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VICT A— VIOLA. 
or entire, obtuse ; cymes sessile, fruit ovate, 
roundish. Vai*. jrnnicifolium, leaves obo- 
vate, entire or slightly crenate at the apex, 
obtuse. 4-8 f. S. 
ni'tidum, ( ^ .) very glabrous ; leaves 
lance-linear, shining above, obscurely ser- 
rate or entire, small ; branches quadrangu- 
ar. S. 
mol'le, (J. 2/.) leaves roundish-cordate, 
plicate, toothed, pubescent beneath ; pe- 
tioles sub glandular ; cymes with rays. Ber- 
ries red. S. 
Icevif^aftum, (w. J. ^ .) stem much branch- 
ed ; leaves lanceolate, smooth, remotely 
serrate, entire at base ; branchlets 2-edtied. 
S. 
Exotic. 
op"uhi$, (guelder-rose, snow-ball, w. J. 
■^.j leaves 3-lobed, sharp-toothed; petioles 
glandular, smooth ; Howers in compact 
cymes, surrounded with radiating florets. 
Y 3ir.ro' seiim, has the whole cyme made up 
of radiating florets. 
li'nus, (laurestine, r-w. ^ .) leaves ovate, 
entire, with tufts of hair in tlie axils of the 
veins beneath ; flowers in smooth cymes. 
VI'CIA. 16 — 10. 'yL'guminoscc.) [From vin- 
cio, to bind togetlier, as the tendrils of tliis 
plant twine around other plants.] 
caroli'nia'na, (M. 11.) smoothish ; leafets 
8-10; stipules lance-oval, entire; peduncles 
many-flowered ; flowers distant ; teeth of 
the calyx short ; style villose at the top ; 
legume smooth, obliquely veined ; stem 
long and cHmbing; flowers small, white, 
the standard tipped with black. Moun- 
tains. Penn. to Car. 
sati'vi, (common vetch-tare, b. J. @.) 
leafets xO-12 ; stipules with a dark spot be- 
neath ; style bearded at top ; flowers small. 
1-2 f. 
crad'ca, (tufted vetch, p. Au. 11.) stem 
Bub- pubescent ; leaves pinnate; flowers 
small, pale, numerous, drooping, imbricated. 
Meadows. New E. 
america'tia, (p. J. 2|.) peduncles many- 
flowered, shorter than the leaves; stipules 
semi-sagittate, dentate; leafets numerous, 
elliptical-lanceolate, smooth, obtuse, mucro- 
nate. Shady woods. Niagara. Genesee 
Falls. 
acntifo'lia, (w. Ap.) peduncles few-flow- 
ered ; stipules lanceolate, entire ; leafets 
(6) linear, acute at each end ; stem glabrous, 
somewhat angled ; legume glabrous, many- 
seeded. 2 3 f. 
fa'ba, (garden-bean, windsor-bean, w. 
and black, J. @.) .stem many-flowered, 
erect, strong, legumes ascending, tumid, 
coriaceous; leafets oval-acute, entire ; .stip- 
ules sagittate, toothed at the base. From 
Persia. 
VILLAR"SIA. 5—1. iGentianm.) 
lacuiio'sa, (w. Au. 2^.) leaves reniform, 
sub-peltate, slightly crenate, lacunose be- 
ueath ; petioles long, bearing the flowers; 
corolla smooth ; stem long, filiform, floating ; 
flowers somewhat umbelled. Ponds and 
Lakes. 
corda'ta, (Ju. 11.) leaves cordate, varie- 
gated ; petioles glabrous, bearing the flow- 
ers ; corolla campanulate. Shallow streams. 
S. 
VIN"('A. 5 — 1. {Apocynem.) fFrom vincio, 
to bind, on account of its usefulness in 
making bands, or its creeping stern.] 
mi' nor, (periwinkle, b. Ap. Tp.) stem 
procumbent ; leaves lance oval, smooth at 
the edges; flowers ped uncled ; teeth of the 
calyx lanceolate. Ex. 
VI'OLA. 5—1. {Cisti, or, according to the 
divisions of Lindley, Violacea.) [From ion, 
because first described in Ionia.] 
A. Siemless, or with a suhterrnnenn stem. 
[Leaves more or less reniform, (dways 
cordate, younger ciicallate ; proper color 
of the corolla violet.] 
cucnllu'tn, (b. p. M. 2/.) glabrous ; leaves 
cordate, somewhat acuminate, crenate-den- 
! tate ; autumnal ones largest, veiy exactly 
' reniform ; peduncle somewhat 4 sided, long- 
er than the leaves; divisions of the calyx 
subulate, acuminate, emarginate behind, 
' or very entire ; petals (as in many Ameri- 
can species) oblique, veiny, very entire 
white at the base, upper one generally na 
j ked, glabrous, lateral ones bearded, and 
1 with the upper one marked with a few 
blue lines. Var. papiliona'cea, ^et\o\es and 
i peduncles longer ; leaves sub-lance-ovate ; 
' beards of the lateral petals often yellow. 
I Var. tetrago'na. peduncle strong, exactly 
|4-.';ided; petals azure-color, veinless. Var. 
j villo'sa, leaves, petals, and peduncles vil- 
lose. 4-8 i. 
palmn'ta, (b-p. M. Z/.) mo.stly villose ; 
leaves heart-reniform. palmate, 5-7-lobed ; 
lobes often narrow, and gashed, middle one 
: always larger ; sometimes villose both sides, 
[ sometimes only beneath ; often glabrous, all 
j of them very often purple beneath , the first 
I spring ones are ovate, entire ; petioles sub- 
j emarginate ; peduncle somewhat 4-8ided, 
longer than the leaves ; divisions of the ca- 
lyx lance-ovate, cihate, very entire behind ; 
petals all very entire, veiny, and white at 
the base; upper ones narrow, smaller, some- 
times villose at the base, yet often naked, 
glabrounS; lateral ones densely bearded, 
and with the upper one marked with a 
few blue lines. One variety has white 
j flowers. 3 6 i. 
soro'ria, (b p. M. IX) leaves orbicular or 
I roundish-cordate ; the sinus often closed, 
I crenate-serrate, mostly pilo.se, thickish, pur- 
j pie beneath, flat, appressed to the ground; 
j petioles short, somewhat margined ; stip- 
' ules small, lanceolate ; segments of the ca- 
lyx short, glabrous, entire behind ; petala 
obovate, entire ; lateral ones denf5ely beard- 
ed ; stigma depressed, with a deflexed 
beak; capsule smooth. 
{Leaves ohlong or ovate, never remform; 
younger ones cuciillate.] 
sagitta'la, (E. b-p. Ap. If.) glabrous; 
leaves ciliate, oblong, not acute, sagittate- 
cordate, dentate, gashed at the base (or 
furnished with elongated divaricate teeth); 
peduncle somewhat 4 sided, longer than 
the leaves; divisions of the calyx lanceo- 
late, acuminate, emarginate behind ; petala 
all very entire, veiny, white at the base 
