Curtis Botanical Magazine Plate 791 - Viola cornuta (Horned-Violet) | Original Hand-Colored Print

Original hand-colored antique botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine - Plate 791, Viola cornuta (Horned-Violet).

• Plate: 791
• Latin name: Viola cornuta
• Common name: Horned-Violet
• Native region: Spain and Mount Atlas, near Belide, in Algiers
• Flowering: summer
• Linnaean class / order: Pentandria / Monogynia
• Medium: Original hand-colored engraving (physical print, not a reproduction)

Original Curtis text
Transcribed from the plate's accompanying description page:

[ 791 ]

VIOLA CORNUTA. HORNED-VIOLET.

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Class and Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. SYNGENESIA MONOGAMIA. Linn.

Generic Character.
Cal. 5-phyllus. Cor. 5-petala, irregularis, postice cornuta. Caps. supera, 3-valvis, 1-locularis.

Specific Character and Synonyms.
VIOLA cornuta; caule adscendente trigono, foliis cordatis crenatis nectaris fubulatis calyce longioribus, petalo supremo fubacuminato. Solandt. Mifs. VIOLA cornuta; caule elongato, foliis ovatis subcordatis margine ciliatis, stipulis oblongis pinnatifidis, nectariis fubulatis corolla longioribus. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. 1170. VIOLA caule elongato, foliis oblongo-ovatis, stipulis pinnatifidis, nectariis fubulatis corolla longioribus. Syft. Veg. ed. 13. p. 669. ed. 14. p. 803. Hort. Kew. 3. p. 292. VIOLA cornuta. Desfont. Atl. 2. p. 318. VIOLA pyrenaica longius caudata teucrii folio. Tourn. Inft. 421. Raii Hift. 3. p. 510. VIOLA foliis cordato-lanceolatis, serratis, stipulis lanceolatis acute dentatis. Hall. Helv. n. 570.

The VIOLA cornuta is a native of Spain, and of Mount Atlas, near Belide, in Algiers. Introduced to the Royal Garden at Kew, in 1776, by Dr. ORTEGA; and being a hardy herbaceous perennial, easily propagated by its creeping roots, is now become very common in our gardens, of which it is no despicable ornament, producing a profusion of bloom during the greatest part of the summer. Will thrive without care in almost any soil or situation. We do not know that any figure has ever been published of this species, there is indeed a good engraving of it in the large collection known by the title

This print comes from our Curtis archive (via the Royal Horticultural Society and Wheldon & Wesley). Sold as an original historic plate - please review photos for condition.