412 Florida Lcxinglon it nsis. 



«uccuinn(. On the sliclving rocks bordering Elkhoni. t'lowcrs 

 beginning of April. 



Syn, Sedann Portukicoides, MuhL 



Species 2d. Sedum Pulchellum. 



Sp, Ch, Gkibrous, stems assurgent; /tores linear, succulent;, 

 obtuse; ci/mc many-spiked; flowers-sessile. 



Obs, Mainly difTcring from the preceding in the leaves which 

 are linear and cjli'idrical. Found in company with it on moist 

 rocks and son^etimeson the trunks of decaying trees. Owing 

 to this circumstance it is frequently mistaken for a moss by those 

 unacquainted with its character. Flowers a little after the. 

 former. 



30. Genus. VIOLA. L. Violet. 



{Dcriv. A Latin name of obscure Greek derivation.) 



Class 5th. PEJVTAjVDRM— Order, MOMOGYMA. 

 Gen. Ch. Calyx 5-Ieaved, produced at the base. Corolla 5- 

 petalled, irregular, the lower petal cornute behind. Anthers 

 cohering: Capsule superior 3-valved, 1 celled. 



Species ]st. Viola Cucullata. Hooded Violet. 



Sp. Ch. Stemless; /cotc? cordate, somewhat acute, glabrous, 

 hooded at base; Jloicers inverted; petals obliquely bent. 



Obs. This is with us the most abundant of the violets, as well 

 as the first to bloom; the whole surface of moist meadows and 

 pastures being covered with them in the fore part of April. — 

 Petals blue and purple, white at base: the base of upper one 

 with violet-coloured veins; of the two lateral bearded; of the 

 lower smooth. Peduncles longer than the leaves with the sum- 

 mit reflexed. Stipules linear — Ist to 15th April. 



Syn. Viola cordata. fValt. 

 Species 2d. Viola Obliqua. Alton. 



Sp, Ch. Stemless; smooth; Zcctc^ cordate, acute, flat, crenate, 

 serrate; powers obliquely bent; lateral petals bearded ; infe- 

 rior ones acute, carinate ; stipules lanceolate. 



Ohs, This species is by ro means easily distinguished from 

 the preceding, with which it is found in common. Jt is, how- 

 ever, a larger plant, and minute examination will detect specitic 

 flifferences in the leaves, petioles, stipulcii and flowers. (See 



