452 PENTANDRIA MONOGYN1A. fmpatiens, 



gibbously serrate, ciliate, a little hairy on both sides, chiefly alon* 

 the ramifications of the vessels, somewhat decurrent'on their petiols; 

 from seven- to nine-nerved, dotted with glands when held towards 

 the light; the lowermost remote, long-petioled, an inch long by two 

 broad; the rest proportionably smaller, short-petioled, of a more cor- 

 date form and acutish. Petioles slender, fleshy, round, the lowest 

 fully six inches long, the rest gradually shorter, until they become 

 scarcely half so long a3 their leaves. — Stipules smooth, broadlanceo- 

 late, oblique, sub-adnate and gibbous at the base, with one or two 

 acute, broad teeth. — Peduncles several, solitary, axillary, one-flow- 

 ered, erect, equalling, or longer than the petiols, with a couple of 

 very minute alternate bractlets about the middle. — Flowers smallish, 

 yellow, sweet-scented. Calycine leaflets linear, acuminate, ciliate, 

 with simple bases. — The lowermost petal obovate, much broader than 

 the rest, which are cuneate, ending in a cylindric, slender spur which 

 is nearly twice as long as the calyx. 



Obs. This elegant species has some affinity to Viola biflora (Flor. 

 Dan. i. t. 46), but differs, among other things, by its decumbent ha- 

 bit, hairiness and long spur, — N, W. 



8. V, glandulifera, Wall. 



Stems erect, very slender. Leaves broad-reniform, dentate, hairy, 

 dotted with glands underneath ; the lower ones shorter than the pe- 

 tiols, the uppermost much longer. Peduncles axillary, as long or 

 longer than the petiols. Stipules ovate, entire, glandular. Spur very 

 short. 



A native of the frigid regions of Gosain-Than, where it blossoms 



in July. 



IMPATIENS, Schreb. gen. N. 1365. 



Calyx two-leaved. Carol five-petalled, irregular. Nectary cu- 

 cuilate. Anthers united. Germ five-celled, cells many-seeded, at- 



