SWEET VIOLET.
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a,1( l Sii °-f r ^ an y is prepared by digesting siij. of bruised rhatany root,^yroot* 0 ' 1 au .^ e l )e °i i“ Oj- of proof spirit/ Sometimes jss. of serpen-stom.,.,,. a,l< ‘ $)• of saffron are added. It is an efficacious astringent and
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^strin„ aC 5 rate f° r f° ur hours in a lightly covered vessel, and strain).
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Dkder 75. Yiola'cE/E, Lindley. —The Violet Tribe.
Violarie*. Decandolle.
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elong a , y HARA CTER.— Sepals five, persistent, with an imbricate aestivation, usually&nd with 81 b ase - Petals tire, hypogynous, equal or unequal, usually w ithering,occa s j () n °bhquely convolute mstivation. Stamens five, alternate with the petals,hil°cul a 3 k opposite them, inserted on a hypogynous disk, often unequal ; anthersovary. (,y ,urs ting inwards, either separate or cohering, and lying close upon thegejjerall * a / nen ( s dilated, elongated beyond the anthers ; two, in the regular flowers,y.furnished with an appendage or gls ’ nn^.eelled.
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Ulanv-se^ j u r nis “ etA With an appendage or g land at their base. Ovary onc-celled,
° ute fse ee< ] ’ ° r rar . eI y one-seeded, with three parietal plaeentte opposite the threeof direj* s tyl e single, usually declinate, with an oblique hooded stigma. Capsuletheir ba Ta ves t hearing the placenta; in their axis. Seeds often with a tumor at°r sfir«j Se ’ em h r y» straight, erect, in the axis of fleshy albumen. — Herbaceous plantsp*n inv 0 f’ leaves simple, usually alternate, sometimes opposite, stipulate, entire, withJ r oper t , Ute vernation. Inflorescence various.
Es> ' Roots more or less emetic.
Viola odor a't a, Linn. E.D.— The Sweet Violet .
Sex. Syst. Pentandria, Mono^ynia.
*be qJ° Ry ' According to Dr. Sibtborp [Prod. FI. Greec. i. 147) this isft’a.s **’ * 0 P<t''jpdei> (purple violet) of Dioscorides (lilt. iv. cap. 122). It
IW^yed iu medicine by Hippocrates .flag eg Gen. Char. — Sepals live, unequal, prolonged into appen-
c al Cara t t base. Corolla unequal, two-lipped, of five petals, the lowere ' Capsule bursting with elasticity, many-seeded, three-valved.
Sp ^ Ce °us plants [Lindley).
Y'atel Stigma uncinate, naked. Leaves rounded-cordate. Sepals
" c? ™ , ~ blunt. Capsule turgid, hairy. Seeds tur-
^fftate 0 k* use - Spur very blunt. Capsule turgid, hairy
•Perej? •’ Runners flagelliform (D. C.)lilac. n ta ^\ Flowers fragrant, deep purple, often white, occasionally
~ ——iftio nf the scape.
'«««. e lowers iragia.ni,
lj 4s Janets inserted above the middle of the scape.
^ c ° unt - Indigenous. Flowers in March and April. Cultivated on
L Esc 0 odour and colour of the flowers.
/Viatel P1 v ! OX -'—Violets (flores viola odoratat) should be gathered im-Dfeir d e p are expanded, as they subsequently become purplish.o , fghtfifl fragrance is well known. The root of the violet (radix
bas been used in medicine.
■Ho) j e ’ SriI0N -—In 1822, Pagenstecher (Gmelin, Handb. d. Chem. ii.^°r 0us CC * e, l fbe following substances in an infusion of the flowers:—Pi mciple , blue colouring matter, sugar both crystallizable and