( 3616 ) 
POLYGALA MYRTIFOLIA: var. grandiflora. Myrrie- 
LEAVED Mixx-worr: large-flowered var. 
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Class and Order. 
——- | DiapetpHia OctTanpRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Potyeatez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calycis sepala persistentia, 2 interiora aleformia. Petala 
3—5, tubo stamineo connexa, inferiore carineformi (forsan 
e duobus coalitis constante). Capsula compressa, elliptica, 
obovata aut obcordata. Semina pubescentia, hilo caruncu- 
lata, coma destituta. D C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Potyeata myrtifolia; foliis obovatis oblongisve submu- 
cronatis, ramulis pubescentibus, bracteis persistentibus 
equalibus, pedicellis flore brevioribus. 
Potyeata myrtifolia. Linn. Am. v. 2. p. 138. Ait. Hort. 
| Kew. ed. 2. v. 4. p. 244. Ker, Bot. Reg. t. 669. De 
Cand. Prodr. 2. 1. p. 322. Spreng. Syst. Veg. v. 3. 
p. 163. 
Potyeaxa frutescens, foliis oblongis glabris, flore purpureo. 
Burm. Afr. p. 200. t. 73. f. 1. : 
(8.) grandiflora ; floribus majoribus magisque coloratis. 
(Tab. nostr. 3616.) 
Potyeata grandiflora. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1227. Ekl. et 
Seyh, Enum. Pl. Afr. Austr. Extratrop. p. 19. 
_ The Glasgow Botanic Garden is indebted for the posses- 
sion of this handsome shrub to the Royal Gardens of Kew, 
where it was received from Southern Africa. It came under 
the name of P. grandiflora, and is first published as a spe- 
cies distinct from myrtifolia by Mr. Loppiers in the place 
above quoted. The species is retained by Be and 
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