= ViorAcées. 45r 
basi Saccato-calcaratum, superiüs latè lineare , canaliculatum > apice 
laiiore rotundatum , cuspidatum; lateralia 2, lineari-elliptica , 
obtusissima ; suprema 2, lateralibus paul angustiora, lineari- 
spathulata, obtusissima. Anrnerx 5 ; hypogynæ, cum petalis alter- 
nantes, sessiles, conniventes , latè lineares, complanatæ, glabræ, 
pallidè fulvæ, apice subcoalitæ > in processum membranaceum 
apice desinentes, anticæ » longitrorsüm , internè dehiscentes : infe- 
riores 2; processu terminali hinc recurvato-hamato; connectivo basi 
exteriùs appendiculato, appendice horizontali, lineari-obtusä : cæ- 
teræ absque appendice dorsali; processu terminali membranaceo, 
recto, ovato-3-angulari , obtuso , antherâ dimidio breviore. Sryius 
subulatus , curvaius, glaber, persistens. Sriema terminale, trunca- 
tum , subexcavatum, à stylo vix distinctum. Ovarium oblongum , 
3-lobum, glabrum. Capsura oblonga , 5-loba, glabra, 1-locularis, 
15-sperma ; valvulis navicularibus, patentibus, medio seminiferis. 
SEMINa ovato-globosa, utrinquè attenuata, compressiuscula, hinc lineä 
longitudinali elevata (raphe) : chalaza terminalis conica (certè ante 
perfectam maturationem ): umbilicus subterminalis : caruncula 
minima ad latus umbilici. 
Inveni in provincià Minas Geraes propè urbem Villa Rica ad 
officinam ubi faventina vasa finguntur ; alt. circiter 3700 ped. Flo- 
rebat Januario. 
3. VioLA cERAsSIFOLIA. + 
V. caulescens, glaberrima ; foliis approximatis, lanceolatis, acutis, 
dentatis ; stipulis oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis, basi auriculatis ; 
inciso-ciliatis; pedunculis folio sæpiüs brevioribus; laciniis calycinis 
acuminatis ; stylo subulato. 
PranTæ sociatim nascentes. Rapix repens, gracilis , sæpiùs à basi 
emittens surculos. Cauzis erectus, 3-12 pol. longus, latiusculus , An- 
gulatus, striatus, glaber. Forra approximata, cum petiolo circiter 3-5 
pol. longa, 9-18 1. lata, lanceolata, acuta, dentata, in peliolum decur- 
rentia, mollia, glabra , demüm deflexa ; nervo medio venisque late- 
