botanically arranged. 485 



possessed of such active properties, notwithstanding the violent 

 effects from chewing the leaves, may possibly become a valua- 

 ble medicine. 



VIOLA. Linn. Gen. Plant. 898. 

 Viola acaulis, foliis pinnatifidis. Syst. Nat. 

 MOUNTAIN VIOLET. Blossoms variegated. On the hills in 

 Lynn. October. 



Viola acaulis, foliis reniformibus. Syst. Nat. 

 MARSH VIOLET. Blossoms pale blue. In moist meadows. 

 April. 



Viola acaulis, foliis cordatis, stolonibus reptantibus. Syst. Nat. 



SWEET VIOLET. Blossoms deepish purple. In moist warm 

 land. April. 



The flowers and the seeds are said to be mild laxatives. The 

 leaves give the blue colour to the sirup of violets, which is chang- 

 ed by an acid to red, and by an alkali to green. It is said, that 

 slips of white paper stained with the petals, and kept from the 

 air and the light, will be changed in the same manner. 



Viola caule erecto, foliis cordatis acuminatis. Syst. Nat. 



YELLOW VIOLET. Blossoms yellow. In shady places. May. 



It is said the Indians applied the bruised leaves to boils and 

 painful swellings, for the purpose of easing the pain and pro- 

 ducing suppuration. 



IMPATIENS. Linn. Gen. Plant. 899. 

 Impatiens pedunculis multifloris solitariis foliis ovatis, geniculis- 

 caulinis tumentibus. Syst. Nat. 



WEATHERCOCK. Balsamine. Touch-me-not. Quick-in-the- 

 Hand. Blossoms yellow. Banks of rivulets. July — Aug. 



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