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[ ViolariecB. 
longer stamens ; e. e. The two upper and shorter ones ; f. The pistil ; Jig. 2, Flowers expanded ; A, 
front view, B. side view; Jig. 3, One of the lower petals; ^g. 4, One of the upper ones; Jig. 5, 5, A 
longer and a shorter stamen ; ^g. 6, Back view of an anther ; Jig. 7, Section of an anther cut open 
to show the cells within; Jig.S, Vertical section of the germen to show the two pendent ovules; Jig. 
9, The ovules, with their stalks attached to a paidetal placenta : — all more or less magnified. 
2. MONNINA. R. ^ P. 
1. M. linearifolia ; suffruticosa, foliis linearibus lanceolatis acutissimis subsessilibus 
glabris, racemis terminalibus longis inferne midis, capsula oblonga uniloculari. (Tab. VI.) 
— “ FI. Per. V. 1. p. 173.” De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 345. 
Caules inferne fruticulosi, ramosi ; ramis herbaceis, foliaceis, glabris. Folia sparsa, magis minusve patentia, 
sesquiunciam longa, lineari-lanceolata, integerrima, glaberrima, obscure uninervia, basi in petiolura vix lineam 
longum attenuata, apice acutissima, subpungentia. Rami apice attenuati sunt in racemos spithanueos fere ad 
pedales, inferne nudos superne floriferos atque magis minusve pubescentes. Pedicelli breves, basi bractea 
parva muniti, demum, fructiferi, decurvi. Flores (llavi?) Sepala ovato-lanceolata, acuta. Alee orbi- 
culate. Carina alis vix brevior. Germen oblongum. Stylus inferne bispinosus. Stigma attenuatum, 
long-um, deflexum. Capsula oblonga, reticulata, unilocularis, monosperma. Semen pendens. Fmbryonis 
radicula 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. 7, Section of do. to show the pendent solitary seed ; fig. 8, Embryo : — 
magnified. 
Ord. VII. VIOLARIE^. BC. 
1. VIOLA. Tmirn. 
1. V. maculata ; stigmate apice subpiano, rostro brevissimo, caule abbreviate, foliis 
ovatis crenatis subtus fusco-punctatis, stipulis ovatis apice fimbriatis, sepalis lanceolatis 
acuininatis, staminibus apice emarginatis, calcare brevi obtuso. — Cav. Ic. v. 6. p. 20. 
t. 539. De Cand. Prodr. v. \. p. 297. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 801. — Viola lutea 
foliis non acutis. Peuill. Chil. v. 3. p. 66. t. 48. 
Hab. Conception. 
2. V. rubella ; fruticosa, caulibus rainosis, foliis ovato-oblongis lanceolatisve pimctatis 
laxe clentatis, stipulis lanceolatis setaceo-dentatis, sepalis subacutis, unguibus petalorum 
angustatis, calcare brevissimo subconico, membranis staminum obtusis, appendicibus 
nectariferis dorso antheraruni conicis. — Cav. Ic. v. 6. p. 20. t. 531. fi. 1. De Cand. Prodr. 
V. 1. p. 304. Ging. in Linnma, v. 1. p. 410. — V. cliamasdrifolia. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 
306. 
Hab. Conception. 
2. lONIDIUM. Vent. 
1. I. parvijlorum; fruticosum ramosum diffusum, ramis elongatis bifariam puberulis, 
foliis alternis ovatis serratis in petiolum breviter attenuatis, stipulis subulatis petioli vix 
