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brous ; lip gibbous at the base, roundish-truncate at the apex. 

 If. . S. Native of the island of Madagascar. Viola buxifolia, 

 Poir. diet. 8. p. 646. 



Sox-leaved lonidium. PI. \ foot. 



8 I. ENNEASPE'RMUM (Vent. malm. p. 27.) stem suffruticose, 

 much branched at the base ; leaves alternate, lanceolate, smooth- 

 ish ; stipulas awl-shaped, rigid ; sepals acuminated, glabrous ; 

 lip ? seeds shining. Tj . S. Native of the East Indies. 



Var. a, Malabaricum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 309.) stems decum- 

 bent ; leaves sparingly serrated. Tj . S. Native of Malabar. 

 ; Rheed. mal. 9. p. 117. t. 60. Flowers rose-coloured, with 

 deeper veins. 



Var. ft, Zeylanicum (D.C. prod. 1. p. 309.) stems ascending ; 

 leaves almost entire. J? . S. Native of Ceylon. Viola en- 

 neasperma, Lin. spec. 1327. fl. zeyl. no. 317. Flowers rose- 

 coloured. 



Nine-seeded lonidium. Shrub } to foot. 



9 I. LINEARIFOLIUM (Vahl. eel. amer. 2. p. 18.) stem erect; 

 cauline leaves alternate, oblong, tapering at both ends ; stipulas 

 awl-shaped, rigid. Q ? S. Native of the Caribbee Islands. 

 Viola linearifolia, Poir. diet. 8. p. 648 ? Perhaps a variety of 

 I. strictum. Flowers blue? 



Linear-leaved lonidium. Fl. July. PL ^ foot. 



10 I. STRI'CTUM (Vent. malm. no. 27. in adn.) stems erect, 

 branched at the base, puberulous ; lower leaves opposite, oblong 

 or lanceolate, tapering at the base, blunted at the apex ; stipulas 

 awl-shaped, rigid ; sepals acuminated, glabrous ; lip roundish ; 

 capsules roundish, trigonal ; seeds ovate-roundish, blackish ? 

 If. . S. Native of St. Domingo and New Spain. Viola stricta, 

 Poir. diet. 8. p. 648. Flowers white ? 



Var. ft ; branches erect ; leaves elongated, lower ones obtuse, 

 tapering a great way at the base, smoothish. If. S. Native 

 of Guadaloupe. 



Straight lonidium. FL May, July. Clt. 1820. PL i foot. 



111. ANGUSTIFO'LIUM (H. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 

 377.) stem woody, elongated, weak, glabrous, upper part 

 branched ; leaves opposite, linear -lanceolate, narrowed at the 

 top, remotely serrulated, glabrous ; stipulas minute ; peduncles 

 glabrous, racemosely-crowded on the branches, fructiferous ones 

 4 or 5 times shorter than the leaves ; sepals lanceolate, acumi- 

 nated ; capsules roundish-ovate, trigonal, 3-4-seeded. T? . S. 

 Native in humid places near Carichana in woods about the Ori- 

 noco. Flowers blue ? 



Narrow-leaved lonidium. Shrub 1-2 feet. 



12 I. COMMU'NE (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 469.) stem 

 herbaceous or often suffruticose, pubescent ; leaves alternate, 

 intermediate ones lanceolate, acuminated, toothed, but entire at 

 the base, hardly puberulous ; stipulas small, linear, very entire ; 

 stamens glabrous ; filaments 3 times shorter than the lobes of 

 the anthers ; sepals linear-lanceolate, acuminated ; lip large, 

 ovate-bluntish, downy on the outside. If. . fj . ? S. Native of 

 Brazil in old woods and coppices. Petals blue ? 



Common lonidium. Fl. Jan. April. PL 1 to 4 feet. 



13 I. SETI'GERUM (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 470. t. 23. 

 f. c.) stem suffruticose, pubescent ; leaves alternate, oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminated, very acute, toothed, puberulous ; stipu- 

 las and bracteas of the peduncles ciliately many-parted ; sepals 

 pinnatifidly ciliated ; lip orbicidar, pubescent. ^ . S. Native 

 of Brazil in cultivated places, as well as in woods that have 

 been cut down in the provinces of Rio Janiero and Minas 

 Geraes. Petals green at the base, but violet, blue, or variegated 

 with white and blue at the apex. 



Bristle-bearing lonidium. FL year. Shrub 1 foot. 



14 I. SYLVA'TICUM (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 472.) stem 

 shrubby, pubescent ; leaves alternate, intermediate ones ovate, 

 acuminated, toothed, but very entire at the base, puberulous ; 



VOL. i. PART. iv. 



stipulas small, linear, very entire ; sepals linear-lanceolate, acu- 

 minated, acute, very entire ; lobes of anthers almost equal in 

 length to the filaments ; lip somewhat rhomboid, pubescent on 

 the outside. ^ . S. Native of Brazil in woods near. the farm 

 called Cana-braba, about 14 leagues from the town called Villa- 

 do-principe. Petals very pale blue. 



Wood lonidium. Fl. April. Shrub 1 foot. 



15 I. GUARANI'TICUM (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 474.) 

 stem suffruticose, glabrous ; leaves lanceolate, acuminated, gla- 

 brous ; stipulas small, linear, membranous, glabrous ; sepals 

 oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, acute, very entire ; lip of flower 

 orbicular, crenate. Tj . S. Native of Brazil in woods on the 

 banks of the river Ibicui in the province called Messoes. Petals 

 white. 



Gtiaranitic lonidium. Fl. Feb. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



16 I. BI'COLOR (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 475.) plant 

 villous ; stem suffruticose, almost simple ; leaves lanceolate, 

 acute, unequally toothed, cuneated at the base and very entire ; 

 stipulas linear, quite entire ; racemes terminal, and often axil- 

 lary ; pedicels bractless ; sepals entire, and very unequal ; lip 

 transversely elliptical, truncate at the apex, pubescent on the 

 under surface. Tj . S. Native of Brazil in pastures in the pro- 

 vince of the Mission, chiefly near the village of St. Nicolas. 

 Petals blue, with a yellow spot on the base of the lower one. 



Two-coloured-lippeA lonidium. Fl. Feb. Shrub 1 to l^foot. 



17 I. A'LBUM (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 477.) stem 

 shrubby, diffuse, pubescent ; leaves alternate, lanceolate, acute 

 at both ends, finely serrated, ciliated ; stipulas scarious ; pe- 

 duncles bractless ; sepals lanceolate-oblong, acuminated, quite 

 entire, hairy, ciliated ; lip somewhat rhomboid, very blunt, with 

 rounded sides, hairy on the under surface. Tj . S. Native of 

 Brazil, in old woods near the Farm called St. Miguel da Jiqui- 

 tinhonha, at the northern extremity of the province of Minas 

 Geraes. Petals white. 



TFAtfe-flowered lonidium. Fl. June. Shrub \ foot. 



18 I. SCARIOSUM (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 478.) stem 

 suffruticose, with hairy branches ; leaves alternate, lanceolate, 

 acuminated, and very acute, serrated, but very entire at the 

 base, villous ; stipulas linear-lanceolate, scarious ; sepals oblong- 

 linear, obtuse, pinnatifid, but entire at the apex, hispid ; lip 

 rather orbicular, obtuse, villous on the under surface. J? . S. 

 Native of Brazil in the province of Minas Geraes, near Itajuru 

 de St. Miguel de Mato Dentro. Petals violaceous at the apex. 



/Scarzose-stipuled lonidium. Fl. Jan. Shrub 1 foot. 



191. VILLOSI'SSIMUM (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 480.) stem 

 suffruticose, very villous ; leaves alternate, lanceolate, acute at 

 both ends, serrated, villous ; stipulas quite entire, scarious ; 

 sepals pinnatifid, very hairy ; lip large, semi-orbicular, cuspi- 

 date, obliquely-truncate at the base. ^ . S. Native of Brazil 

 in the province of Minas Geraes. Petals cream-coloured ? 



Very-villous lonidium. Shrub 1 foot. 



20 I. POAYA (St. Hil. in mem, mus. 11. p. 482.) plant 

 very hairy ; stem suffruticose, usually simple ; leaves alternate, 

 almost sessile, ovate, acutish, somewhat cordate at the base, 

 obsoletely-toothed ; stipulas linear, scarious, quite entire, hardly 

 manifest ; lip large, broad, obcordate ; filaments bearded on the 

 outside at the apex ; processes of anthers membranous, small. 

 *2 . S. Native of Brazil, plentiful in the fields on the western 

 extremity of the province of Minas Geraes, chiefly near the 

 town called Paracatu and the villages called St. Luzia de Goyaz 

 and Meiaponte. Petals white or blue. Root emetic. This plant 

 is called in Brazil Poaya do Campo. 



Poaya lonidium. Fl. April, Aug. Shrub 1 foot. 



21 I. LANA'TUM (St. Hil. in mem, mus. 11. p. 482. t. 23. f. 

 a.) plant woolly ; stem simple ; leaves alternate, intermediate 

 ones elliptical, obtuse, with short points, quite entire ; stipulas 



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