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ciliate, emarginate behind; petals all white at the base, veinless, very en- 

 tire, very glabrous, naked ; upper one truncate, and marked with a few 

 very blue lines, sometimes obsolete. Var. velutina, has the two lower pe- 

 tals of a very deep violet-colour, and appears like velvet. Var. alba, has 

 white flowers. Dry. 3-4 i. &'. 



B. Caulescent. 



'pubes"cens, (y. %.) villose-pubescent ; stem simple, erect, terete, leafless below; 

 leaves broad-ovate, cordate, dentate; petioles short; stipules large, ovate, 

 dentate; peduncles 4-sided, shorter than the leaves; bracts subulate, minute 

 divisions of the calyx lanceolate; petals all very entire, veinless ; upper 

 one naked, glabrous; lateral ones bearded, and with the upper one, marked 

 with a few blue lines; lower ones often becoming reddish outside; spur 

 short, gibbous, acutish ; stigma pubescent, scarcely beaked. Varies in pu- 

 bescence; leaves are sometimes glabrous ; the capsules are either glabrous 

 or woolly. 4-12 i. rarely 4 f. 



C. Exotic. 



tri'color, (garden-violet, heart's-ease, pansy, p. y. b-p. M. 1|-.) stem angular, 

 diffuse, divided ; leaves oblong, deeply crenate ; stipules lyrate-pinnatifid. 



odora'ta, (sweet-violet, b. M. 17.) stemless ; scions creeping; leaves cordate, 

 crenate, smoothish ; calyx obtuse ; two lateral petals with a bearded or 

 hairy line. 

 VIRGILIA. 10—1. (Leguminosm.) [In honour of tlie poet Virgil.] 



lide'a, (y. J. 1^.) leaves pinnate ; leafets alternate, ovate, short, acuminate, gla- 

 brous; racemes elongated, pendulous ; legumes petioled, flat. The bark is 

 used in dying yellow. .S. 



VISCUM. 20-^. (Caprifolim.) [From tlie Greek ixos, altered by the ^olians into biskos. 

 The Greeks had a great veneration for this plant on account ofits supposed medical virtues, 

 and the Druids ascribed to it many miraculous powers.] 



verticilla'tuvi, (mistletoe, g. w. J. %..) branches opposite and whorled ; leaves 

 wedge-obovate, 3-nerved; spikes axillary, a little shorter than the leaves; 

 berries yellowish white. On the branches of old trees. 

 VmS. 5-1. iViUces.) 



labrus"ca, (plum-grape, w-g. J. Yi.) leaves broad-cordate, lobe angled, white- 

 downy beneath ; fertile racemes small ; berries (blue, flesh-colour, and 

 green) large. Var. labruscoides, (fox-grape,) has smaller fruit, approach- 

 ing a tart taste. 



vulpi'iM. (frost-grape, g-w. J. Tj.) leaves cordate, acuminate, gash-toothed, 

 glabrous both sides; racemes lax, many-flowered; berries small; leaves 

 very variable ; but the uppermost mature leaves will agree with the de- 

 scription. 



(ssti'valis, (summer-grape, J. It.) leaves 3-5-lobed, younger ones rust-downy 

 beneath, when old nearly smooth ; sinuses rounded ; racemes opposite the 

 leaves, crowded, oblong ; berries deep blue or purple. Woods on banks of 

 streams. 



vinif'era, (wine-grape, J. I^.) leaves sinuate-lobed, naked or downy. Ex. 

 jCEROPHYLLUM. 6-3. (Junci.) 



asphodelo'ides. (w^ J. %.) filaments dilated towards the base, and equalling the 

 corolla; racemes oblong, crowded; bracts setaceous; scape leafy; leaves 

 subulate. 3-5 f. 

 XYLOSTEUM. 5—1. (Caprifolim.) 



cilia'tum, (fly-honeysuckle, twin-berry, w-y. M. T7.) berries distinct; leaves 

 ovate and sub-cordate, margin ciliate, in the young state villose beneath; 

 corolla a little calcarate at the base ; tube ventricose above ; divisions short, 

 acute; style exsert. 3-4 f 

 XYRIS. 3—1. (Junci.) [From a Greek word signifying pointed.] 



carolinia'na, (yellow-eyed grass, E. y. Au. %.) leaves linear, grass-like; stem 

 or scape two-edged; head ovate, acute ; scales obtuse. 9-18 i. 

 YUCCA. 6—1. {Liliacem.) [From Juca, the Indian name. S.] 



jUamento'sa, (silk-grass, w. Au. %.) stetnle.s.s;, leaves lanceolate, broad, entire, 

 filameatose on the margin : stigmas recurved, spreading. 2-5 f. 

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