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VIOLA* praemorsa. 

 Bitten-rooted Violet. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. VioLACE.i;. 



VIOLA. — Supn), vol. l.fol. 54. 



§ Cham^melanium, — Stigma sphseroideo-capitatum, utrinque fasci- 

 culis pilorum onustum, foraminulo minuto sublaterali. Stylus compresso- 

 clavatus. Stamina oblonga approximata. Torus planiusculus. Capsula 

 spepe trigona. Folia seminalia ssepii'is subrotunda. Petala 2, ungue bar- 

 bata. — De Gingins in Dec. prodr. 1. 300. 

 V. prcemorsa ; caule simplici erecto, foliis ovato-oblongis petiolatis hirsutis 



integris, capsiilis pubescentibus. 

 V. proemorsa. Douglas iii herb. Hart. Soc. 



Radix crassa, carnosa, prcemorsa. Herba perennis, subacaulis, villosa. 

 Folia ovato-oblonga, subrhomboidea, cucullata, obsolete dentata, petiolorum 

 longitudine ; stipulse lanceolatce, integerrimce. Pedunculi foliis ditplo 

 longiores. Sepala linearia, pilosa. Corolla lutea, conspicua ; petalis 

 superioribus patentissimis, inferiore cuneato basi striata. Stigma capi- 

 tatum, utrinque pilosum. Capsula pzibescens. 



A common plant, according to Mr. Douglas, in dry 

 upland soils, under the shade of solitary Pine-trees on the 

 banks of the Columbia, and the plains of the river Aguilar, 

 in California, flowering in April. With us it is an exceed- 

 ingly pretty perennial, hardy, and growing readily among 

 rockwork, on the north side of large stones. 



Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticul- 

 tural Society in 1828. 



The nearest affinity of this plant is, as Mr. Douglas 

 informs us, with V. NuttalUi, from which it difl'ers in being 



* The <()!/ of the Greeks, which was our Viola odorata, gave rise to the 

 name of Viola. 



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