761 



■■■-': 



POLYGALA paniculata. 



, Swartz's Milkwort 



- 'I- J 



- « 



^\ ' 



MADELPHIA OCT^NDHU- 



Nat. ard. Fediculares. Jusneu gen. 90. Dto. /. Slamiiia nm d^y- 



nama dua aut plura. 

 PoLTGALEiE. Btimm, iupriwL 8. fol 636J 

 POLYGALA. Suprd vol % foL 150. 



Bw. Orittatm. ' 



P* panicuhtta^ floribus cmtatis, racemts axillaribud long^ssimd pe^uiiculatis, 

 caulibus erectia aupem^ ramosis^ foliis linearibus acutis* Willd. «p. »/, 

 8. 877. r r 



Polygala paniculata. Xtmt. <p. pL ed. 2. 987. Swartz obi, 272. t 6. 

 fer.2. 



Polygala herbacea minor erecta^. foliis liDearibuSf spic^ multiplici tenuioali 



foUosSi; Browne jam. 287. 



Herba annua^ erecta, subsemncialiSf pube minutS glanduUtri pminata, 

 nmis foUomfaitiffantibms cauleque temHimM. Folia nmmeroia, Im^ Jptfraa^ 

 lanceoiato-lmearia, Uneam vix UMam lata. Kacemi erecti, tlpngatit ^pkglH^ 

 laxi mult^ori, pedunculo communi filifarmi,pubescente, pedSe^llis uny^/ru, 

 tbraeteatUfCaptllaeeiStflarel^emcrwiis: fiructiferis reciin»y flonferis «recft^ 

 Vlotes parimH, pufpureo^iUcamteit lined pauh loi^^ CaL JH^CdbtE^ i^- 

 memii$ 3 herbacmJined t^ cinmm$cr^tiM, samiiio bi0d0^ hoHMaUkkkS tttr- 

 UU vice incumbente, ladniis bmceolato-otH^, cowex^, irao ctmfomii hii^n^ 

 cartnam, mbtendertte, lateralibus 2 alaribw, cohratit, corpUam €BquaBMm$, 

 lamceolato^ltmg%$^' erecto-patentibuM. CoR. al^e proportUmatiE (n0C, o6i^ 

 let4Sv.claMdettiMa)f alb^B, oMMj|F<e,oMiifte; «flrii»-am& 

 cmt&para,bfwi,subnmpliei,iuapice^ 



lino-^4mcant€Mf ohUmgm, wmaiim kianie$, labia wublevato opercuHformi, 

 erecbJB, pediceUattB. Stylus brewsimw : stigma productum, craamm, nUro- 

 veni bmatum, glmdulotum, vireMy appendiee acuminato. 



Though the species before us is ^miliar to every Botanist 

 by the eugraying and description in the " Ohservatlones** of 

 Swartz ; and by being one that occurs in all vegetable sys- 

 tems ; it was, nevertheless, a stranger to. our gardens in the 

 living plant, till now Introduced by the Horticultural So- 

 ciety at Chiswick, where the drawing was taken from plants 

 obtmned from seed brought from Jamaica, in the beginning 

 of this year, by Mr. George Don, a collector in the service 

 of the Society. 



The side petals in this species are completely evolved and 

 proportionate to the other petab, as in a genuine pea- 



