis. Bmbryon axile, albumine carnoso vix 
brevius, cotyledonibus planis. — Violeae herbaceae in hemisphaerâ 
boreali frequentes, in australi et in regionibus intratropicis rario- 
res, quaedam fruticosae in Americà calidâ, Alsodineae inter tropicos 
utriusque orbis vigent. 
Eigenschappen. Ben braakwekkend en purgerend beginsel, 
violine, wordt vooral in de wortels van onderscheidene soorten gevon- 
den, die in tropische landen niet zelden tot braakmiddelen dienen. 
Tribus IL. Vrorear pc. Flores irregulares. 
1. VIOLA rourner. Sepala subaequalia, supra basin inserta 
persistentia. Petala inaequalia, antieum basi saccatum vel calca- 
ratum. Stamina conniventia, 2 anticis dorso calcaratis. Capsula 
subovato-trigona, trivalvis— Herbae acaules vel caulescentes, pedun- 
eulis unifloris. — Species pleraeque in regione temperatâ hemis- 
phaerae borealis ereseunt, quaedam in calidioribus regionibus prae- 
sertim monticolae. 
$ 1. Acaules. 
1. Viola inconspicua er. Acaulis, non stolonifera, radice satis 
longâ; stipulae scariosae petiolares; folia cordato-hastata acutius- 
cula, erenata, glabra, 15 poll. longa; peduneuli superne bracteolis 2 
longe lanceolatis parvis, sepala lanceolata integerrima trinervia, ap- 
pendice acutiusculâ is duplo breviore, antherae inappendiculatae (an 
semper), capsula elliptico-oblonga. Viola inconspicua Blume Bijdr. 
p. 58. Korth. Le. p. 357. Burgersd. in Pl, Jungh. 1. p. 118. — 
A V.confusà cramr. in Hook. Kew Gard. Misc. III. p. 260 di- 
versa videtur. — Java, op den Patoea, Sumatra, op den Merapi 
(KORTHALS). î 
2, Viola trinervis korrmars in Ned, Kruidh. Arch. 1. p. 351. 
