POLYGALE. 
longer than the keel. 
Benevente. Flowers white, tinged with purple. 
Great-leaved Milkwort. Fl. Oct. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
190 P. rivinzroria (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 409. t. 512.) 
stems herbaceous, rather simple, pubescent ; leaves ovate, much 
acuminated, puberulous on both surfaces, ciliated ; racemes spike- 
formed, terminal, many-flowered. 2%. S. Native of Mexico 
near Ario. Flowers violet. Capsules  elliptically-orbicular, 
emarginated, glabrous, ciliated. 
Rivina-leaved Milkwort. PI. 4 to 2 feet. 
191 P. ovaniror1a (D. C. prod. 1. p. 331.) stems round, 
somewhat velvety ; leaves oval, on short footstalks; racemes 7- 
8-flowered ; wings of calyx obovate ; capsules oval, pubescent. 
h. S. Native of New Spain. Flowers white, tinged with 
purple ? 
Oval-leaved Milkwort. Pl. 1 foot. 
192 P. nepe’crapa (D. C. prod. 1. p. 331.) stems shrubby, 
a little branched, erect, rather villous; leaves linear, obtuse or 
acute, pubescent; racemes elongated, loose; wings of flower 
obovate, very obtuse ; capsules oblong, glabrous. h.S. Native 
of Brazil in the province of Minas Geraes. Flowers pale- 
violet. Perhaps the same as the following. 
Hairy-branched Milkwort. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
193 P. Brizoipes (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 44. t. 88.) stem her- 
baceous, erect, simple, pubescent, rather naked below ; leaves 
linear, acute, upper ones longest, approximate ; racemes extra- 
axillary, rather narrow, few-flowered ; flowers pendulous ; wings 
wedge-shaped, obliquely truncate, equal in length with the keel ; 
seeds oblong, very villous. ©. S. Native of Brazil in the 
province of Rio Janeiro. Flowers greenish, tinged with purple. 
Briza-like Milkwort. Fl. Sept. . Pl. 3 foot. 
_ 194 P. Pontia'na (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 45.) stem suffru- 
ticose, hairy; leaves oblong-ovate, rather acute, pilose, ciliated ; 
racemes loose, few-flowered ; wings cuneated, obliquely trun- 
cate, longer than the keel; seeds oblong, very villous. h.s. 
Native of Brazil in mountain pastures in the province of Minas 
Geraes. Flowers purple. 
Pohl’s Milkwort. Fl. March. Shrub } foot. 
195 P. uinsvu‘ra (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 45.) stem suffruticose, 
hairy; leaves lanceolate-ovate, acuminated, ciliated; racemes 
loose, few-flowered ; flowers pendulous; wings orbicularly- 
wedge-shaped, very obtuse, longer than the keel; seeds oblong, 
very villous. .S. Native of Brazil in the province of Minas 
Geraes, Flowers pale-purple. 
Hairy Milkwort. Fl. Sept. Shrub 4 foot. 
196 P. suxiréria (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 407.) stems 
branched, diffuse; branches hairy-pubescent ; leaves oblong- 
elliptical, rounded at the top and somewhat emarginated, with re- 
volute margins ; racemes few-flowered, terminal as well as lateral. 
h.S. Native of Mexico near Santa Rosa. Flowers white. 
Box-leaved Milkwort. Fl. Sept. Shrub 1 foot. 
197 P. cranpuròsa (H. B. et Kunth, 1l. c. p. 404. t. 510.) 
stems much branched, procumbent, covered with glandular dots; 
eaves obovately-wedge-shaped, mucronated, without nerves, 
somewhat puberulous, covered with pellucid dots; flowers on 
pedicels, generally solitary, extra-axillary or opposite the leaves. 
2+ S. Native of New Spain. Seeds covered with retrograde 
pubescence. Viola punctata, Willd. ex Schlecht. in Roem. et 
Schult. syst. 5. p. 391. Flowers white. 
Glandular-dotted-stemmed Milkwort. Shrub procumbent. 
a P. rripny’tia (Hamilt. mss. in D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p- 
0.) wings of calyx obovate ; lateral lobes of petal falcate, truncate 
me bidentate at the top; leaves ovate, acute, glabrous, finely 
ete’: stalked; stem trichotomous at the apex ; branches 
-leaved. ©. H. Native of Nipaul at Narainhetty. Flowers 
small, yellow, not crested. 
VOL. I.—PART. IV. 
h. S. Native of Brazil near the town of 
361 
I. Potyeata. 
Three-leaved Milkwort. Fl. July. Pl. 4 foot. 
Secr. VII. Cuamzsu’xus (from yapat, chamai, on the 
ground, and (uw, buxo, the box-tree, that is to say dwarf box- 
tree; resemblance in P. chamebixus.) Dill. nov. gen. t. 9. 
D. C. prod. 1. p. 331. Lower sepal of calyx concave-hollow, 
embracing a gland on the inside at the base. Keel slightly crested 
or callous at the tip. Flowers few, large. Herbs or subshrubs. 
199 P. pavciròria (Willd. spec. 3. p. 880.) stems very sim- 
ple, erect, naked below ; leaves ovate; flowers in threes, termi- 
nal; keel of flower crested. Y%.H. Native in sphagnous bogs 
and swamps; principally on the mountains from Pennsylvania 
to Virginia. P. purpurea, Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 244. 
but not of Nutt. Triclispérma grandiflora, Raf. specch. 1. p. 
117. Flowers larger than in any other American species, of a 
fine purplish colour. 
Fen-leaved Milkwort. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1812. Pl. 4 ft. 
200 P. unrrLora (Michx. fi. bor. amer. 2. p. 58.) stem as- 
cending, almost simple; leaves oval, acute ; flowers solitary, 
pedicelled, scattered ; keel of flower beardless. Y. H. Native 
on the banks of Lake Ontario on the confines of Canada. 
Flowers nodding, perhaps pale purple. 
One-flowered Milkwort. Pl. } foot. 
201 P. cuamasu’xus (Lin. spec. 989.) stems suffruticose, 
branched, procumbent; leaves oblong-lanceolate, mucronated ; 
racemes 1-2-flowered; keel of flower crested. kh.H. Native 
of mountain woods in many parts of Europe, particularly Ger- 
many, Austria, and Switzerland. Jacq. fl. aust. t. 233. Sims, 
bot. mag. t. 316. Flowers yellowish, tipped with purple. 
Dwarf-box or Box-leaved Milkwort. Fl. May, July. 
1658. Procumbent shrub 4 to 4 foot. 
202 P. venuxosa (Juss. in Poir. dict. 5. p. 493.) stem shrubby ; 
leaves stalked, obovate, acuminated, large ; flowers racemose ; 
keel of flower crested. h.S. Native of Java. 
Veiny-flowered Milkwort. Shrub. 
203 P. oxypuy’txa (D. C. prod. 1. p. 331.) stem shrubby ; 
leaves oblong, very much pointed; flowers in short racemes ; 
keel of flower beardless; wings orbicular. kh. S. Native of 
Brazil. 
Sharp-leaved Milkwort. Shrub 1 foot. 
204 P. specta’Bitis (D. C. prod. 1. p. 331.) stem shrubby; 
leaves oval-oblong, acuminated, tapering to the base, upper ones 
generally opposite ; flowers disposed in long racemes ; keel of 
flower beardless ; wings orbicular. .S. Native of Para in 
South America. 
Remarkable Milkwort. Shrub 1 foot. 
205 P. Curne’nsis (Lin. spec. 989.) stem suffruticose, pros- 
trate; leaves oval, obtuse ; flowers in short racemes ; keel of 
flower beardless; wings obovate. k. G. Native of China. 
Flowers probably purple. 
China Milkwort. Shrub decumbent. 
Cit. 
Secr. VIII. Bracny'rroris (from Bpayıc, brachys, short, 
rporıç, tropis, a keel; in allusion to the keel being much shorter 
than the wings). D.C. prod. 1. p. 332. Keel of corolla beard- 
less, much shorter than the wings of the calyx. Perhaps a 
proper genus allied to Comespérma. 
206 P. micropny’txa (Lin. spec. 989.) stems shrubby, twiggy ; 
leaves very minute; elliptical ; racemes axillary, sessile, 8-10- 
flowered. h.F. Native of Portugal in bushy places. Flowers 
blue? P. juniperina, Cav. annal. cienc. nat. 1801. 4, p.53.? 
Small-leaved Milkwort. Fl. June, July. Shrub 14 foot. 
+ Doubtful species. 
to Section VI. SE'NEGA. 
The most of them will probably belong 
Keel of flower beardless. 
207 P. rrirtora (Lin, fl. zeyl. 269.) flowers beardless ; 
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