ORDER 16. VIOLACE^E. 241 



plant, with curious purple flowers, common in gardens, escaped into fields, Ac. 

 South. May Aug.f W. Ind. 



2 C. speciocissima Deppe.- Pilous ; st. branching below ; Ivs. 5 7 -foliate, 

 on long petioles ; Ifts. lanceolate, acuminate, the upper Ivs. simple, bract-like, 

 ovate; petals as long as the pedicels; fruit shorter than its stipe. CD Gardens. 

 Plant very showy, 3 If high. Fls. rose-purple, clustered at the summit of the 

 rising raceme from Jn. to Sept. f Mexico. 



3. POL AN ISI A, Raf. (Gr. TroAv, much, dmoog, unequal.) Sepals dis- 



tinct, spreading ; petals 4, unequal ; stamens 8 32, filaments filiform 



or dilated at the summit ; torus not developed, minute ; pods linear. 



(p Strong-scented herbs, with glandular, viscid hairs. 



P. graveolens Raf. Viscid-pubescent ; Ivs. ternate, Ifts. elliptic-oblong ; fls. 



axillary, solitary; sta. 8 12; caps, oblong-lanceolate, attenuate at base. Grav- 



elly shores, Vt. to Ark. St. If high, branching, striate. Lfts. 11^' long, as 



wide, nearly entire and sessile ; common petiole 1' long. Fls. in terminal racemes. 



Petals yellowish- white, narrowed below into long claws. Fil. slender, exserted. 



' Pods 2' long, glandular-pubescent, sUiquose, viscid like every other part of the 



plant. JL 



ORDER XV. RESEDACE^E. MIGNONETTS. 



Herbs, with alternate, entire, or pinnate leaves. Stipules minute, gland-like. Fls. 

 in racemes or spikes, small and often fragrant, 4 7-merous. Sepals somewhat 

 united at base, unequal, green. Petals unequal, entire or cleft. Sta. 8 20, in- 

 serted on the disk. Torus hypogynous, one-sided, glandular. Ova. sessile, 3-lobed, 

 1-celled, many-seeded. Placenta 2, parietal. Fr. a capsule, 1-celled, opening be- 

 tween the stigmas before maturity. (Illustrated in Figs. 295, 422.) 



Genera 6, species 41, inhabiting the countries around the Mediterranean Sea, having no very 

 remarkable properties. Reseda luteola contains a yellow coloring matter, and other specie* are 

 very fragrant. 



RESEDA, L. (Lat. resedo, to calm ; the plants are said to relieve 

 pain.) Sepals 4 7; petals of an equal number, often cleft; torus 

 large, fleshy, one-sided, bearing the 8 GO stamens. 



1 R. luteola L. DYER'S WEED. Lvs. lanceolate, with a tooth on each side at base; 

 sepals 4, united below ; petals (greenish-yellow) 3 5-cleft. (D Nearly natural- 

 ized in West. N. Y. St. about 2f high. The flowers are arranged in a long 

 spike, which, as Linnaeus observes, follows the course of the sun, inclining east, 

 south and west, by day, and north by night It affords a useful yellow dye, also, 

 the paint called Dutch pink. Eur. 



2 R. odorata L. MIGNONETTE. Fig. 295, 422. Lvs. cuneiform, entire or 

 3-lobed; sep. shorter than the 7 13-cleft petals. A well known and universal 

 favorite of the garden, native of Egypt. The flowers are highly fragrant and no 

 bouquet should be considered complete without them. The variety FRUTESCEXS is 

 by a peculiar training "(S7) made perennial and raised to the height of 2fj 

 with the form of a tree. The species phyteuma, native of Palestine, has a calyx 

 larger than the petals. 



ORDER XVI. VTOLACE^E. VIOLETS. 



Herbs with simple (often cleft) alternate leaves with stipules. .FT-?, irregular, 

 spurred, with the sepals, petals and stamens in 5s. Sep. persistent, slightly united, 

 elongated at base, the 2 lateral interior. Petals commonly unequal, the inferior 

 usually spurred at base. Sta. 5, usually inserted on the hypx>gynous disk. FiL 

 dilated, prolonged beyond the anthers. Ova. of 3 united carpels, with 3 parietal 



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