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CHILI. 



[ Violarie<e. 



longer stamens ; e. e. The two upper and shorter ones ; f. The pistil ; fig. 2, Flowers expanded ; A. 

 front view, B. side view; fig. 3, One of the lower petals; fig. 4, One of the upper ones; fig. 5, 5, A 

 longer and a shorter stamen; fig. 6, Back view of an anther; fig. 7, Section of an anther cut open 

 to show the cells within ; fig. 8, Vertical section of the germen to show the two pendent ovules ; fig. 

 9, The ovules, with their stalks attached to a parietal placenta : — all more or less magnified. 



2. MONNINA. R. P. 

 1. M. linearifolia ; suffruticosa, foliis linearibus lanceolatis acutissimis subsessilibus 

 glabris, racemis terminalibus longis inferne nudis, capsula oblonga uniloculari. (Tab. VI.) 

 — " Fl. Per. v. 1. p. 173." De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 345. 



Caules inferne fruticulosi, ramosi ; ramis herhaceis, foliaceis, glabris. Folia sparsa, magis minusve patentia. 

 sesquiunciam longa, lineari-lanceolata, integerrima, glaherrima, obscure uninervia, basi in petiolum vix lineam 

 longum attenuata, apice acutissima, subpungentia. Rami apice attenuati sunt in racemos spithamseos fere ad 

 pedales, inferne nudos superne floriferos atque magis minusve pubescentes. Pedicelli breves, basi bractea 

 parva muniti, demum, fructiferi, decurvi. Flores (flavi?) Sepala ovato-lanceolata, acuta. Alee orbi- 

 culatse. Carina alis vix brevior. Germen oblongum. Stylus inferne bispinosus. Stigma attenuatiun, 

 longum, deflexum. Capsida oblonga, reticulata, unilocularis, monosperma. Semen pendens. Embryonis 

 radicida ad hilum spectat. 



Hab. Coquimbo. — The above description, and the accompanying figure, are taken from specimens 

 which we have received from Dr. Gillies and Mr. Cruckshanks, equally gathered in Chili : they being much 

 more perfect than those in the present collection. 



Tab. VI. Monnina linearifolia. Fig. 1, Flower; fig. 2, Sepals and wings; fig. 3, Corolla; fig. 4, Anther; 

 fig. 5, Pistil ; fig. 6, Capsule ; fig. 1, Section of do. to show the pendent solitary seed ; fig. 8, Embryo : — 

 magnified. 



Ord. VII. VIOLARIE^. DC. 



1. VIOLA. Tourn. 



1. V. metadata ; stigmate apice subplano, rostro brevissimo, caule abbreviate), foliis 

 ovatis crenatis subtus fusco-punctatis, stipulis ovatis apice fimbriatis, sepalis lanceolatis 

 acuminatis, staminibus apice emarginatis, calcare brevi obtuso. — Cav. Ic. v. 6. p. 20. 

 t. 539. Be Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 297. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 801. — Viola lutea 

 foliis non acutis. Feuill. Chil. v. 3. p. 66. t. 48. 



Hab. Conception. 



2. V. rubella ; fruticosa, caulibus ramosis, foliis ovato-oblongis lanceolatisve punctatis 

 laxe dentatis, stipulis lanceolatis setaceo-dentatis, sepalis subacutis, unguibus petaloruni 

 angustatis, calcare brevissimo subconico, membranis staminum obtusis, appendicibus 

 nectariferis dorso antherarum conicis. — Cav. Ic. v. 6. p. 20. t. 531. f. 1. De Cand. Prodr. 

 v. 1. p. 304. Ging. in Linncea, v. I. p. 410. — V. chamaidrifolia. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 

 306. 



Hab. Conception. 



2. IONIDIUM. Vent. 



1. /. parviflorum ; fruticosum ramosum diffusum, ramis elongatis bifariam puberulis, 

 foliis alternis ovatis serratis in petiolum breviter attenuatis, stipulis subulatis petioli vix 



