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cdorata2» V. acaulis, foliis cordatis, ftoJonibus reptantibus. 

 Sp. pi. 1324. (Ger. m. 850. /. i. 2. BlackweU $. 

 55. Oed. Ban. 2. 309. opt,} 



Sv;ceet Violet. Aftglis, 



Saii-chyach. Gaulis. 



Under hedges and on banks by the fides, of tu 

 vulets. %. Ill, IV. 



The root throws out creeping runners : the leaves 

 are heart-fhaped, cren^ted, and pubefcent un- 

 derneath : the peduncles radical : the flowen 

 extremely fragrant, and are either of the colour 

 which the Name of the plant imports, or white. 



The flowers are efteemed to be anodyne, cooling 

 and emollient. A fyrup made of them proves 

 an agreeable and ufeful laxative to children : 

 the leaves are alfo emollient, and the feeds 

 diuretic. 



The blue tindure of violets is a common tefl: of 

 all acid and alkaline fubftances, for being mix'd, 

 the firll will always turn it of a red colour, the 

 latter of a green. 



The Turks make a violet fugar of the flowers, 

 which diiTolved in water makes their favorite 

 liquor, called Sorbet. HaJ[fel(iuiJl^s Voyage^ p, 



254. 

 The Caledonian ladies formerly ufed them as a 

 cofmetic, as appears from the advice given in 

 the following GauUc lines : 



Sail-chuach as bainne ghabhat 



Suadh re t aghaidh. 



'Scha 



