VIOLA. 



t. 27.) — St«m branched. Leaves ovate, ferrated, fmooth ; 

 tapering at the bafe ; the lower ones oppofite. Stipulas 

 lanceolate, acute. Flower-ftalks the length of the leaves. 

 Lip twice the length of the calyx, without a fpur Ga- 

 thered by Commerfon, on rocks at Monte-Video. The 

 ftem is perhaps fhrubby, apparently two feet at leaft in 

 height, our fpecimen having feveral oppofite, angular, leafy 

 branches, each a foot long, fomewhat downy. Doth the 

 Jlem and leaves are faid to be covered with a glutinous 

 moifture. The upper leaves are chiefly alternate, an inch 

 long, (talked, veiny. Flowers numerous, axillary, folitary, 

 not bigger than a large pin's head, drooping, whitifh, with- 

 out hradeas. Calyx-leaves ovate, acute, combined at the 

 bafe, a little gibbous, but not elongated, in that part. Four 

 of the petals rather longer than the calyx : lip twice as long, 

 abrupt, with no protruding fpur. Capfule globofe. The 

 form and ^proportion of the petals appear fimilar to F. ver- 

 ticillata, n. 46. 



52. V. parviflora. Small-flowered South American 

 Violet. Linn. Suppl. 396. Willd. n. 32. Poiret in 



Lam. n. 60. Cavan. Ic. v. 6. 21 Stem branched, diffufe, 



downy. Leaves ovate, ferrated, fmooth ; obtufe at the 

 bafe. Stipulas awl-fliaped. Flower-ilalks the length of 

 the leaves. Lip twice the length of the calyx, without a 

 fpur. — Native of Mexico. The root is woody. Stems fe- 

 veral, (hrubby, branched, leafy, a foot or more in length. 

 Leaves about half as long as the laft, but of a broader, more 

 ovate, form, not at all tapering at the bafe ; their ferratures 

 few and large. The lower ones are fometimes oppofite. 

 The Jlowers are fo much like the preceding, that we can 

 fcarcely find any difference. Thevtjlalks, about half an inch 

 long, remain after the capfules are fallen off. The ftp has 

 perhaps a flight rounded protuberance at its bafe, but not 

 extending beyond the calyx. 



53. V. oppoJitifoUa. Lanceolate Oppofite -leaved Violet. 

 Linn. Sp. PI. 1327. Willd. n. 36. (Calceolaria, n. i ; 

 Loefl. It. 183.) — Stem (hrubby, crofs-branched, fmooth. 

 Leaves oppofite, lanceolate, nearly feffile, acutely ferrated. 



Flowers racemofe Gathered by Lcefling, is South 



America. Many circumftances, indicated by that author, 

 (hew an affinity between this and ten or eleven of the fore- 

 going fpecies, efpecially perhaps the two lad. They all, 

 in fome particular or other, form exceptions to the cha- 

 raders or habit of a Fiola. The Jlems of that before us 

 are defcribed as creft, from a fpan to eighteen inches high, 

 woody below, round, fmooth, with oppofite branches. 

 Leaves on very fliort (lalks ; their ferratures long, not 

 deep ; the extremity entire. Flowers white, in folitary 

 fpreading clujleri (fee n. 48.), their (talks partly permanent. 

 Calyx gibbous below. Lip fcarcely fo broad as its claw, 

 bent upwards, and revolute, at the end. Capfule triangu- 

 lar. Seeds fomewhat angular. This plant has fomethiog 

 of the habit of Feronica jinagatlis, or F. fcuttllala. 

 Lafling. 



54. V. Calceolaria. Shaggy Slipper Violet. Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 1327. Willd. n. 35. (V. Itoubou; Aubl. 

 Guian. 808. t. 318. Calceolaria, n. 2 ; Loefl. It. 184.) — 

 Stems hairy, herbaceous. Leaves fcattered, nearly fertile, 

 ovate, ferrated, very hairy as well as the lanceolate (\i- 

 pulas and bradleas. Calyx fliaggy with branched hairs. 

 Lip kidney-fhaped. — Native of South America. Gathered 

 by Aublct in Cayenne and Guiana, in fandy ground, flow- 

 ering at various fcafons. This is diftinguifhcd by the co- 

 pious, filky, (haggy hairs, covering every part of the 

 herbage. T\\e Jlems arc a foot high, fimple or branched, 

 leafy. Leaves an inch long. Flowers folitary, (lalkcd, 

 white or blue. Four petals fmall, convoluted. Lip very 



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large, brillly underneath. Capfule hairy. Suds oval, 

 fmooth. 



55. V. Ipecacuanha. Ipecacuanha Violet. Linn. 

 Mant. 484. Suppl. 397. (V. grandiflora, veronica; folio 

 villofo, Ipecacuanha alba difta ; Barrere Fr. equinox. 113. 

 Pombalia Ipecacuanha; Vandelli Fafc. 7. t. 1.) — Stem 

 (hrubby, ereft. Leaves fcattered, ovate, crenate ; hairy 

 underneath and at the margin. Calyx hairy. Lip very 

 abrupt, twice as broad as long. — Native of Brafil. Culti- 

 vated by Vandelli at Lifbon, where it flowered in Oftober, 

 in the greenhoufe. The root is white, woody, with many 

 cyhndrical branches, and is reported to poflefs the qualities 

 of the true Ipecacuanha (fee that article) ; though in a 

 weaker degree. The Jlem is two feet high. Leaves 

 (talked, an inch or inch and half long. Flowers fragrant, 

 pale red, with a very (hort but broad hp, near an inch wide, 

 involute at each fide. Seeds roundifli, five or fix in each 

 cell. 



56. V. diandra. Diandrous Climbing Violet. Linn. 

 Syit. Veg. ed. 13. 669. Willd. n. 39. — Stem herbaceous, 

 trailing. Leaves oblong, remote. Stalks fingle -flowered. 

 Neftary very long and twilted. Three of the (tameris 

 abortive. — Native of Guiana. Stem thread-(haped, cUmbing 

 up hedges. Leaves alternate. Flowerjlalks axillary, fo- 

 litary, with a joint ; fwelling upwards. BraSeas two, 

 minute. Calyx not at all prominent behind. Corolla white. 

 Lip uppermoll, very large, with a long twided fpur, 

 Lateral petals afcending ; two lower ones fmaller, deflexed. 

 Two hm&iv Jlamens only perfeft. Allamand. 



57. V. Hybanlhus. Gibbous Chmbing Violet. Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 1328. Willd. n. 37, excluding Aublet's fynonym. 

 (V, n. 209 ; Loefl. It. 282.' Hybanthus havanenfis ; 

 Jacq. Amer. 77. t. 175. f. 24, 25.) — Stem (hrubby, 

 climbing, prickly. Leaves oblong, flightly ferrated, 

 fmooth, aggregate. Flowers feveral on a (talk. Lip 

 fomewhat longer than the other petals, without a fpur. — 

 Native of uncultivated hills about the Havannah. An in- 

 elegant branching Jhrub, feven feet high, erett. Leaves 

 feveral from one bud, an inch aiid half long, emarginate ; 

 each tapering at the bafe into a Ihort footjlalk. Flower- 

 jlalks one or two from the fame bud with the leaves, (hort, 



divided in the upper part, each bearing a few minute whitifh 

 Jlowers, about the fize of F. glutinofa and parviflora, and 

 nearly agreeing with thofe fpecies in (Irufture, except that 

 the lip appears (horter in proportion. Capfule the fize of a 

 pea. Seeds few, globofe. We take our defcription from 

 Jacquin, having feen no fpecimen of his plant, or of Loc- 

 fling's ; fo that we have no means of determining whether 

 the Fiola of the latter author, cited as above by Linnxiis, 

 be the plant in quellion, or whether Jacquin's conjectural 

 reference to Lcefling's Calceolaria frutefcens. It. 184, be 

 more correal. We are only certain that Aublet's F. 

 Hybanthus is extremely different from the above j fee the 

 following fpecies. 



y8. V.laurifolia. Laurel-leaved Climbing Violet. Linn, 

 fil. MSS. (V. Hybanthus ; Aubl. Guian. 81 1 . t. 31 9 ; ex- 

 cluding Loefling's fynonym.) — Stem flirubby, climbing. 

 Leaves ovate, pointed, very obfcurely crenate, fmooth, al- 

 ternate. Flowers corymbofe. Neftary cylindrical, obtufe, 



thrice as long as the petals Found by Aublet, on the 



banks of waters in Guiana, flowering m April. The main 

 trunk is three inches in di.wieter, and three or four feet 

 high, fending forth long, round, twining branches, which 

 climb the neighbouring trees. Leaves from four to fix 

 inches long, veiny, very fmooth, entire, or flightly crenate 

 towards the end, which Aublet's figure cxprclTcs too 

 (trongly. Foniftalks (lout, half an inch long, fn\ooth. 

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