I 



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although a \> rj common circumstance, i> a mi i 

 , by som with them, 



stamens, curled embryo, and orth 



another race t" which they approach, ai ted I • s their minui 



midst "I profuse albumen, bj their numerous st) li -, circinate ' 

 Paasionworts, to which the baccate genera ''l Violetworts, and • 



lyptrion, DC), which bas a twining stem, undoubtedly approach, 

 bj a multitude of characti re, among the more striking "i whii 

 to the tube "t' die calyx and the loo • the ovary. 



< •! the two Sub-orders i La ig these plants, \ ii li .> ch 



rian, and American plants; :i few onlj being found within th< 

 They are abundant in South America, where the forn 

 from those "l the more tempi rate parts of the world, 

 while the northern \ ioli ts are nniformlj herl or nearly so. Ah 



>u' Ij --. 'Htli American and African, with the exi ataloba, which 



the Malayan Flora. 



The n>"i* appi ar to be more or lie, :i property which is 



the s ' mil American spi '•:■ -. and in a li only bj those of Europi . Hei 



form part ■■! the herbs known under the name of l| • cacuanha. Ionidium parvifloi 

 and others, called Cuchunchully in Peru, are violent purgativesand en 

 great reputation as a cure for the di ll a Jamaica, or Mai 



in Spanish America, the Elephantiasis tuberculata ; the} are used bj theSpanisl 

 ••an-, and I. Poaya by the Brazilians, ae a substitute fur Ipecacuanha. Thi 

 ili. i ailed Poaya, Poaya de praia, and Poaya branca, the Ionidium Itubu 



Kmitli. is commonly sold as true l| • cacuanha, to which it apj • 

 properties ; at Pernambuco it is esteemed the very best remedy that can be i mpli 

 in dysentery ; and the inliabitants of Rio-Grande-do-N osider it a spi ost 



it. The foliage of the < lonohoria Lobolobo is used in Brazil for the sain.' pur] 

 Spinach with us. Boiled, it becomes mucilaginous. Vin la eani na is reputed a powerful 

 ag< nt for the removal of cutaneous affections ; and Anchietea Balutaris, a a isb, 



with the smell of Cabbage, and a nauseous taste, is accounted bj the Brazilians i 

 a purgative, but also a remedy against similar maladii -. A. de St III-, i 



that this notion deserves attenti as connected w ith the depurative , 



Europe to \' i. »l;i eanina, of which, although Anchietea is botanically related t" it, th< i 



ling in the appearance which would have led the Portuguese Bettlers to attril ..•■■ ih<- 

 virtues < f the one to the othi r. The petals of Vi ola odora ta art- i 

 children, one drachm operating pretty freely ; the - i as 



root is • metic and purgative. The aqueous tincture of the fl"»' ra ful chemi 



test : uncombined acids changing the blue t" red and alkalies to green. Tin 

 ■ wine mad.- of violet flowers, and it is said they are still used in the pn 



id Signer's sherbet. Bj Borne the flowers are considi red anodyne : t! 

 induce faintnoss and i;idd'unss in particular constitutions, as 1 have wit 

 talons a case in which they produced apoplexy. When bruised, thi 

 color smi II like Peach kerni Is, hence they have been supposi d to contain 

 The} wi re once i -;■ i med efficacious in the cure of cutaneous 

 employed in Italy in tinea capitis. Viola ovata is Baid to bi a n an dj I r I 

 rattlesnake. 



GENEH \. 



I.— \ 



Violn, Linn. 



. DC. 



"'/•/ - H'll. 



OtUaronium, R 



II iAhi lit I, ■ I 

 v . S] 

 i, DC. 

 Jonidlum, l\>it. 



\ md. 

 s tti.i. Kunih. 



In . 

 i 

 And ii>l. 



' .it et 

 Zuoc. 

 - 



Mart, et 



Zucc 



rart c I 



Zmcc. 



I ling. 



Amphirrhoi - 



I I luin 



! I - \ • 







IuX. 



.Nl MB&B8. Qb». 11. Sp. 



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