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IOLA ODORATA. 



W E E T 



IOLET; 



VIOLA Linnet Gen. PL Syngenesia Monogamia. 



Calyx pentaphyllus. Corolla pentapetala, irregularis, poflice cornuta. Capfuld 



fupera, trivalvis, unilocularis. 

 fcaii Syn. Gen. 24. Herbje pentApetAlje vasculifer;£. 

 VIOLA odorata acaulis, foliis cordatis, ftolonibus reptantibus, bra&aeis fupra medium pedunculi. 

 VIOLA odorata, acaulis, foliis cordatis, ftolonibus reptantibus. Linn. Syjl. Vegetab. p 668. 

 VIOLA acaulis ftolonifera, foliis cordatis, Hal/er hift. heh. n. $$$ 

 VIOLA odorata, Scopoli Fh CarnioL n. 1097. 



VIOLA martia purpurea ftore firriplici odoro. Bauhin Pin. p: 199. martia alba. p. 199. 

 VIOLA nigra five purpurea. Ger. emac. 550* 



VIOLA fnnpiex martia. Parkin/on y$$\ Raii Syn: p. 364. Purple Sweet Violet, and White Sweet- 

 fcented Violet. Oeder Fl. Dan. icon. 309. 



RADIX perennis, fibrofa, albida, in fenefcente planta 

 baii petiolorum quotannis relicla pars fuperior 

 radicis tuberculofa evadit, et fupra terram emi- 

 net ; e firm riorum nodorum nafcuntur ftolones, 

 qui humi repent, et foliis inftruuntur ftipulis- 

 que ejufdem formae ac illae quae ad bafin plantae 

 inveniuntur. 



FOLIA fubrotundo-cordata, creriata, fuperne glabra, in- 

 feme hirfutula, junioribus involutis. 



STIPULiE radicales, ovato-lanceolatae, membranaceas, 

 ferratae, dentibus glanduliferis. 



PEDUNCULI radicales, infra Bracraeas quadrangulares, 

 fupra Bractaeas dorib canaliculati, apice incur- 

 vati, uniflori. 



BRACTEiE duae, lanceolate, plerumque oppofitae, ap- 

 preflk,, fupra medium pedunculi 4 



CALYX : Perianthium pentaphyllum, perfrftens, fo- 

 liolls oblongo-ovatis, obtufis, e viridi purpuraf- 

 ceatibus. fig. 1. 



COROLLA pentapetala, irregularis, violacea, odorata, 

 petalum infimum Netlario corniculato, obtufi- 

 ufculo, apice comprellb inftru&um, Petala la- 

 teralia prope bafin barbata, Jig. 2. 



STAMINA : Filamenta quinque breviflima aegre dif- 

 tinguenda : Antherje fiavefcentes, biloculares, 

 vix connexas, membrana ovato-acuta aurantiaca 

 terminate ; e parte pofteriori duarum Anthera- 

 rum exit Nedtariumque intrat appendicula 

 viridis, linearis, compreffa, fig. 5, 4. 3. 



PISTILLUM: Germen fubrotundum ; Stylus bafi 

 tenuior et paululum tortuofus ; Stigma unci- 

 natum, Antheris paulo longius, fig. 6, 7. 



PERICARP1UM priufquam dehifcit, fubrotundo-tri- 

 angulare, purpurafcens, villofum ; trivalve 

 valvulis fubrotundis concavis, fig. 8. 



SEMINA plurima, rotunda, nitida, ftraminea, appendi- 

 culata, fig, 9. 



ROOT perennial, fibrous and whitifh ; in trld plants 

 the upper part of the root becomes knobby, and 

 appears above ground, the knots or knobs being 

 formed from the bottoms of the foot-ftalks of 

 the leaves which are yearly left ; from the 

 bo-foms of thefe knobs fpring the ftolones or 

 moots which creep on the ground, and are. 

 furnifhed with leaves and the fame kind of 

 Stipulae which are obfervable at the bottom- 

 of the plant. 



LEAVES heart-fhaped and fomewhat round at the tip, 

 crenated, on the upper fide fmooth and mining,; 

 underneath flightly hairy, when young rolled 

 in at the edges. 



STIPULiE fpringing from the root, ovato-lanceolatej 

 membranous, ferrated at the edges, each ferra- 

 ture 6r tooth terminating in a minute gland. 



PEDUNCLES fpringing from the root, below the Bra&ea; 

 quadrangular, above the Bra&ese grooved on the 

 upper fide, at top incurvated, fupporting one 

 . flower. 



BRACTEvE two, lanceolate, generally oppofite to each 

 other, prefled to the ftalk, and placed above the 

 middle of the Peduncle* 



CALYX : a Perianthiuw of five leaves, continuing, 

 each leaf of an oblong oval fhape, obtufe at the 

 tip, and of a greenifh purple colour, fig. r, 



COROLLA: of five Petals, irregular, ofabluifh pur- 

 ple colour and fweet fmell,- the lowermoft ter- 

 minating in a blunt horned NectaRium, a little 

 flattened at the extremity, the two fide Petals 

 bearded near the bafe, fig, 2. 



STAMINA : five Filaments fo fhort as hardly to be 

 diftinguifhed ; Anthers yellowifh, bilocular, 

 fcarcely connected together, terminated by an 

 oval-pointed, orange- coloured membrane ; from 

 the back of two of the Antherae, fprings a flend- 

 er, flat, greenifh appendage, which enters the 

 Neclarium, fig, 5, 4, 3. 



PISTILLUM : Germen roundiih ; Style flendereft at 

 bottom and a little twifted ; Stigma hooked, 

 and a little longer than the Antherae, fig. 6, 7. 



SEED-VESSEL, before it burfts, roundifh, rather ap- 

 proaching to triangular, of a purplith colour, 

 and villous appearance, fplitting into three round- 

 ifh hollow valves, fig. 8. 



SEEDS feveral, round, mining, of a ftraw colour, ter- 

 minated by a little appendage, fig. 9. 



The Viola odorata delights to grow under warm hedges, particularly near Woods ; if the Spring be favourable, 

 it is generally in full bloom in the month of March, and towards the latter end of Summer ripens its feeds. 

 A variety of this plant frequently occurs with a white flower, not inferior in its agreeable fcent to the blue one ; 

 and fometimes this plant is found double, in which ftate it is often introduced into Gardens, and being furnifhed 

 with abundance of creeping fhoots, it is by means of thefe propagated with the utmofr. facility. 



This fpecies of Violet bears a confiderable refemblance to the Viola hirta, the mode of diftinguifhing them 

 we fhall point out when we defcribe the latter. 



A fyrup made from the flowers is ufually kept in the fhop, and frequently given to children where a gentle 

 laxative is required : it is likewife in ufe as a tefi to try acid and alcaline fubflances. The 



