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~ VIOLA altaica. 
Tartarian Violet. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
VIOLA. Cal. monophyllus hinc sub petalo supremo fissus, 5-parti- 
tus laciniis basi productis. Peé. 5 inequalia; supremum impar majus, 
basi corniculatum. Anth. coalite apice membranacee, fil. distincta (aut 
monadelpha ?) quorum 2 basi appendiculata in superioris petali corniculum 
irrepentia. St?gma acutum aut urceolatum. Caps. 3-gona 1-loc. poly- 
sperma, 3-valv. valvis medio seminiferis; embryo rectus tenuis subcylin- 
dricus in albumine carnoso centrale. Herbe aut rard frutices; folia 
alterna stipulacea ; pedunculi axillares, \-flori, flore sepé inverso. Jus- 
sleu. gen, 204. 4 ‘ 
V. altaica, caulescens, glabra; foliis crassiusculis, ovatis ovalibusve, 
crenatis ; floribus inyersis, ,undulatis: petalis rotundatis, transverse 
Jatioribus, subreniformibus. - 4 
Perennis, cespitosa brevis. Caules reclinato-assurgentes. Folia carnosula, 
Jirma, glabra, via % partes uncie longa, apice rotundata et petiolo longiora, 
vel nunc in petiolum ipsis longiorem attenuata et acutula. Petioli glabri, tri- 
Hdrissaltisiat Stipule dine erecte, elon, ato-oblonge, sublyrato-incisa 
dentibus subtrinis in utroque latere, apice Bivcites Pedunculi folits duplo 
vel magis altiores, scaposo-erecti, robusti, tetragoni cum sulco in dorso, 
leves, uti calyces livido-virentes, haud multim infra reflecum apicem bracteis 
2 minutis oppositis instructi. Calycis, foliola oblonga pariim attenuata acumine 
obtusulo, margine obsoleté cartilagineo-serrata, ‘posticé truncato-denticulata, 
dentibus apice glandulosis. Cor. Solio plurimiim amplior, stramineo-pallescens, 
orificio longitudinalt faucis labiato-barbata. Petala omnia imbricatione pro- 
Sunda inviceém incimbentia, oblato-rotundata ; supremum (0b resupinationem 
infimum) infra medium lineis pluribus ceruleis pictum, apice retusum, bast 
lamine flavicans, ungue intis barbatum, cornu recto lobos posticos calycinos 
vic exsuperante; lateralia supremo angustiora, infra medium strits paucis 
plumosis ceruleis picta, basi lamine barbata ; infima supremo bis, lateralibus 
ter, fere latiora, rmberbia, unicolora. Stigma wrens, urceolatum. | 
A plant that has passed, very generally in our gardens for 
Viota uniflora, but with scarcely any better claim than 
that of being indigenous in the siberian districts of the 
Tussian empire as well as the other, Uniflora is a linnwan 
species, and stood at first without a synonym, but described 
as having a one-flowered three-leaved stem, cordate dentate 
leaves, with very short petioles and a dwarf peduncle; 
features that would by themselves sufficiently decide the 
difference of the plants. But.Linneus has subsequently in 
the Mantissa adduced for the synonym of his species, a 
VOlpio mame Q 
