5o6 SYNGENESIA MONOGAMIA. 



obtufely oval, and confifts of two cells, contain- 

 ing marjy fmall feeds. The whole plant is lac- 

 tefcent. 



VIOLA. Ge?i. pi. 1007. 



Cal. pentaphyllus. Cor. pentapetala, irregularis, 

 poftice cornuta. Cap. fupera, trivalvis, uniloca- 

 laris. 



* Jcaules. 

 :ahjlris i. VIOLA acaulis, foliis reniformibus. Sp.-pL 1324. 

 (?et. herb. t. 37./. 5. Moris, hiji. f. 5. /, ^s^f- 

 5. Oed. Dan. t.%^. opt.) 



Marfh Violet. Jnglis. 



In bogs and marlhy grounds not unfrequent. %, 

 V. VI. 



The floral flalk is either round or femicylindrical, 

 about three inches high, deftitute of leaves; 

 but furniflied in the middle with two lanceolate 

 ciliated Bracf£a, and terminated with a iinglc 

 fmail flower of a pale blue or flefli colour : the 

 two uppermoft petals are of an uniform colour 

 v,'ichout flrcaks : the fide ones have one or two 

 purple llreaks, and the lowermoft has about 

 feven branched ones: the fpur or heelof the 

 flower is fiiort and blunt, and produced but a 

 very little behind the calyx. The leaves, which 

 are all radical, are fmooth and tender; kidney- 

 ihaped, and crenated on the edges. The root 

 creeps, and is covered with many foliaceous 

 fcales, 



V. acaulis. 



