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VIOLAHIE^. (violet FAMILY.) 



1 1 Flowers .01 "broad. Capsules .003 long ; seeds 6, somewhat netted. 



5, F. glutinosa, L. 3 '^^ to .25, minutely glandular -puberu- 

 lent, viscid. Leaves nearly all opposite, needle-lihe, with revolute 

 margins, the floral much shorter. Pedicels thread-like ; nearly twice 

 as long as calyx, spreading. Style straight, oblique — April to June 

 — Dry hillsides and rocks ; throughout. 



Yar. viridis, Boiss. Leaves longer, looser, glabrescent — Moab. 

 Beirtit. Cassius. 



Order X. VIOL.ARIEJS. (Yiolet Family). 



Herbs^ loith 5 ^persistent sejpals^ oai irregular spurred 

 corolla of 5 petals^ 5 hypogynous stamens, with adnate, 

 mtrorse am^thers, connivent in a ring over the pistil, and a 

 1-celled, d-valved pod, with ?rparietal placentoi. Seeds al- 

 huminous ; emhryo straight — Leaves alternate, stipuled. 



Fig. 64. 



(a) Flower of a species of Violet. (6, J, 6, J, &,) The five nearly regular sepals, (c, c, e, c, «,) 

 The five irregular petals, the lowermost with a short spur, (d) Capsule opened, showing the 

 seeds on the parietal placentas. 



VIOL-A, L. Violet. Heart's-Easb. Benefsej. 



Sepals nearly equal. Lower petal spurred. Filaments dilated, 

 often projecting beyond anthers. Valves of capsule contracting elas- 

 tically when open, and dispersing the seeds. 



* Perennials. Stigma cajyitate, glcdyrous, 



t Stems not 'branched. 



1. V. Libanotica, Boiss. % .05 to .1. 'Root thicTc woo&y ; 

 stems numerous tufted, woody. Leaves rhomboid or ovate, with cuneate 

 or cordate base, .015 to .02 long, coarse toothed; stipules oblong-lanceo- 

 late, short-fringed. Flowers .01 broad ; sepals oblong, rather acute ; 

 capsule globular, woolly — Summer — Subalpine and alpine Lebanon. 



