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POLYGALA corDIFOLIA. HEART-LEAVED 
MILKWorT. 
KEKE KEKE EEE EER KKERERE 
Class and Order. 
Dispetpu1A OcranpriA. 
Generic Character. 
Cal, 5-phyllus : foliolis duobus alawformibus, coloratis. 
Legumen obcordatum, biloculare. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Potyeata cordifolia; fruticosa, cristata, foliis cruciatis ob- 
longo-ovatis mucronatis erectis' glabris internodiis 
longioribus margine reflexis, floribus subumbellatis. 
Potyeata cordifolia; floribus cristatis, racemo terminali, 
caule fruticoso, ramis pubescentibus, foliis cordatis 
mucronatis oppositis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 885. 
Potyeata cordifolia ; floribus cristatis, foliis cordatis gla- 
bris. Thunb. Prodr. 120. 2 
Potyeata fruticosa; floribus cristatis subumbellatis, foliis 
oppositis cordato-lanceolatis acutis, caule fruticoso. 
Berg. Cap. 183. 
Potyeata latifolia. Bot. Reg. 645? 
‘<_essmeen 
-Decr. Shrubby: Branches rounded, pubescent, divided 
at the upper part into several short branchlets, terminated 
with a few flowers, collected into a sort of umbel. Leaves 
Opposite crosswise, oblong-ovate, cordate, mucronate, 
erect, with recurved margins, pale green, villous under- 
neath. Peduncles erect, with several small concave bractes : 
Pedicels shorter than the flower. Calycine outer segments 
three, the upper one smallest; the wing-shaped segments 
large, shewy, oblique, mucronate, greenish, streaked on 
the outside, bright purple within. Carina of one petal 
with a white branched pencilled appendix below the point. 
Stamens eight. Filaments all united at the base. Style 
. curv 
