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NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



11. Schweiggeria Spreng. 1 — Flowers nearly of Viola; sepals 5 ; 

 3 exterior much larger, wide, hastate-cordate; 2 interior narrow, 

 much smaller. Anterior petals larger than others, calcarate above 

 base. Stamens and germen of Viola; style subclavate, apex expanded 

 in 2 lobes, membranous, wing-shaped, anteriorly stigmatiferous 

 between lobes. Capsule ovoid, 3-valved ; seeds ovoid-globose ; testa 

 crustaceous. — Erect shrubs ; leaves alternate ; stipules minute ; 

 flowers axillary, solitary ; peduncles articulate above bracts (Trqp. 

 America-). 



12. Anchietea A. S. H. 3 — Flowers nearly of Viola ; sepals sub- 

 equal, base not produced. Anterior petal larger than others, long 

 calcarate. Stamens and germen of Viola ; style subclavate, ante- 

 riorly stigmatiferous at apex. Capsule very large, membranous- 

 vesiculate, inflated, 3-valved; seeds piano-compressed; testa mem- 

 branous, margin expanded in wide orbicular wings. — Scandent 

 shrubs ; leaves alternate ; stipules small ; flowers in short axillary 

 racemes (Brazil'). 



13. Noisettia H. B. K. 5 — Flowers nearly of Viola; sepals sub- 

 equal, base not produced. Anterior petal larger than others, long 

 calcarate. Stamens and germen of Viola ; style clavate, incurved, an- 

 teriorly stigmatiferous at apex. Capsule ovoid, elastically 3-valved ; 

 seeds ovoido-globose ; testa crustaceous. — - Subsimple erect under- 

 shrubs ; leaves alternate ; stipules 2, lateral ; flowers axillary, shortly 

 racemose ; pedicels articulate above middle (Trop. America and N. Sub- 

 trqp. 6 ). 



14. Corynostylis Mart/ — Flowers nearly of Viola; sepals mi- 

 nute, subequal, base not produced. Anterior petal larger than others, 



1 New Enid., ii. 167.— DC, Prodr., i. 290. 

 — Endl., Gen., n. 5044.— B. II., Gen., 117, 

 n. 4. — Glossarrhen Maht. & Zucc, Nov. Gen. 

 et Spec., i. 21, t. 15.— DC, Prodr., i. 290. 



2 Spec. 2. A. S. H., PL Bern. Bres., t. 26 B. 

 — Mart., in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur., xii. t. 8 

 {Glossarrhen).— Bol. Beg. (1811), t. 40 — 

 Wa lp., Bep., i. 223. 



3 PI. Us. Bras., t. 19 ; PI. Bern. Bres., 290. 

 — Endl., Gen., n. 5043. — P. H., Gen., 117, n. 

 3. — H. Bn., in Diet. Encyl., iv. 290. 



4 Spec. 2, 3. ? H. B. K., Nov. Gen. et Spec., 

 i. 23, t. 199, 499 b, fig. l(Noisellia).—? A. S. H., 

 PI. Bern. Bres., i. 26 (Noisetlia). — A. Gkay, 



Unit. St. Expl. Exp., Bot., i. 88. — Walk, 

 Bep., i. 223. 



5 Nov. Gen. et Spec, v. 382, t. 499 I, fig. 2 

 (nee Mart.).— DC, Prodr, i. 290. — Endl., 

 Gen., n. 5042.— B. H., Gen., 117, n. 2. — 

 Bigelowia DC, mss. (ex Endl.). — T'iohioides 

 Michx., mss. (ex Endl.). — ? Ionidiopsi,ViiESh., 

 Bot. Bern., 13. — Walp., Ann., i. 69. 



6 Spec. 2 v. 3. Tr. & Pl., in Ann. Sc. Nat., 

 ser. 4, xvii. 123.— Walp., Bep., i. 223. 



7 Nov. Gen. et Spec, i. 25, t. 17, 18. — Endl., 

 Gen., n. 5045.— B. H., Gen., 116, n. 1.— 

 Calyptrion GiNCh, in Mem. Gen., ii. t. 2, tig. 1 ; 

 in j)C. Prodr., i. 288. 



