PLATE CLIII. 



VIOLA PEDATA. 



Bird'' s -foot -leaved Violet. 



CLASS XIX. ORDER VL 



SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA MONOGAMIA. Tips united. Flowers- fimple. 



CHARACTER. 



Cup five-leaved, fliort, permanent; leaflets ob- 



GENERIC 

 Calyx. Perianthium pentaphyllum, breve, per- 

 fiftens; foliolis ovato-oblongis, ereftis, apice 

 acutioribus, bail obtufis, fiipra bafin affixis, 

 SEqualibLis, fed dilpotitione variis; quorum 

 duo fiikiunt petalum a ; fingula fiiiguluiu 

 petalum p. y. ; unicum duo pelala S. £. fi- 

 miil. 

 CoKOLLA pentapctala, irregularis, petalis inae- 



qualibus; quorum 

 Petalum a. suprcmuin reftum, deorfum fpec- 

 tans, latius, obtufius, emarginatum, defi 

 nens bafi in ne6tarium corniculatura, obtu- 

 fum, inter calycis foliola prominens. 



|S. y. Lalcralia paria, obtufa, oppofita, reda. 



0. £. Infima paria, majora. lurfum reflexa. 



Stamina. Filamenta quinque, minima, quo- 

 rum duo petalo a.. proNiina appendicibus 

 annexis intrant neftariuui. Antherx fae- 

 pius connexa;, obtufse, niembranis ad api- 

 cem au6t*. 



PisTiLLUM. Germen fubrotundum. Stylus fi- 

 liformis, extra antheras prominens. Stig- 

 ma obliquum. 



Pericaepium. Capfula ovata, trigona, obtufa, 

 unilocularis, trivalvi'. 



Semina plura, ovata, appendiculata, valvis af- 

 lixa. Receptaculum lineare, per fingulam 

 valvulam lines inftar excurrens. 



Ols. Sligjiia vt'l in hainum simflicem reflecti- 

 lur, I'el vapitulum est concavum apice per- 

 forata. 



long-egg-fiiaped, ereft, Iharpifli at the point, 

 blunt at the bottom, joined together above 

 the bale, equal, but varioully difpofed; of 

 whicli, two lupport petal a., one each petal 

 /3. y. and one the two petals J. e. together. 



Blossom five petals, irregular, unequal petals, of 

 which 



The upper petal a., is upright, bent back, broader, 

 and blunter than the retl, notched at the 

 end, terminating at the bale in a blunt horn- 

 lliaped honey-cup, protruding between the 

 leaflets of the cup. 



The lateral petals /3. -/. grow in pairs, obtufe, 

 oppofite, upright. 



The lower pctaU S. e. grow in pairs, larger, and 

 reflexed upwards. 



Chives. Five threads, very fmall; of which 

 the two neareft to the petal a. have fmall 

 appendages which enter the honey-cup. 

 lips generally united, blunt, enlarged by 

 Ikinny fubflances at the end. 



PoiNTAL. Seed-bud roundifli. Shaft thread- 

 fliaped, projeding beyond the tips. Summit 

 oblique. 



Seed-vessel. Capfule egg-fliaped, three fided, 

 blunt, one cell and thiee valves. 



Seeds many, egg-fliaped, having appendages, 

 fixed to the valves. Receptacle linear, 

 ruiming like a line along each valve. 



Ol'S. The summit is either rejtexed into a sim- 

 ple huuh, or a concave small head perforated 

 a! the end. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Viola acaulis; foliis pedatis, feptempartitis; 

 laciniis dentatis. 



Ij Violet without a ftem, leaves formed like a 

 I bird's foot, with feven divifions; fegments 



toothed. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1 . The Empalement. 



2. One of the upper Petals of the Blollbm. 



3. One of the lateral Petals. 



4. The lower Petal, with its Honey-cup. 



5. The Chives and Pointal with the Appendages that fall into the Honey-cup 



from the two hinder threads. 



6. The Pointal magnified. 



The Blrd's-toot-leaved Violet is a native of North America near Philadelphia; and Taccording to 

 the Kew Catalogue) was cultivated by Mr. P. Milkr, in 17Jy, at the Phyfic Gardens, Chelfea. It is 

 a hardy herbaceous plant, but is fometimcs dcltroyed by the welnels of our autumnal months : the 

 flowers, if kept in the open air, expand about May, or the beginning of June; but if kept in pots 

 they, with a flight proteftion from the Spring frolls, will be produced in April. Peat earth is the 

 foil it approves mofl, and it fliould not be expofed to too much wet, whether planted in the borders 

 or in pots. The roots may be parted in March. 



