CLXXXIV. — ANALYTICAL DRAWINGS OF THE 
VIOLET FAMILY AND THE DAPHNE, MYRTLE, 
AND PASSION-FLOWER ORDERS. 
(. Violacece , Thymelceales , Myrtijiorce , and Passijiorales.) 
T HE ten consecutive types analysed on this Plate are of very varied characters, 
alike in their general habits as plants and in the floral and fruit characters here 
represented. They include representatives of eight genera, belonging to seven 
Families and four Orders, the first three being species of the genus Viola, in the 
last Family of the Order Parietales to be enumerated among British plants. 
The first line of figures represents the Sweet Violet ( Viola odorata Linne), 
Fig. i being a flower, natural size ; Fig. 2, the three petals rendered anterior by the 
resupination of the flower, without the spur ; Fig. 3, the median petal ; Fig. 4, one 
of the lateral petals, showing the claw ; Fig. 5, the calyx and spur ; Fig. 6, the 
stamens, showing their orange connectives ; Fig. 7, one of the “tailed” stamens 
with its honey-secreting tail ; Fig. 8, the gynaeceum ; Fig. 9, fruits ; and Fig. 10, 
a cross section of a fruit with unripe seeds. 
The second line of figures represents the Pansy (Viola tricolor Linne), Figs. 1 
and 2 being lateral petals, the former showing a green claw and honey-guides ; 
Fig- 3, the median petal, with more numerous lines of dark purple converging 
towards the spur at bs base ; Figs. 4 and 5, the calyx, the latter showing also the 
essential organs, natural size, only the petals having been removed ; Fig. 6, the 
essential organs, magnified, showing the two tails of the stamens, the globular 
extremity of the style, and the stigmatic hollow ; Fig. 7, one of the tailed stamens 
seen from its anterior surface ; Fig. 8, the gynaeceum ; Fig. 9, the fruit dehiscing, 
with its persistent calyx ; and Fig. 10, a cross section of an unripe ovary, showing 
the ovules radiating from three parietal placentas. Figs. 6 to 10 in this row are 
all enlarged. 
The third line of figures represents the nearly allied Yellow Pansy ( Viola 
arvensis Murray). Fig. 1 is the calyx, seen from below and somewhat enlarged, as 
are most of the other figures in this row. Fig. 2 is a lateral view of the flower, 
which well exhibits the auricles of the sepals. Figs. 3 and 4 are lateral petals ; 
Fig. 5, the median petal with its spur and honey-guides ; Fig. 6, the essential organs, 
natural size ; Fig. 7, a stamen ; Fig. 8, the gynaeceum ; Fig. 9, the unripe fruit and 
persistent calyx, enlarged ; Fig. 10, a cross section, and Fig. 11, a longitudinal 
section, through the same. 
The fourth and fifth lines of figures represent the two Families of the Order 
Thymelceales , the Daphne Family, Thy melee acece^ as seen in the Spurge Laurel ( Daphne 
Laureola Linne) in the fourth, and the Oleaster Family, EUagnacea , as seen in the 
Sea Buckthorn ( Hippophae Rhamnoides Linne) in the fifth. In the former, Fig. 1 is a 
