VIOLACE A. 343 
Gleospermum, which we have only been able to separate from 
Rinorea as a section, has a fruit more or less fleshy without, and 
perhaps indehiscent at maturity. 
Its seeds are clothed outwardly | 
with a viscous layer of cells, 
transforming themselves in the 
Rinorea of the section Zusio- 
spermum into woolly hairs, the 
pericarp being, moreover, in this 
section of the same consistence 
as in Glæospermum. 
The fruit of Leonia is a berry, 
and the flowers analogous to those of Rinorea ; but their monadel- 
phous stamens are destitute of all pointed prolongation of the con- 
nective. 
Rinorea physiphora. 

Fie. 362. 
Fruit (4). 
Fie. 361. 
Transverse sect. of 
5 
stamen (5). 
Beside Leonia are placed the two genera Melicytus and Hymenan- 
thera, very nearly allied to each other, and the polygamous, regular, 
and pentamerous flowers of which are remarkable for their anthers 
surmounted by a prolongation of the connective, and lined without 
by a tongue, attached more or less low upon its back. The fruit 
is an indehiscent berry in Melicytus and /lymenanthera, which are 
distinguished from each other: the first, by subsessile anthers, and 
three placentas uni- or pluriovulate; the latter, by short and mon- 
adelphous filaments, and two uniovulate placentas. 
Il. VIOLET SERIES. 
The genus Viola’ (figs. 352, 363-369), several species of which are 
known in our country, the Pansy,’ for example, or the sweet Violet,’ 
includes plants having hermaphrodite irregular flowers, with convex 
receptacle. The calyx is formed of five sepals, subequal among 

1 Viola T., Inst., 419, t. 236.—L., Gen., n. 
Fl. Gard., t. 170.—Chrysion Spacu, loc. cit., 
1007 (part.)—Apans., Fam. des P1., ii. 389. 
509.—Mnemion Sracu, loc. cit., 510,— Lo- 

J., Gen., 294.— GæRTN., Fruct., ii. 139, t. 112. 
—Porr., Dict., viii, 623 ; Suppl. v. 482.—Lamx., 
Tu., t. 725,—Gine., in Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 
Gen., ii.t. 1; in DC., Prod». i. 291.—Spacu, 
Suit. à Buffon, v. 501.—EnDr., Gen., n. 5040. 
—PayeEr, Organog., 177, t. 37; Fam, Nat., 
107.—A. Gray, Gen. IU., t. 80.—B. H., Gen., 
117, 970, n.5.—-Ærpelion DC., ex SWEET, Brit. 

phion SPACH, loc, cit., 516. 
2 V. tricolor L., Spec., 1326.—DC., Fl. Fr. 
iv. 808; Prodr., loc. cit., 303, n. 81.—GREN. & 
Gopr., Fl. de Fr., i. 182. 
3 V. odorata L., Spec., 1324.—DC., Prodr., 
296, n. 29.—SmM., Fl. Brit., 245.—V. suavis 
Bis, Fl, Taur.-Cauc., Suppl., 164. 
