XXXIII. VIOLACEJE. 



I. PAYPAYEOLA SERIES. 



The Violets (figs. 352, 363-309), which have given their name to 

 this family, are not, however, the regular type. This is found in 

 Paypayrola} (figs. 353-355), which has upon the receptacle a pen- 

 tamerous imbricated calyx, and five alternate petals, subequal among 



Viola odorata. 



Fig. 352. 

 Habit. 



themselves, also imbricated in the bud. Below they are formed 

 into a tube, but without adhering*; beyond which the limbs spread 

 more or less widely. The stamens, five in number, alternating with 

 the petals, have their filaments united into a short tube, and two- 

 celled introrse anthers dehiscing by two longitudinal clefts. The 

 gyna)ceum is superior, composed of a unilocular ovary, surmounted 



1 Aubl., Guian., i. 219, t. 99.— J., Gen., 

 427.— Pom., Diet., v. IIS; Snppl., iv. 337. — 

 Lamk., III., t. 125. — Tul., in Ann. Sc. Nat., 

 ser. 3, vii. 368.— B. H., Gen., 118, n. 9.— 



Wibelia Pees., Syn., 210. — Spbeng., Syst., i. 

 794 (nee Beenh., nee Hope.). — Perielistia 

 Benth., in JJoolc. Journ., iv. 108. 



