. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. s ; two, in the irregular flowers,generally fiunished with an appendage or gland attheh* base. Ovary 1 -celled, many-seeded, or rarely1-seeded, with 3 parietal placentae opposite the3 outer sepals ; style single, usually declinate, with an obhque hooded stigma ; ovulesanatropal. Capsule of 3 valves, bearing the placentae in their axis. Seeds 00, or defi-nite, roundish or wmged, often with a tumom* at their base ; embryo straight, erect, inthe axis of fleshy albvunen. The Violet
. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. s ; two, in the irregular flowers,generally fiunished with an appendage or gland attheh* base. Ovary 1 -celled, many-seeded, or rarely1-seeded, with 3 parietal placentae opposite the3 outer sepals ; style single, usually declinate, with an obhque hooded stigma ; ovulesanatropal. Capsule of 3 valves, bearing the placentae in their axis. Seeds 00, or defi-nite, roundish or wmged, often with a tumom* at their base ; embryo straight, erect, inthe axis of fleshy albvunen. The Violetworts are distinctly defijied by theu definite stamens, whose anthers turninwards, and extend theii* connective into a crest; but the uregularity of their flowers. Fig. CCXXX.—CorjTiostylis Hybanthus. 1. a set of stamens, each having the connective lengthenedbeyond the anther, in the form of a scale ; 2. a spurred petal; 3. a transverse section of an ovary, show-ing the three parietal placentae ; 4. a ripe fruit; 6. an embryo. Fig. CCXXXI.—Side view of the flower of Viola tricolor. Fig. CCXXXII.—Its Fig. CCXXXI. ViOLALES.] VIOLACE^. 339 although a very common cucmiistance, is a mere peculiarity of certain genera. RockRoses (Cistaceaj), by some associated with them, are very different in their indefinitestamens, cmled embryo, and orthotropal ovules. So also the Sundews (Droseiacece),another race to which they approach, are far separated by their minute embryo in themidst of profuse albumen, by their numerous styles, circinate leaves, and want of , to which the baccate genei-a of Violetworts, and especially Corynostylis(Calyptrion, DC), which has a twinmg stem, undoubtedly approach, are distuiguishedby a multitude of characters, among the more striking of wliich are theu petals adheringto the tube of the calyx and the long stalk of the ovary. Of the tv/o Sub-ordexs recognised among these plants, Violere chiefly consist of European,Siberian, and
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