362 POLYGALEÆ. I. Potyeata. 
peduncles generally 3-flowered, shorter than the leaves; stem 
herbaceous, erect; leaves linear, alternate. ©.S. Native of 
Ceylon. Flowers white. 
Three-flowered Milkwort. PI. 4 foot. 
208 P. prostra‘ra (Willd. spec. 3. p. 896.) flowers beardless ; 
eduncles many-flowered ; stems diffuse, herbaceous; leaves 
anceolate, obtuse. ©. S. Native of the East Indies. Like 
P. glaucoides. Flowers white. 
Prostrate Milkwort. Pl. prostrate. 
209 P. muLTIFLÒRA (Poir. dict. 5. p. 497.) flowers beardless ; 
racemes long, terminal? stems herbaceous, branched, twiggy ; 
leaves linear, few. }).?S. Native of Sierra Leone. Flowers blue ? 
Many-flowered Milkwort. Pl. 4 foot. 
210 P. rHuNBE’rou (D.C. prod. 1. p. 333.) flowers beardless, 
racemose ; leaves ovate, unarmed. h. G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. P. microphylla, Thunb. prod. 121. but not 
of Lin. Flowers purple. 
Thunberg’s Milkwort. Shrub 1 foot. 
211 P. mucrona‘ra (Willd. spec. 3. p. 888.) flowers beard- 
less; racemes terminal? stem shrubby with hairy branches; 
leaves lanceolate, mucronated, downy on the under surface. 
h.S. Native of South America. Flowers purple. 
Mucronate-leaved Milkwort. Shrub 4 foot. 
212 P. myrtitxoipes (Willd. spec. 3. p. 889.) flowers beard- 
less; racemes opposite the leaves ; stem shrubby with procum- 
bent branches ; leaves roundish-ovate, reticulately veined. h .S. 
Native of South America. Flowers white. 
Myrtle-like Milkwort. Shrub 1 foot. 
213 P., Mexica'na (Moe. et Sesse. fl. mex. icon. ined. and 
D.C. prod. 1. p. 333.) flowers beardless, at length drooping ; 
racemes terminal? somewhat spiked; stems simple, erectish ; 
leaves linear, acute. h. G. Native in Mexico. Flowers 
purple ? 
Mexican Milkwort. Shrub 1 foot. 
214 P. winarreroria (Poir. dict. 5. p.495.) flowers almost 
beardless ? racemes terminal? dense, ovate; stem herbaceous, 
round ; leaves linear, upper ones disposed in whorls. 
Flax-weed-leaved Milkwort. 
215 P. uncuicura'ra (Poir. dict. 5. p. 494.) flowers beardless, 
crowded, axillary; petals 2, unguiculate $ calyx 4-sepalled ; 
stem shrubby; leaves ovate, mucronate. h.S. Native of? 
Perhaps a proper genus. 
Unguiculate-petalled Milkwort. Shrub. 
216 P. ramosr’ssima (Cav. annal. cienc. nat. 1801. 4. p. 53.) 
stem herbaceous, much branched; leaves linear ; spikes ter- 
minal ; flowers minute. h .? G. Native in the island of Teneriffe. 
Much-branched Milkwort. PI. 4 foot. 
217 P.? rue‘zans (Lin. mant. 260. exclusive Burm. syn. 2.) 
flowers beardless, solitary; peduncles 1-flowered, axillary ; 
leaves alternate, linear-lanceolate. h.S. Native of Java and 
Japan. Icon. Burm. fl. zeyl. p. 195. t. 85. is truly a species 
of Jonidium. P. théa, Burm. fl. ind. p. 154. is a species of Lep- 
tospérmum, as is seen by the specimens collected by Burman, now 
in the herbarium of M. Benj. Delessert. P. triphylla and P. 
pinnata of Burm. prod. f. cap. p. 20. are leguminous plants. 
Tea-like Milkwort. Shrub. 
Cult. All the species of Polygala are very shewy, therefore 
they deserve to be cultivated in every garden. Those belonging 
to the section Psychdnthus are all natives of the Cape of Good 
Hope, these will thrive well in two thirds peat and one-third 
turfy loam, with a good quantity of sand mixed with it; and to 
have the cuttings proper for putting in, the shoots should be 
topped, they will then push out numerous young ones, which 
should be taken off close to the old branch, when about three 
inches long, and in a growing state, these plant in pots of sand, 
and place bell-glasses over them; the pots must then be 
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II. Satomonra. III. COMESPERMA. 
put into a close frame or the propagation-house, and the 
glasses must be taken off and wiped occasionally. The pe- 
rennial species belonging to other sections thrive best in a sandy 
peat soil; they should be always kept in small pots, and may be 
either increased by seed or dividing the plants. The shrubby 
kinds in the same way as recommended for those belonging to 
Psychénthus. The annual species should be sown about the 
end of March in pots; they also prefer a sandy peat soil and 
heat. Most of them would grow in the open border in warm 
situations. P.chamebixus will grow in the open border. 
II. SALOMO'NIA (in honour of Solomon, King of the He- 
brews, son of David, one of the first botanists, died 975). Lour. 
coch. ed. Willd. p. 18. D. C. prod. 1. p. 333. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Tetrándria. Calyx quinquefid ; seg- 
ments equal. Keel cucullate. Petal 3-lobed, with the lateral 
lobes falcate, intermediate one cucullately saccate, inclosing the 
genitals, not crested. Filaments connate into a membranous sheath 
including the style. Anthers 4, 1-celled, conglutinate around 
the stigma. Style tapering to the base, dilated and compressed 
at the apex; stigma small, obtuse, pruinose. Capsules 2-lobed, 
2-celled, compressed, usually ciliary-serrated ; cells 1-seeded. 
Small Asiatic herbs with alternate broadish leaves and slender 
spike of minute rose-coloured flowers, each flower furnished 
with a cuspidate bractea. 
1 S. Canrone’nsts (Lour. 1. c.) herb glabrous, erect, branched ; 
leaves cordate, acute, on very short footstalks ; wings equal in 
length to the keel; capsules truncate, with crestedly-toothed 
margins. ©.H. Native of China about Canton. S. petiolata, 
D. Don. fl. nep. p. 200. Salménea Cantonénsis, Vahl. enum. 
1. p. 8. 
Canton Salomonia. Fl. July. Pl. 4 foot. 
2 S. EDE'NTULA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 334.) herb glabrous, erect, 
branched ; leaves broad-ovate, mucronate, on very short foot- 
stalks ; capsules with toothless margins. ©. H. Native of 
Nipaul. Perhaps the same as the last. 
Toothless-capsuled Salomonia. Fl. June, July. Pl. 4 foot. 
3 S. optoneirdu1a (D, C. prod. 1. p. 334.) herb glabrous; 
erect, very simple ; leaves oval or elliptical, mucronulate, sessile ; 
wings shorter than the keel ; capsules truncate, with crestedly- 
toothed margins, in a double series. ©.H. Native of Nipaul. 
S. sessilifolia, D. Don, fl. nep. p. 201. Flowers purple. 
Oblong-leaved Salomonia. FI. June, July. Pl. 4 foot. ed 
4 S.? ciria'ra (D. C. prod. 1. p. 334.) stem erect, branched, 
hairy, as well as the peduncles ; leaves lanceolate, obtuse ; Cap- 
sules ciliary-toothed. @.H. Native of the East Indies. Po- 
lygala ciliata, Lin. spec. 991. 
Ciliated-capsuled Salomonia. Pl. 4 foot. , -the 
Cult. These plants will require to be sown in pots int 
month of March, in a mixture of sand, loam and peat, then plac 
in a moderate hot-bed, and in the month of May they may 
planted out in the borders in a sheltered situation. 
IIL. COMESPE/RMA (from KOpe, kome, the hair of the heads 
and oepya, sperma, a seed; in allusion to the tuft of hairs 
the end of the seeds, f. 69. c.). Labill. spec. nov. holl. 2. P 
21. D.C. prod. 1. p. 334. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Octándria. ter 
ciduous ; two inner sepals of the form of wings, three ov s 
ones small. Petals 3-5, united with the tube of the stamen. 
the lower one keel-formed, 3-lobed (f. 69. a.), middle lobe boa 
less, entire, or emarginate, 2 lateral petals scale-formed (e K 
2 superior ones alternating with the superior sepals of the ¢ tee 
Stamens 8, united into a tube, which is cleft in front, free id or 
apex. Anthers bursting by a terminal pore. Fruit rerea 
capsular, 2-celled, spatulate (f. 69. b.), tapering towardąt “Erect 
Seeds with a long tuft of hair at their base (f. 69. ¢): 
Calyx 5-sepalled, de- 
