3c?o • SYNGENESIA MONOGAMIA. 



obtufely oval, and confifts of two cells, contain- 

 ing many ihiall feeds. The whole plant is lac- 

 telcent. 



VIOLA. Gen.pL 1007. 



Cal. pentaphyllus. Cor, pentapetala, irregularis, 

 poftice cornuta. Caps* fupera, trivalvis, unilocu- 

 laris. 



* Acaules, 

 faltifiris I. VIOLA acaulis, foliis reniformibus. Sp,pl 1324. 

 (?et. herh. t. 37./. 5. Moris, hift, f, 5. /. ^s- f' 

 5. Oed,Dan. /. 83. opt,) 



Marfh Violet. Anglis, 



In bogs and marlhy grounds not unfrequent, % . 

 V. VI, 



The floral Oalk is either round or femicyllndrical, 



about three inches high, deftitute of leaves i 



but furnifhed in the middle with two lanceolate 



ciliated Bracfcea^ and terminated with a finglc 



fniall fiov/er of a pale blue or flefh colour : the 



two uppermoft petals are of an uniform colour 



without flreaks ; the fide ones have one or two 



purplt ftreaks, and the lowermoft has about 



feven branched ones : the fpur or heel of the 



fiower is fhort and blunt, and produced but a 



very little behind the calyx. The leaves, which 



are all radical, are fmooth and tender; kidncy- 



i>.aped, and crenated on the edges. The root 



creeps,, and is covered with many foliaceous 



'eales. 



V. acaulis, 



