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PotycALa ALopecurorpEs. Fox-Tai. 
~~ Mitx-Wort. . 
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Cla/s and Order. 
DIADELPHIA OcTANDRIA. 
Generic Charader. 
Cal. s-phyllus: foliolis 2 alaformibus, coloratis. Legum. ob-— 
cordatum, 2-loculare. ; 
Specific Charader and Synonyms. 
POLYGALA alopecuroides ; floribus imberbibus, pedunculis- 
folitariis axillaribus, foliis fafciculatis lanceo-— 
latis mucronatis villofis. Thunb. Prod. 121- 
POLYGALA alopecuroides ; floribus imberbibus feffilibus, 
foliis confertis ovatis acutis carinatis pilolis. 
Linn. Mant. 260. hk. 
POLYGALA alopecuroides. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 890 Reich. 
3- 388. Mart. Mill. Did. nu. 27. Bot. Repyfr 
i. 371. . : 
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Prior to his fixth edition of the Genera Plantarum, L1- 
naus had eftablifhed a genus, under the name of He1sTERIAy 
of which he at that time was acquainted with one {pecies only 
(No. 340 of this work). Had he known that there were feveral 
others which have great affinity with this, and are equally 4 
tinguifhed from the other fpecies of Polygala, by the form° 
the calyx and corolla, as well as habit, he would probably have 
continued Heifteria as a diftin& genus, with which in that © 
our prefent plant muft have been arranged. a 
In its bloffoms it is very fimilar to PoryGaLa Heifierity 
but is a fmaller fhrub, very pubefcent, and partakes very fietle 
of that inflexible rigidity, which occafioned the former {pec 
to be compared to Furze. A hardy greenhoufe fhrub; nallV 
of the Cape; propagated by cuttings; flowers through © 
whole of the fummer. Our drawing was iaken in the col 
tion of Georce Hiszert, Efq. at Clapham-Commom — 
