IX ORDER. VIOLET FAMILY. 



' Here are ' Jewels of Earth' from the wild- wooded glade ; 

 Oh ! who doth not love them, dear gems of the shade 

 They are fair as the pearl, as the amethyst bright ; 

 How rich is their darkness ! how pure is their light ! 



The breeze swept this morn by their shaded retreat ; 

 And loaded his wings with their delicate sweet; 

 He told, as he past me, with ecstasy swelling, 

 Of the spoil he had found in the Violet's dwelling." 



"Le Bouquet des Souvenirs." J&. H. 



The IX. Order contains but one genus also, but it 

 is so interesting and beautiful a family, that we must 

 examine it Botanically : and you will discover more 

 wonderful formation and beauty, in the arrangement 

 of the flowers, of two of our greatest favourites, than 

 you have yet observed, though you have admired them 

 so often. 



[IX. OKDEH. VIOLET FAMILT. (Violaceae.) 



Sepals 5, Petals 5, unequal (PI. I. 4 h.) and the lower one 

 spurred at the base, or sometimes equal. Stamens 5, Anthers 

 generally with an appendage at their extremity : two of them 

 usually, with an appendage at their base. Ovary one-celled, 



