366 
unarmed. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Poly- 
gala striata, Thunb. prod. 121. Flowers probably purple. 
Striated Muraltia. Shrub 2 feet. 
37 M.? parvirtora (D.C. prod. 1. p. 337.) leaves setaceous, 
smoothish, minute, stipulate? branches slender ; flowers axillary, 
solitary, sessile. k.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
©? G. Polygala parviflora, Poir. dict. 5. p. 504. 
Small-flowered Muraltia. Shrub 1 foot. 
Cult. Murdltia is a beautiful genus of pretty furze-like shrubs, 
which deserve to be cultivated in every green-house ; they all 
succeed well in a sandy peat soil; and cuttings taken from the 
young branches, and planted in sand, with a bell-glass placed 
over them, will root readily. 
VII. MU’NDIA (from mundus, neat; appearance of plants). 
Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 392. inadn. D.C. prod. 1. p. 337. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Hepto-Octandria. Calyx of 5 sepals, 
glumaceous, permanent, 2 inner sepals wing-formed, 3 outer ones 
small. Petals 3 or 5, scarcely united at the base, but united 
with the tube of the stamens at the base, middle petal cucullate, 
beardless. Stamens 7-8, rather villous, monadelphous at the 
base with the tube cleft in front. Anthers opening by a pore at 
the top. Disk urceolate, girding the base of the ovary. Drupe 
2-celled, and sometimes from abortion only 1-celled, 1-seeded. 
Seeds smooth. Albumen fleshy. Much branched, furze-like 
shrubs ; branches spinose at the apex. Leaves leathery, quite 
entire. Flowers axillary, pedicellate, guarded by 3 unequal 
bracteas. A genus with a calyx almost like that in Murdltia, 
but with a fruit like that of Monnina. 
1 M. spinosa (D. C. prod. 1. p. 338.) branches smooth, spi- 
nescent at the apex, angular ; leaves scattered, spatulate, obtuse, 
rather mucronate ; flowers sessile; keel 1-lobed. h.G. Na- 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Polygala spinésa, Lin. amæn. 
2.p.141. Ulex Capénsis, Lin. spec. 1046. ex Burm. herb. 
Flowers small, white with a red keel. Berry eatable. 
Var.a, latif òlia (D.C. 1. c.) leaves obovate or oval; branches 
short, spinose at the top. 
Var. B, angustifolia (D. C. 1. c.) leaves oblong or lanceolate ; 
branches twiggy. Polygala viminea, Houtt. in herb. Deless. 
Spinose Mundia. Fl. Jan. May. Clt. 1780. Shrub 2 feet. 
2 M. Brazriie’nsis (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 58. t.92.) branches 
spreading, puberulous; leaves lanceolate, acute at the base, 
obtuse at the top, usually emarginate, thin; flowers not 
crested ; wings rhomboid, tapering into the claw, bluntish, equal 
in length with the 3-lobed keel. }.S. Native of Brazil. A spi- 
nose shrub with blue flowers, which at length become yellowish. 
Brazilian Mundia. Fl. Oct. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
Cult. Neat furze-like shrubs, which deserve to be pre- 
served in every collection of greenhouse plants. A sandy peat 
soil suits them best, and young cuttings planted in sand and a 
bell-glass placed over them will root. M. spinòsa often produces 
fruit in England, by which it may be increased in abundance. 
VII. MONNINA (Monnino, Count de Flora Blanca, a 
Spanish promoter of botany.) Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. syst. 1. p. 
169. Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 409. D.C. prod.1. p. 
338. Hebeándra, Bonpl. ges. berl. 1808. p. 40. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Octándria. Flowers resupinate. 
Calyx of 5 deciduous sepals (f. 70. a.); 2 inner sepals wing- 
formed, 3 outer ones ovate, and 2 of these are often united. 
Petals 3-5, connate at the base (f. 70. b.), with the middle one 
concave and often 3-toothed. Stamens 8; filaments hairy, 
rather diadelphous, or united into a tube which is cleft in front ; 
anthers bursting by an oblique chink at the apex. Fruit dru- 
paceous or capsular, cordate or obovate (f. 70. d.), 2-celled, 2- 
seeded, or from abortion 1-celled, 1-seeded (£. 70. c.), inde- 
hiscent, at least in all the Brazilian species, sometimes girded by 
POLYGALEZ. VI. Murattia. 
VII. Muxia. VIII. Mowniya. 
a membranous margin. Seeds smooth or pilose, hanging almost 
from the top of the cell (f. 70. d.). Albumen none or sparing. 
Shrubs or herbs, natives of South America. Leaves of all rather 
large, usually with revolute margins. Flowers usually with a 
white or yellowish corolla, and_ blue calycine wings, disposed in 
compound or simple, terminal or lateral racemes; pedicels 
guarded by 3 bracteas. The greater part of the species are not 
well known. 
Sect. I. Hesea’npra (ee, hebe, hairy, and avep avdpoc, a 
man; in allusion to the stamens being hairy). D. C. prod. 1: 
p. 338. Drupes without a winged margin. 
* Racemes compound. 
1 M. porysta'cuyra (Ruiz et Pav. l. c.) shrubby; leaves 
ovate, acutish ; panicles and branchlets villous. R. G. Na- 
tive of the Andes of Peru in thickets, especially at Pillao, where 
it is called Yalhoi. Flowers yellowish. . The whole plant, more 
especially the root, is very bitter and saponaceous, hence very 
useful in medicine. It is said to have the same properties as 
Poljgala Sénega, and is particularly used in dysentery. Ruiz, 
diss. madr. 1805. icon. 
Many-spiked Monnina. Fl. May. Shrub Sor 5 feet. 
2 M. LIGUSTRIFÒLIA (Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 417.) leaves 
oblong-lanceolate, acute, tapering to the base, reticulately veined, 
membranous; branchlets and panicles pubescent; racemes 1 
threes. h.S. Native of Quito in warm places near Ayavaca. 
Flowers yellowish but with blue wings. 
Privet-leaved Monnina. Fl. May. Shrub 2 to 6 feet. 
3 M. tarivdot1a (Bonpl. ges. berl. 1808. p. 40. under the 
name of Hebedndra) herbaceous; leaves obovate-oblong, acu- 
minated, under surface pubescent ; branches furrowed ; racemes 
panicled. %. S. Native of New Granada on Mount Quindiu. 
Broad-leaved Monnina. PI. 1 foot. 
4 M. parvirtora (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer, 5. p-419.) - 
leaves ovate-oblong, tapering to the base, lessened toward the 
apex, under surface pubescent, reticulately veined, membrana- 
ceous; branches terete, soft, hairy; racemes panicled, some- 
what corymbose. h. G. Native of New Granada on Mount 
Quindiu. Hebeándra parviflòra, Bonpl. ges. berl. 1808. p. 40. 
Flowers white, but with blue wings. 
Small-flowered Monnina. Fl. Sept. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. ie 
5 M. rasrieia‘ra (Bonpl. ges. berl. 1808. p. 40. under ; e 
beándra) leaves oblong, acuminated at both ends, under oN oe 
soft, pubescent ; racemes compound. k. G. Native of P e i 
Granada on Mount Quindiu. Perhaps sufficiently distinet sro” 
M. parviflora. 
Fastigiate-branched Monnina. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. let 
6 M. puse’scens (H. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 6. p- 4! rds 
505.) leaves oblong, acute, somewhat mucronate, tapering towa u- 
the base, reticulately-veined, membranaceous, upper surface pe 
berulous, under surface as well as branchlets hairy-pubescen i 
racemes solitary and in threes. h.S. Native of pam 
Hebeándra pubéscens, Bonpl. ges. berl. 1808. p. 40. ° 
with blue wings. 
Pubescent Monnina. Fl. Feb. Shrub 3 feet. 419.) 
7 M. prtosa (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. P ous, 
leaves oblong, acuminated, reticulately veined, membran ly 
upper surface puberulous, under surface hairy, but espi 
the nerves and veins ; racemes many, disposed in a corym blue. 
bundle. h. S. Native of Quito near Ayavaca. Flowers 
Hairy-veined Monnina. Fl. Aug. Shrub 6 feet. - leaves 
8 M. æ'stuans (D. C. prod. 1. p. 338.) shrubby ; ý u- 
lanceolate, stalked, and are as well as branches somew ee of 
bescent; racemes branched, puberulous. R. S. _ wers 
New Granada. Polygala æ'stuans, Lin. suppl. 315. o 
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