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Stigma simple. Capsule 1-celled, 3-valvcd, 1 3 seeded. 

 Seeds granula'ed. Polyandria. Monogynia. 



1. H. ericoides Linn. : pubescent ; stem suffruticose, sub-erect ; 

 branches elongated ; leaves filiform, subulate, subimbricate ; peduncles 

 numerous, lateral, elongated ; calyx cylindrical, obtuse ; capsule 

 pubescent, 1 -seeded ; valves oblong. 



HAS. Pine barrens. N. J. to Virg. May, June. T?. Stem 

 4 6 inches high, much branched. Leaves small, persistent. 

 Floicers small, yellow. Stamens about 15. False Heath. 



2. H. tomentosa Nutt. : cespitose, hoary-pubescent ; leaves minute, 

 closely imbricate, ovate, acute ; flowers aggregated, subsessile ; calyx 

 sub-cylindric, with obtuse segments ; capsule 1 -seeded ; valves ovate, 

 smooth. 



HAB. Sea shore. N. J. to Virg. June. 1?. Stem 6 inches 

 high. Flowers yellow. Stamens 14 18. The whole plant is 

 silvery gray and tomentose. 



ORDER XV. VIOLACE^E. De Cand. Lind. 



Sepals 5, persistent, with an imbricate estivation. Petals 

 5, hypogynous, equal or unequal, usually withering, and with 

 an obliquely convolute aestivation. Stamens 5, alternate with 

 the petals, occasionally opposite to them, inserted in a hypo- 

 gynous disk, often unequal ; anthers bilocular, bursting in- 

 ward, either separate or cohering, and lying close upon the 

 ovary ; filaments dilated, elongated beyond the anthers ; two 

 of them, in the irregular flowers, generally furnished with an 

 appendage or gland at the base. Ovary 1-celled, many- 

 seeded, or rarely 1-seeded, with 3 parietal placentae opposite 

 the 3 outer sepals ; style single, usually declinate, with an 

 oblique hooded stigma. Capsules of 3-valves, bearing the 

 placentas in their axis. Seeds often with a tumour at their 

 base. Embryo straight, erect, in the axis of fleshy albumen. * 



Herbs or Shrubs. Leaves simple, usually alternate, stipu- 

 late, with an involute vernation. Inflorescence various. 



1, VIOLA. Tourn. 



Sepals 5, auricled at their base. Petals unequal, the lower 

 one spurred. Stamens 5, approximated ; filaments distinct ; 

 anthers connate, the two lower ones with processes at their 

 back. Capsule 1-celled, 3-valved, opening elastically. 



Pentandria. Monogynia. 



OBS. The North American species of this interesting genus have 

 been studied with much care by the Rev. L. de Schweinitz and by Capt. 



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