They  were  once  esteemed  efficacious  in  the  cm-e  of  cutaneous  disordei's,  and  are  still
employed  m  Italy  in  tmea  capitis.  Viola  ovata  is  said  to  be  a  i-emedy  for  the  bite  of  the
rattlesnake.
GENERA.
I.— Violet.
Viola,  Linn.
Erpetion,  DC.
Mnemion,  Spach.
Cittaroniiim,  Rchb.
Hybanthus,  Jacq.
Solea,  Spreng.
Pigea,  DC.
Jonidium,  Vent.
Pombalia,  Vand.
Noisettia,  Kunth.
Bigclovia,  DC.
Violceoides,  Michx.
Anchietea,  St.  Hil.
Noisettia,     Mart,     et
Zucc.
Schweiggeria,  Spreng.
Glossarrhen,  Mart,  et
Zucc.
CorjTiostylis,    Mart,     et
Zucc.
Calyptrion,  Ging.
AmphiiThox,  Spreng.
Amphirrhoge ,  Rchb.
Spathularia,  St.  Hil.
BracUeia,  Fl.  Flum.
II. — Alsode^.
Alsodeia,  Thonars.
Alsodea,  Mart,  et  Zucc.
Conohoria,  Kunth,
Dripax,  Noronh,
Physiphora,  Soland.
Conohoria,  Aubl.
Riana,  Aubl,

Passoura,  Aubl.
lUnorea,  Aubl.
Cer  anther  a,  Palis.
Passalia,  Soland.
?  Prosthesia,  Blum.
Tetrathylacium,  Piipp.
Pentaloba,  Lour.
9  Varcca,  Roxb.
Hymenanthera,  R.  Br.
Numbers.  Gen.  11.    Sp.  300.
DroseracecB.
Position. — Passifloracese. — Violace^. — Fi*ankeniaceoe.
Cistacece.
z  2


340


FRANKENIACE^.
[HVPOGYNOUS  EXOGENS.
Order  CXVII.     FRANKENIACE^.— Frankexniads.
Frankeniaceee.  Ang.  de  St.  Hilaire,  Mt>m.  Plac.  Cenir.  39.  (1815) ;  DC.  Prodr.  1.  349;  Fndl.  Gen.  cxcii.;

Meismr,  Gen.  22.
Diagnosis. —  Violal  Exogens,  with  polypetalovs  flowers,  a  tubular  furrowed  calyx,  and
hypogynous  unguiculate  petals.
