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ERPETION reniforme.
Kidney-leaved Spur less Violet.
Natural Order. Violarieæ. D C . p ro d r .l. p . 287.
Tribus I. VioLEJE. Petala inter se inæqualia ; sepala 3 ex-
teriora sæpiùs latiora, et 2 interiora. Pericarpia dehiscentia,
loculicida, nempè suturæ valvarum cum placentâ alternantes et
ideò valvæ medio placentiferæ dictæ. Stamina petalis alterna;
filamenta dilatata, ultrà antlieras producta, libera (approximata
aut coarctata) vel rarò coalita ; loculi antherarum tardiùs bivalves.
D C. p ro d r .l. p .28S.
E R P E T IO N . Calycis sepala inæqualia, omnia plus minus
deorsùm in appendices auriculæformes producta, post anthesin
reflexa. Petala inæqualia, æstivatione convolutivâ ; inferius
basi concavum in calcar non productum. Stamina 5 approximata
aut coarctata (nec coalita) ad apicem dentium tori pentagoni
inserta. Filamenta basi dilatata oblonga, antberas demis-
sius gerentia, lobi antherarum distinctis basi subdivergentes,
stamina 2 anteriora dorso appendices subulatas nectariferas in
calcar intrantes gerentia. Ovarium superum. Stigma incon-
spicua. Capsula trigona, 3-valvis, polysperma valvulæ elasticæ
post maturationem contractæ semina ejicientes. Semina hori-
zontalia, manifesté carunculata, ovoidea et nitida.
E. reniforme, caulis tronco abbreviato stolonifero, foliis glabris
subfasciculato-confertis reniformibus subrotundisve repando-
dentatis punctatis, stipulis lineari-subiilatis acuminatis, sepalis
lanceolatis vix productis, petalis reflexis infero subtùs gibboso
ampliato.
Erpetion cymbalariæ. D C . Mss. in Herb. Lamb.
Viola reniformis. Brown inedit, ex D C. prodr. 1. p . 305.
Viola? hederacea j3 elatines. D C . prodr. 1. p. 305.
Perennial, stoloniferous, stems very short or scarcely
any, fleshy, numerous, crowded. Leaves crowded in
fascicles, roundish kidney shaped, repandly dentate
with vei’y small blunt teeth, smooth and glossy, attenuated
at the base and running a short Avay down the
petioles, conspicuously nerved underneath, nerves several
and branched, dotted with innumerable minute dots
on both sides. Petioles very variable in length, according
to the situation in which the plant is grown, from
1 to 4 inches, slightly winged on each side, and raised in
the middle on theupper side,underneath rounded,smooth
or slightly pubescent when examined Avitb a lens. Stipules
linearly subulate, broadest at the base and tapering to
a tine slender point, rather succulent, not membrana-
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