30 Mr, Schiveinitz on the Genus Viola, 



A. Violac. acaules ; Stemless Violae. 



Species of Europe, belonging to this family : 



I. V.pinnata. 2. V. hii'ta. 3. V. palustris, 4. V. 

 odorata, 



1. Species. V.pedala, Linn. 

 JVildenow, Spec. p. 1 160, n. 2. ,^'ul(all Gen. p. 147, n. 1. 



Persoon Synopsis, p. 234, n. 2. Elliot p. 300, n. 10. 



Michaux Fl. p. 151, Walter p. 219. 



Pursch Fl. I. p. 171, n. 1. Muhl. Cat. p. 28. n. 2. by specimens. 



JVttv-York Cat. p. 28, n. 2. 

 Kio/ffl digitata Pursch p. 171. belongs to this species; and is the advanced 

 state thereof. 



V. acaulis. Foliis ime pedato-multipartitis (septem- 

 partitis,) glabriusculis, margine saepe ciliatis, aetata provec- 

 liori rugosis, venosis. Laciniis lineari-lanceolatis ; in foliis 

 primariis integris aut subdentatis, magisque rotundatis; in 

 secundariis elongatis, acutioribus, et fere semper tridentatis. 

 Petiolis primiim brevioribus scapis, demum elongatis, lon- 

 gis, sensim in folia expansis, vel potius foliis in petiolos an- 

 gusto margine deciu'rentibus. Stipulis radicalibus, albis, 

 membranaceis, basi latis, in longum acumen productis, mar- 

 ginibus dense ciliatis, ciiiis longis flexuosis. 



Florihus maximis, habitu applanato, coeruleis. Prima- 

 riis breviter pedunculatis ; secundariis, in scapis longis, fo- 

 lia tamen non excedentibus. Fetalis nullis barbatis ; infe- 

 riori latissimo, superioribus ovatis, omn. rotundatis. Caly- 

 cis laciniis lanceolatis acutis, margine colorato, ciliato, ce- 

 terum glabris; postice productis truncatis. Stigmate max- 

 imo, compresso, angulato ; apice oblique truncato, perfora- 

 te ; cum antheris valde prominente. 



Scapis angulosis, demum longis, glabris. Stipulis binis, 

 ad basin scapi, oppositis, linearibus, adpressis, longis, flex- 

 uosis, breviter ciliosis aut integris. 



Capsula glabra, stigmate persistente coronata. 



Radice crassa perpendiculari, frequenter emittente radi- 

 culas longissimas. 



This elegant species, seems to be recognized by all Bot- 

 anists. The only one any way nearly relatef^, is the alpine 

 species of Europe, V. pinnata ; the leaves of which are 

 however much more numerously and less deeply divided, 

 and the divisions obtuse. The divisions of ours, are called 

 scptempartife by authors, and this in fact is the common 

 number, but by no means constant. Mr. Elliot truly ob- 

 ,serve=, that the leaves afford a fine exempUfication of a 



