324 Mr Goldie’s Description some new and rare Plants 
Pursh has no species of this genus with united berries like 
the present plant, nor 4o I find it to agree with any described 
species of other authors. I possess living plants of it at Ayr. 
Viola. 
Calyx pentaphyllus. Corolla pentapetala, irregularis, postice 
comuta, (aut ecalcarata). Anihera apice membranula co- 
hgerentes, aut distinctae. Capsula supera, trivalvis, unilo- 
cularis. 
Viola SelkirJcii ; acaulis, foliis cordatis crenato-serratis pilosi- 
usculis, petalis imberbibus, calcare ^baeque longo crasso ob- 
tusissimo. 
V. Selkirkii, Pursh MSS. 
Hob. Mountains about Montreal, nowhere else. FI, July. 
Root perennial, somewhat creeping. Leaves^ several from 
the same root, about |ths of an inch long, broadly heart-shaped, 
the notch at the base deep, so as to form two distinct lobes ; the 
margin crenato-serrate, the upper surface having a few scattered 
hairs, the under side quite destitute of them, and of a paler 
colour. Petioles slender, glabrous. Flower-stalks scarcely long- 
er than the leaves, with two lanceolate bracteas above the 
middle. Calyx with broadly ovate, acute, glabrous segments. 
Petals blue, obovate, beardless ; spur nearly equal to the limb 
in length, very thick, ,and remarkably obtuse. The general 
aspect of this plant is very similar to that of V. hlanda, but the 
leaves are more acute, and far more serrated, and the spur is 
very different from that of F. blanda,, as from all the others 
which belong to the same division of the genus, thus forming 
one of the most striking peculiarities of the species; 
I showed this plant to Mr Pursh at Montreal, and he inform- 
ed me that it was what he called V, Selkirhii ; and hence I 
have thought it right to adopt his name. 
PENTANDRIA TETRAGYNIA. 
Parnassia. 
Calyx quinquepartitus. Petala quinque. Nectarla quinque, 
cordata, ciliata, apicibus globosis. Capsula quadrivalvis, 
bilocularis. Receptacula parietalia. Semina membra- 
naceo-marginata. 
