25 VIOLA FED AT A 



DESCRIPTION OP PLATE. 



From a specimen flowering in Kew Gardens in the spring ; the fruit added 

 from Berg and Schmidt. 



1. Vertical section of the flower. 



2. The andro3cium. 



3. Fruit. 



4. Transverse section of the same. 



5. Vertical section, and 6. External view of the seed. 



(1-6 enlarged.) 



Viola pedata, Linn. 



Bird's Foot Violet. 



Official Part and Name. The herb of Viola pedata, a common 

 plant in the United States of America, was formerly official in the 

 U. S. P. But in the U. S. P. of 1875 the root is alone 

 official, as follows : VIOLA, Violet ; the root (U. S. P. 

 Secondary) . 



General Characters, Composition, Medical Properties, and Uses. 

 The flowers, herb, and root of this plant possess analogous 

 characters and properties, as the similar parts of Viola odorata, 

 and may therefore be employed in like cases. Their chemical 

 composition is also probably the same, although this has not been 

 accurately determined. 



U. S. Disp., by W. & B., p. 898. 



