Polygala seneka. 143 
Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth inferior, permanent, small, five unequal, ovate, acute leaves : 
two of them below the corolla; one above it; and two very large, flat, colour- 
ed, like wings, at the sides. Cor. imperfectly papilionaceous. Standard tubular, 
nearly cylindrical, short, its mouth reflexed, small, cloven. Keel concave, com- 
pressed, swelling towards the extremity, near to which are attached, for the 
_ most part, two feathery three-cleft appendages. Stam. Filaments eight, in two 
sets, both united, contained within the keel ; anthers eight, simple. Pist. Ger- 
men oblong, superior; style simple, erect; stigma terminal, tumid, cloven. 
Peric. Capsule turbinate, somewhat heart-shaped, compressed, sharp-edged. 
with two cells and two valves, bursting on each side at the edges, the partition 
contrary to the valves. Seeds solitary, ovate, witha glandularscar. Ency. 
Po1nyGaLa Seneka; caulibus erectis simplicissimis foliosis, foliis alternis danceolatic, 
) spica terminali filiformi, floribus alternis. Willd. and Pursh. 
Stems erect, quite simple, leafy ; leaves alternate, lanceolate ; spike terminal, slen- 
der; flowers alternate. 
SYNONYMA. 
Puantuta Marilandica, caule non ramoso, &c. Raj. 
PotyGata floribus imberbis spicatis, &c. Gron. 
Potyeata Virginiana. Lem. Juss. and Bouvart. 
SENEKA, of many medical writers, as quoted in the list of references. 
RATTLESNAKE root of Tennant. 
SeneGa Rattlesnake-root of Graing. 
PHARM inf -ooived 
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Off. The root. 
Ranix Polygale Senege. Edin. 
Senecs Radix. Lond. 
Senek# Radix. Dub. 
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