POLYGALEZ. 
or scandent shrubs, rarely herbs. Bracteas 2 or 3 at the base of the 
flowers. Flowers small, disposed in compound panicles or sim- 
ple racemes. 
1 C. retusa (Labill. 1. c. t. 160.) shrub glabrous, erect ; 
leaves oblong, obtuse ; racemes contracted ; middle lobe of corolla 
entire. h. G. Native of Van Diemen’s Land. Flowers purple. 
Retuse-leaved Comesperma. Fl. May, Aug. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 
2 C. srcu’npa (Banks’ herb. and D.C. prod. 1. p. 334.) 
shrub pubescent, erect; leaves ovate, mucronate; racemes 
secund. h.G. Native of New Holland near Endeavour river. 
Flowers purple. , 
Stde-flowering Comesperma. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
3 C. corrpirét1a (Cuning. in Fields’ trav. p. 337.) this species 
is nearly allied to C. conférta of Lab. but it is not described in 
the above work. h. G. Native of New Holland on the Blue 
Mountains. Flowers purple. 
Coris-leaved Comesperma. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
4 C. conre’rta (Labill. specim. FIG. 69. 
nov. holl. 2. t. 161.) shrub erect, 
glabrous; leaves linear, crowded, & ay 
erect, with revolute margins; racemes Y4 
contracted; middle lobe of corolla 
emarginated. h. G. Native of 
Van Diemen’s Land. Leaves 7-8 
lines long. Flowers purple. (f. 69.) 
i Cronded-leaved Comesperma. Sh. 
oot. 
5 C. ericina (D. C. prod. 1 p / W 
eb. . i. pp N NY 
334.) shrub glabrous, erect ; leaves NY; £ y 
linear, with somewhat revolute mar- NY A 
gins, obliquely erect ; racemes rather 
lax; middle lobe of corolla en- 
tire. h.G. Native on the eastern 
coast of New Holland. Leaves 3 or 
4 lines long. Flowers purple. 
5 qieath-like Comesperma. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1822. Shrub 
* leet. 
6 C. rra va (D. C. prod. 1. p. 334.) shrub glabrous, erect ; 
leaves linear, flat, erect; racemes contracted; middle lobe of 
corolla entire. h.G. Native on the eastern coast of New 
Holland. Flowers yellow. 
Yellow-flowered Comesperma, Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
7 C. CALYME`GA (Labill. specim. nov. holl. 2. t. 162.) herb 
glabrous, erect; leaves lanceolate ; wings or two inner sepals 
scarcely exceeding in length the rest of the sepals ; middle lobe 
of lower petal entire. %. G. Native of Van Diemen’s Land. 
C. isocalyx, Spreng. syst. 3. p. 172. Flowers purple. 
Large-calyxed Comesperma. Pl. 1 foot. 
8 C. nupw’scura (D. C. prod. 1. p. 334.) shrub glabrous, 
erect, twiggy ; leaves linear, rather setaceous, acute, upper ones 
very small; racemes rather lax; wings hardly exceeding in 
length the rest of the sepals. h. G. Native of New Holland 
at King George’s Sound. Flowers purple. ; 
Nakedish Comesperma. Shrub 14 foot. 
9 C. virgata (Labill. specim. nov. holl. 2. t. 159.) shrub 
glabrous, erect, twiggy ; leaves lanceolate-linear, bluntly acumi- 
nated ; racemes elongated ; middle lobe of corolla emarginate. 
2.G.. Native of New Holland. Flowers purple. 
T miggy Comesperma. Shrub 3 feet. 
10 C. votv’sitis (Labill. 1. c. t. 163.) herb glabrous, twining ; 
leaves very few, lanceolate ; racemes contracted ; middle lobe of 
corolla toothed. %. u G. Native of Van Diemen’s Land. 
Owers purple. 
nining-stemmed . 
T A ed Comesperma 
shrubby ; 
Pl. twining. 
UNTHIA`NA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 54. t. 90.) stem 
branches spreading, tomentose ; leaves lanceolate or 
IlI. COMESPERMA. 
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IV. BADIERA. 
roundish, acute or very obtuse, and as if they were emargiħate, 
sometimes mucronulated, pubescent on both surfaces ; panicle 
somewhat pyramidal, dense, leafy at the base; wings orbicular, 
ciliated. h. S. Native of Brazil in the province of Minas 
Geraes. Flowers whitish. 
Kunth’s Comesperma. Fl. April. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
12 C. FLORIBUNDA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 55. t. 91.) stem 
shrubby, scandent ; branches thick, angular at the top ; leaves ob- 
long, obtuse at the base, acuminate at the apex, smooth above and 
puberulous below; panicle composed of bundles of flowers, 
rather leafy; wings obovate, hardly emarginate, puberulous in 
the middle. k.S. Native of Brazil in the province of Minas 
Geraes. Flowers whitish or yellowish. 
Bundle-flowered Comesperma. Fl. March. Shrub 3 to 7 ft. 
13 C. rauriroria (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 56.) stem shrubby, 
erect; branches angular at the apex, tomentose; leaves 
elliptical, lanceolate, with a short acumen, smooth above, and 
tomentosely-pubescent below ; panicle very loose; wings ovate- 
orbicular, ciliated at the base. h.S. Native of Brazil in the 
province of Minas Geraes. Flowers greenish-white. 
Laurel-leaved Comesperma, Fl. Feb. Shrub 5 feet. 
Cult. The species of the genus Comespérma thrive best in a 
mixture of sandy-loam and peat; and young cuttings will root 
freely if planted in sand under a bell-glass, those of the stove 
species in heat. ‘They are all worthy of cultivation. 
1V. BADIE‘RA (M. Badier, a French botanist, and friend 
of De Candolle’s.) D. C. prod. 1. p. 334.—Penz‘a, Plum. gen. 
p. 22. t. 25. but not of Lin. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Octéndria. Calyx 5-sepalled, de- 
ciduous ; sepals almost equal in size and length. Three lower 
petals somewhat joined at the base ; middle one of these concave, 
beardless. Stamens 8, monadelphous. Capsules compressed, 
obcordate, 2-celled, with furrowed margins. Seeds glabrous, 
with a large oily arillus, filling the cell from above. American 
shrubs. 
1 B. piversiroxia (D. C. prod. 1. p. 334.) racemes short, 
axillary; leaves oval, oblong, acuminated at both ends. h.S. 
Native of Jamaica in woods. Polygala diversifolia, Lin. amoen. 
2. p. 140.—Browne, jam. t. 5. f. 3 and 4,—Sloan. jam. 141. 
hist. 2. p. $2. t. 170. f. 2. Flowers greenish-white. 
This shrub is called in Jamaica Bastard Lignum-Vite, because 
it tastes not unlike the gum of that wood, and is sometimes used 
for the same purposes. 
Variable-leaved Badiera. Shrub 8 feet. 
2 B. Domince’ysts (D. C. prod. 1. p. 335.) racemes axillary, 
very long, pubescent ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse. h. S. 
Native of the mountains in St. Domingo. Polygala Domin- 
génsis, Jacq. amer. ed. min. 252. B. Berteriana, Spreng. syst. 
3.p. 172. Flowers greenish-yellow. 
St. Domingo Badiera. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. ; 
3 B. Peyz'a (D. C. prod. 1. p. 185.) flowers solitary, axil- 
lary, on peduncles ; leaves obovate, obtuse. h. S. Native of 
South America. Polygala Pene'a, Lin, amoen. 2. p. 140. 
Plum. ed. Burm. t. 214. f. 1. Flowers probably yellowish. 
Pena’s Badiera. Shrub 3 to 8 feet. 
4 B. acumina‘ra (D. C. prod. 1. p. 335.) racemes lateral, 
opposite the leaves; leaves oblong, acuminated, shorter than 
the racemes. h.S. Native of New Spain. Polygała acumi- 
nata, Willd. spec. 2. p. 887. Very like B. diversifolia, accord- 
ing to Willdenow. Flowers greenish-yellow. 
Acuminated-leaved Badiera. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 
5 B. prvarica‘ta (D. C. prod. 1. p. 335.) racemes axillary, 
panicled, velvety ; leaves oval-oblong, glabrous ; wings obovate. 
h. S. Native of Para in Brazil. Perhaps belonging to this 
genus. 
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