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VICIA— VIOLA. 



or entire, obtuse ; cymes sessile, fruit ovate, 

 Toundish. Var. pniiicifolhim, leaves obo- 

 vate, entire or slightly creuate at the apex, 

 ohtuse. 4-8 f. S. 



ni'tidum, (^.) very glabrous; leaves 

 lance-linear, shining above, obscurely sei'- 

 rate or entire, small ; branches quadrangu- 

 ar. 5'. 



mol"le, (J. 11.) leaves roundish-cordate, 

 plicate, toothed, pubescent beneath ; pe- 

 tioles sub glandular ; cymes with rays. Ber- 

 ries red. iS. 



IcEviga'tuyn, (w. J. ^ .) stem much branch- 

 ed ; leaves lanceolate, smooth, remotely 

 flerrate, entire at base ; brauchlets 2-edged. 



Exotic. 



op'^nlus, (guelder-rose, snovi^-ball, w. J. 

 ■^).) leaves 3-lobed, sharp-toothed; petioles 

 glandular, smooth ; flowers in compact 

 cymes, surrounded with radiating florets. 

 Y dir.ro' seum. has the whole cyme made' up 

 of radiating florets. 



li'uus, (laurestine, r-w. '^.) leaves ovate, 

 entire, with tufts of hair in the axils of the 

 veins beneath ; flowers in smooth cymes. 



VI'CIA. 16 — 10. \Ltguminosa:.) fFrom vin- 

 cio, to bind together, as the tendrils of this 

 plant twine around other plants.] 

 caroU'nia'na, (M. 24-) smoothish ; leafets 

 8-10; stipules lance-oval, entire; peduncles 

 many-flowered ; flowers distant ; teeth of 

 the calyx short ; style villose at the top ; 

 legume smooth, obliquely veined ; stem 

 long and climbing; flowers small, white, 

 the standard tipped with black. Moun- 

 tains. Penn. to Car. 



sati'va, (common vetch-tare, b. J. ^.) 

 leafets u.0-12 ; stipules with a dark spot be- 

 neath ; style bearded at top ; flowers small. 

 1-2 f 



cracf'ca, (tufted vetch, p. Au. 11) stem 

 sub-pubescent ; leaves pinnate ; flowers 

 small, pale, numerous, drooping, imbricated. 

 Meadov/s. New E. 



amcrica'na, (p. J. 2^.) peduncles many- 

 flowered, shorter than the leaves; stipules 

 semi-sagittate, dentate ; leafets numerous, 

 eUiptical-lauceolate, smooth, obtuse, mucro- 

 nate. Shady woods. Niagara. Genesee 

 Falls. 



acntijn'lia, (w. Ap.) peduncles few-flow- 

 ered ; stipules lanceolate, entire ; leafets 

 (6) linear, acute at each end ; stem glabrous, 

 somewhat angled ; legume glabrous, many- 

 seeded. 2 3 i. S. 



fa'ha, (garden-bean, windsor-bean, w. 

 and black, J. @.) stem many-flowered, 

 erect, strong, legumes ascending, tumid, 

 coriaceous; leafets oval-acute, entire; stip- 

 ules sagittate, toothed at the base. From 

 Pei'sia. 



VILLAR"SIA. 5—1. iGcntianm.) 



lacuno'sa, (w. Au. 11.) leaves reniform, 

 sub-peltate, slightly crenate, lacunose be- 

 neath ; petioles long, bearing the flowers; 

 corolla smooth ; stem long, filiform, floating ; 

 flowers somewhat umbelled. Ponds and 

 Lakes. 



corda'ta, (Ju. 2/.) leaves cordate, varie- 

 gated ; petioles glabrous, bearing the flow- 



ers ; corolla campanulate. Shallow streams. 



S. 



VIN"<'A. 5—1. (Apocynea.) fFrom vincio, 

 to bind, on accouMt of its usefulness in 

 making bands, or its creeping stem.] 

 mi' nor, (periwinkle, b. Ap. ^ .) stem 



procumbent ; leaves lance oval, smooth at 



the edges ; flowers ped uncled ; teeth of the 



calyx lanceolate. Ex. 



vrOLA. 5—1. (Cisti, or, according to the 

 divisions of Lindley, ViolacecE.) [From ion, 

 because first described in Ionia.] 



A. Stemless, or with a subterrayiean stem. 



[Leaves more or less reniform, always 



corda*':, younger cucullate ; proper color 



of tli€ corolla violet.] 



cucnlla'ta, (b. p. M. 2^.) glabrous ; leaves 

 cordate, somewhat acuminata, crenateden- 

 tate ; autumnal ones largest, very exactly 

 reniform ; peduncle somewhat 4-6ided, long- 

 er than the leaves; divisions of the calyx 

 subulate, acuminate, emarginate behind, 

 or very entire ; petals (as in many Ameri- 

 can species) oblique, veiny, very entire 

 white at the base, upper one generally na 

 j ked, glabrous, lateral ones bearded, and 

 with the upper one marked with a few 

 blue lines. Var. papiliona'cca, petioles and 

 peduncles longer; leaves sub-lance-ovate ; 

 beards of the lateral petals often yellow. 

 Var. ietrago'na. peduncle strong, exactly 

 4 .'sided ; petals azure color, veinles.s. Var. 

 villo'sa, leaves, petals, and peduncles vil- 

 lose. 4-8 i. 



pahna'ta, (b-p. M. Z/.) mostly villose; 

 leaves heart-reniform, palmate, 5-7-lobed , 

 lobes often narrow, and gashed, middle one 

 always larger ; soinetimes villose both sides, 

 sometimes only beneath ; often glabrous, all 

 of them veiy often purple beneath , the first 

 spring ones are ovate, entire ; petioles sub- 

 emar_7iT)ate ; poduncle somewhat 4-sided, 

 longer than the leaves ; divisions of the ca- 

 lyx lance-ovate, ciliate, very entire behind ; 

 petals all very entire, veiny, and white at 

 the base; upper ones narrow, smaller, some- 

 times villose at the base, yet often nakea, 

 glabrou-s; lateral ones densely bearded, 

 and with the upper one marked with a 

 few blue lines. One variety has white 

 flowers. 3-6 i. 



soro'ria, (b-p. M. 2^.) leaves orbicular or 

 roundish-cordate ; the sinus often closed, 

 crenate-serrate, mostly pilose, thickish, pur- 

 ple beneath, flat, appressed to the ground ; 

 petioles .short, somewhat man-gined ; .stip- 

 ules small, lanceolate ; segments of the ca- 

 lyx short, glabrous, entire behind ; petals 

 obovate, entire ; lateral ones densely beard- 

 ed ; stigma depressed, with a deflexed 

 beak; capsule smooth. 

 [Leaves oblong or ovate, never remform, 

 younger ones cucullate.] 



sagitta'ta, (E. b-p. Ap. 11.) glabrous, 

 leaves ciliate, oblong, not acute, sagittate- 

 cordate, dentate, gashed at the base (or 

 furnished with elongated divaricate teeth) ; 

 peduncle somewhat 4-sided, longer than 

 the leaves ; divisions of the calyx lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, emarginate behind ; petal? 

 a\\ very entire, veiny, white at the base 



