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POLYGALA SEN(EGA. 



RATTLE SNAKE-P.OOT 



MILK-WORT. 



S TNO NT MA, 



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eka 



Pharm. Lofid. l^ Edinh 



rilandi 

 flofcul 



caule non ramofo, fp 



fafdg 



Polyg 



ma 



fingalari 



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1 



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alb 



s 



mpofit 



Rail App, vel. 



torn. 



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grac 



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Polvgala caule fimplici eredo, foliis ovato-lanceolatls alternis 

 gerrimis, racemo terminali eredo. Gron. Flor. Virgin. /. p 



Polvgala Seneg 



Amc^n, Acad. Tom. Hi. 



4 



Milkf 



s 



. 80 



Di£f, 



Fig, Ed, 7. Seneg 



rew. Comm. Litt. Nor. 1741. Tab. 4 



Clafs Diadelphia. Ord. Odandria. Lin, Gen. Plant. 851 



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EJf. Gen. Ch. Cat. 5-pIiyllus : foliolis alasformibus, coloratis. 



Legumen obcordatum, biloculare. 



Sp, Ch, 



P. floribus imberbibus fpicatis, caule eredo herbaceo fim 



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e 



plicillimo, foliis lato-lanceolatis. 



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THE root IS perennial, woody, branched, contorted, about the 

 thicknefs of a fino-er, and covered v^ith afh-coloured bark; it fends 

 up feveral ftems, which are fimple, ered:, flender, round, fmooth, of 

 a dark reddifh colour, and rife nearly a foot in height : the leaves are 

 oblong, or lance-fhaped, acutely pointed, of a pale green colour, and 

 ftand alternately upon fhort footftalks : the flowers appear in June, 

 they are white, of the papilionaceous kind, and grow in a clofe ter 



minal fpike : the calyx is divided into three narrow perfiftentfegments 



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two of which are placed beneath and one above the corolla: the 

 corolla is compofed of two exterior petals, or wings., which are flat, 

 and of an oval fhape ; a fliort tubular JIandard, undivided at the 

 mouth ; and a flattened j^eel diftended towards the end, from whence 

 proceeds a pencil-fliaped appendage : the filaments are eight, united 



at the bafe into two portions, and fupplied with fimple antheras : the 



ermen 



