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DIADELPHIA, OCTANDRIAL 7 
ItN,—OCTANDRIA, 
489. POLYGALA. L. (Milkwort.) 
i — Calix 5-leaved; 2 of the leaves in the form of 
Wings, and colour ed. Capsule obcerdate, 2-cell- 
ed, 2-valved. 
Herbaceous or Shrubby; leaves mostly sitisites flowers 
each producing from 2 to 3 braetes, alternate, loosely ot 
densely spiked, and terminal—(A genus of diversified 
“aspect, and scurcely natural, those of different continents _ 
Possessing, however, a common resemblance, with a few 
exceptions.) Seeds of the American species strophiolate 
and pubescent, often hirsute; strophiole (or ulate 
hilum) bifid, in P. incarnate and P. setacea re up. 
wards, ) ; 
Species. :e P. incarnata. Glaucous. 2, setacea. Peren- 
nial. 3, wipe Has. On the banks pases river, 
6.4 aise. venenk flowers cristate; stem oe, s 
alternate, linear, revolute on the margin; flowers race- : 
‘ mosely spiked; spike long pedunculate, bractes deciduous; 
- wigs ati the calix rounded, about the length of the corolla. 
Hae. On the plains of the Missouri, common, and the only 
species of the genus in the upper part of Louisiana. Oss. A 
_ small plant scarcely more than 6 inches high, considerably 
allied to P. Senega, but more than a variety, as it has been 
Lis casa gx A Mr. Resa leaves smooth an narrow; flows 
s lanceolate. 
Georgia, &c. One of the largest and finest species indi- 
. genous to the United States, and certainly very distinct 
from P. Senega. The bractes are minute and deciduous, 
pomers larger than in any other species included in this 
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Pu. Stem branched from the base; le: 
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