76 3L\ Schiveinitz on the Genus T^iola. 



&^, The colour is an opake green on the upper side. It 

 flowers in May and April, As usual I place the main diag- 

 nostics in contrast thus : 



V- puhescens. V. erioc-arpa. 



Caule simplici erei-to, apice folioso. = decumbente, ramosOj a basi folioso. 

 Folils majoribup villoso-cnnescentibu3.= minoribus, scabriusculis. 

 StipulisaxiUarihiis: marcidis iiitegris,^ viridibus, inaa^nis, semiainplexlcau- 



viiiosis, minoribus, libus valde ciliatis. 



JS'ectario abrupte inflexo, acuminato. = brevi vix prodiicto, obtuso. 

 Ca/?5i//tA-^labrisautvillosis,minoribus.= dense villosis, ma;;ni?. 



26. Species. V. Striata, Leconte and Nobis. 



Non. V, Striata auctorum. 



V. caulescens, glaberrfma. Caulibns erectis, simplicibus, 

 glaberrimis, superne angulatis, inferne teretiuscuhs ; apice 

 tantuin foliosis; tota planta stricta* 



Foliis glaberriniis, luteo-virescentibus ; pagina superlori 

 splendore nitentibus, nervis crassiusculis quasi plicato-stria- 

 tis ; forma plerumque lanceolato-lato-rhoraboideis, quasi 

 utrinque acumlnatis, interdum hastato-cordatis, sinu aper- 

 tissimo non rotundato ; statu juniori subcucuUatis, eroso- 

 dentatis. 



Petiolis longitudine foliorum canaliculatis, demuni cum 

 folio reflexiusculls. Foliis ceterum alternis et in marsrinibus 



v^ 



subciliatis, Sltpidis axlllaribus minoribus marcidis lato- 

 ovatis, acutis, serratis. 



Florihns luteis, estus saepe, praesertim in junloribus rubro 

 tinctis, m pedunculis axillaribus erectis, apice minutim stip- 

 ulatis, stipulis latioribus. Petalis subaequalibus majuscujis; 

 Infimo rotundato, striato ; lateralibus barbatis. KectariQ 

 non producto. Calycis laciniisglabris, lanceolatis, marglna- 

 tis, subserratis, nervoso-striatis. Stigmatc papillis obsito, 

 lateribus barba alba ; in stylo breviusculo. 



CapsuUs minoribus glaberriniis. Radice fascicular! dif- 

 fusa. 



The erect, shining, and strict habit, the diamond shaped, 



strongly striate leaves, distinguish this Species easily. It 

 grows from six to eight inches high before the stem puts out 

 leaves, and then supports at most three, wi^h a few axillary 

 flowers. I have always found it growing single, though of- 

 ten in considerable numbers, in open woods on hill, sides- 

 Mr. Leconte first found it in our vicinity and directed my 

 attention to it, and by continued observation I am well as- 

 sured of its being a very good and constant species. Spe- 

 cimens have been sent from Cherokee country, agreeing 



