VIoLACÉES. : 
basi saccato-calcaratum, superiüs latè lineare , canaliculatum , apice 
latiore rotundatum, cuspidatum; lateralia 2, lineari-elliptica , 
obtusissima; suprema 2, lateralibus pauld angustiora, lineari- 
spathulata, obtusissima. Axrueræ 5 , hypogynæ, cum petalis alter- 
nantes, sessiles, conniventes , latè lineares, complanatæ, glabræ, 
pallidè fulvæ, apice subcoalitæ, in processum membranaceum 
apice desinentes , anticæ , longitrorshm, internè dehiscentes : infe- 
riores 2; processu terminali hinc recurvato-hamato; connectivo basi 
exteriùs appendiculato, appendice horizontali, lineari-obtusà : cæ- 
teræ absque appendice dorsali; processu terminali membranaceo, 
recto, ovato-3-angulari, obtuso , antherà dimidio breviore. Sryrus 
subulatus, curvatus, glaber, persistens. Sricma terminale, trunca- 
tum , subexcavatum, à stylo vix distinctum. Ovarrum oblongum, 
5-lobum , glabrum. Carsura oblonga , 3-loba, glabra, 1-locularis, 
15-sperma ; valvulis navicularibus, patentibus, medio seminiferis. 
Sema ovato-globosa, utrinquè attenuata, compressiuscula, hinc line 
longitudinali elevata (raphe) : chalaza terminalis conica (certè ante 
perfectam maturationem }) : umbilicus subterminalis : caruncula 
minima ad latus umbilici. 
Inveni in provincià Minas Geraes propè urbem Jilla Rica ad 
officinam ubi faventina vasa finguntur ; alt. circiter 5700 ped. Flo- 
rebat Januar1o. 
3. VioLA GERASIFOLIA. + 
V. caulescens, glaberrima ; foliis approximatis, lanceolatis, acutis, 
dentatis; stipulis oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis, basi auriculatis, 
inciso-ciliatis; pedunculis folio sæpiùs brevioribus ; laciniis calycinis 
acuminatis ; stylo subulato. 
Pranrz sociatim nascentes. Ranix repens, gracilis , sæpits è basi 
emittens surculos. Cauzis erectus, 3-12 pol. longus, latiusculus , an- 
gulatus, striatus, glaber. Forr1 approximata, cum petiolo circiter 3-5 
pol. longa, 9-18 1. lata, lanceolata, acuta, dentata, in petiolum decur- 
rentia, mollia, glabra , demüm deflexa ; nervo medio venisque late- 
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