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PoLyYGALA AMARA. Bitter MILK-wort. 
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Class and Order. 
DiApDELPHIA OcTANDRIA. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-phyllus: foliolis duobus aleformibus, coloratis. 
_ Legumen obcordatumn, biloculare. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Potyeata amara; floribus cristatis racemosis, alis caly- 
cinis trinerviis obtusis corolla longioribus, caulibus 
erectiusculis (erectis), foliis obtusis, radicalibus obo- 
vatis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 872. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. 
Re, amara; floribus cristatis racemosis, caulibus 
erectiusculis, foliis obtusis; radicalibus obovatis. Sp. 
Pl. 987. Jacq. Austr. 5. p. 6. t. 412. 
Potyeata Amarella foliis circa radicem sparsis obovatis 
magnis. Crantz Austr. 438. : 
Poryeata buxi minoris folio. Vaill. Paris. 161. t. 32. 
2? 
caine vulgaris, foliis circa radicem rotundioribus, flore 
ceruleo, sapore admodum amaro. Bauh. Pin. 215. 
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The common Polygala is so very variable a plant, and 
is found with leaves sometimes so broad and rounded at 
the point, that it has been frequently mistaken for our 
Present plant, which has been sometimes supposed to be 
a mere variety of P. vulgaris. But whatever difficulty 
there may be in finding good distinguishing characters, 
the taste will at once decide the species, for all the varie- 
ties of vulgaris when chewed, are slightly acrid, hardly 
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