50 Mr. Schweinitz on the Genus Viola 



■ A. Violcu acaules ; Stemhss Violae. 



Species of Europe, belonging to this family : 



!• Y. pinnata* 2. V. hirta. 3. V. ])alustris. 4, V. 



odorata. 



1. Species. V.pedala. Linn. 



WildenoiL\ Spec. p. 1 160, n. 2. Nuttall Gen. p. 147, n. 1. 



Persoon Synopsis, p. 234, n. 2. Elliot p, 300, n. 10. 



\MicLa7LTV\. p. 151, Waller p. 219. 



Pursch Fl. I. p. 171, n. 1. Muhl. Cat. p, 28, n. 2. by specimeus. 



JS\w-York Cat. p. 28, n.2- 

 Viola digitata Pursch p. 171, belongs to this species; and is the advanced 



state thereof. 



V. acaiilis. Foliis ime pedato-multipartitis (septeni- 

 partitis,) glabriusculis, margine saepe ciliatis, aetate provec- 

 liori rugosis, venosis, Laciniis lineari-lanceolatis ; in foliis 

 primariis integris aut subdentatis, magisque rotundatisj in 

 secimdariis elongatis, acutioribus, et fere semper tridentatis. 

 Petiolis primum brevioribus scapis, demum elongatis, lon- 

 gis, seaslui in folia expansis, vel potius foliis in petiolos an- 

 gusto margine decurrentibus. Stipulis radicalibus, albis, 

 merabranaceisj basi latis, in longura acumen productis, mar- 

 ginibus dense ciliatis, ciliis longis flexuosis- 



Florihus maximis, babitu applanato, coeruleis. Prima- 

 riis breviter peduncalatis ; secundariis, in scapis longis, fo- 

 lia tamen non excedentibus. Petalis nullis barbatisj infe- 

 rior! latissimo, superioribus ovatis, omn. rotundatis. Cahj- 

 xis laciniis lanceolatis acutis, margine colorato, ciliato, ce- 

 terum glabris; postice productis truncatis. Stigmate max- 

 imo, compresso, angulato ; apice oblique truncato, perfora- 

 to ; cum antberis valde prominente. 



Sc<fpis angulosis, deinum longis, glabris, Stipulis binis, 

 ad basin scapi, oppositis, linearibuSj adpressis^ longis, flex- 

 uosis, breviter ciliosis aut integris. 



Capsula glabra, stigmate persistente coronata. 



RaJice crassa perpendiculari, frequenter emittente radi- 

 culas longissimas. 



This elegant species, seems to be recognized by all Bot- 

 anists. The only one any way nearly relate*^, is the alpine 

 species of Europe, V.piunata; the leaves of which are 

 however much more numerously and less deeply divided, 

 bnd the divisions obtuse- The divisions of ours, are called 

 septempartite by authors, and this in fact is the common 

 number, but by no means constant- Mr. Elliot truly ob- 

 serve>^3 that the leaves afTord a fine exemplification of a 



