ORDER 14. VIOLACE^E. 4* 



sile, 3-lobed, 1-celted, many-seeded. Fruit a capsule, 1-celled, opening 

 between the stigmas before maturity. Illust. 40, 165. 



RESEDA, L. (Lai resedo, to calm : the plants are said to relieve pain.; 

 Sep. 4 7. Pet. of an equal number, often cleft. Torus large, fleshy, one- 

 sided, bearing the 8 <X> stamens. 



1 R. luteola L. Dyer's Weed. Lvs. lanceolate, with a tooth on each side at baec ; 



sepals 4, united below ; petals (greenish-yellow) 3-5-cleft. Roadsides, N. Y. 2f. 

 Flowers numerous, in a tall raceme. Eur. 



2 R. ODORA.TA L. Mignonette. Lvs. cuneiform, entire or 3-lobed; sepals shorter '.han 



the 7-13-cleft petals. Egypt. If. Fragrant. 



ORDER XIV. VIOLACE^. VIOLETS. 



Herbs with simple (often cleft) alternate leaves with stipules. Flowers 

 irregular, spurred, with the sepals, petals, and stamens hi 5'. Sepals per- 

 sistent, slightly united, elongated at base, the 2 lateral interior. Petals 

 commonly unequal, the inferior usually spurred at base. Stamens 5, 

 usually inserted on the hypogynous disk. Filaments dilated, prolonged 

 beyond the anthers. Ovary of 3 united carpels, with 3 parietal placenta;. 

 SY.yfe 1, declinate. Stigma cucullate. Fruit a 3-valved capsule. Seed* 

 many, with a crustaceous testa and distinct chalaza. Illust 50, 93, 137, 

 802, 515, 522. 



Sepals not auricled at base. Filaments united into a tube SOLEA. 1 



Sepals more or less auriculate at base. Filaments scarcely cohering VIOLA. 1 



1. SOLEA, Gicgins. GREEK VIOLET. (Dedicated to W. Sole, an 

 English writer on plants.) Sep. nearly equal, not auriculate. Pet unequal, 

 the lowest 2-lobed and gibbous at base, the rest emarginate. Stain, united 

 into a tube, sheathing the ovaiy and bearing a gland above the middle. Sds. 

 6 8, very large, y An erect, leafy plant, with inconspicuous axillary fls. 

 S. eoncolor Gingins. Green Violet. Woods, W. N-Y. (Hankenson) to Car. and Mo 



1 2f. Lvs. large, lanceolate, acuminate. Fls. greenish. Pod 1'. May, June. 



2. VIOLA, L. VIOLET. PANSEY. (From the Latin.) Sep. 5, unequal, 

 auricular at base. Pet. 5, irregular, the broadest spurred at base, the 2 

 lateral equal, opposite. Stam. approximate, anthers connate, 2 of them 

 with appendages at the back. Caps. 1-celled, 3-valved, seeds attached to 

 the middle of the valves. 1C Low, herbaceous plants. Ped. angular, 

 solitary, 1-flowered, recurved at the summit so as to bear the flowers in 

 a r. -stipulate position. Joints of the rhizome often bearing apetalnua 



' flowers. Figs. 50, 137, &c. 



5 A'-aulesccnt. a Petals yellow No. 1 



a Petals white Nos. 3, 3,4 



a Petals blue, b beardless Nos. 5, 6, 7 



b bearded. c LVH. divided Nos. 8, 9/3. 97 



r. Lvs niu.*.-iJed . . .!. 1C. 11. and theExot. 19 



