ete 
-POLYGALA oppofitifolia, foribis: tae racemofis, caule . 
3 flalks, which rife to a confiderable -heigt ts 
PotycaLa OppositiroLia. OpposiTE- 
Leav’p Mitx-Wort. 
— Sats Saban PERE TS EIE SE 
. te ‘Clafands Oren 
A : oa 
ee : : <<.” + : Cae 
DIAapeLPHia OcTANDRIAs 
eS mr 
= ae 
ae 
- Generie: ureter: 
, é 
Cal. 5- -phyllus : foliolis duiobes aleformibus coloratis. Legumen 
obcordatum, biloculare. — : 
Specific Charaéer and Synonym. 
fruticofo pubefcente,  foliis oppofitis | cordatis 
acutis feffilibus. . 
‘POLYGALA oppofitifolia florist ca ftatis, caule frvicelae 
- foliis oppofitis atc s. Linn. Mant. 759 
fpecies with fhidbby 
; fuch is the prefent 
plant, which has within thefe few years made its appeatance | in 
the greenhoufes about town, and is to be admired for its rarity 
and fingularity, rather than for its fuperior beauty ; in that 
refpeét it is far eclipfed by the brafeolata, 
The Stalk rifes to the height of feveral feet, branching t 
wards the top in a very irregular manner ; is round, down 
and of a purple colour ; the Leaves are oppofite, feffile, heart-— 
fhaped, pointed, more or lefs hairy, on the old ftems- turned 
downwards ; the Flowers grow in racemes for the moft part, from 
the fork of the ftalk, are about the fize of thofe of the brad 
- lata, but lefs brilliant : each Peduncle is furnifhed at its bafe 
_ with a triphyllous braétea; the Stamens are eight i in numbe 
and the Stigma is remarkably hooked. 
It is a native of the Cape, and ulually | increafed by 
Of this numerous genus there are Fe Many | 
