FoLTOALA. XVI. POLYGAL.\CE/h. 17; 



P. GRAVEOLENs. Raf. (Clcome dodecandria. Michx.) 

 Viscid-pubescent; Ivs. ternate- Ifts. elliptic-oblong; /s. axillary, solitary; 

 sla. 8—12 ; capsule oblong, lanceolate, attenuate at base. — A strong-scented plant, 

 found on gravely shores! Vt. to Ark. "Stem 11' high, branching, striate. Leal- 

 lets 1 — li' long, § as wide, nearly entire and sessile; common petiole 1' long. 

 Flowers in terminal racemes. Petals yellowish-white, narrowed below into 

 long claws. Filaments slender, exserted. Pods 2' long, glandular-pubescent, 

 siliquose, viscid like every other part of the plant. Jl. 



Order XV. RESEDACE^.— Mignionettes, 



iTerbs with alternate, entire or pinnate le^\'es. Slip, minute, glaiidiUie. 



i-'to. in racemes or spikes, email and often fragrant. 



Cut. — Sepals somewhal united at base, unequal, green. 



Crtr. — Petals lacerated, uneiiual. 



Sla. 8— SO. ineertetl oil the disk. Torus hypogynous, one-sided, g'andiJjB:. 



Vva. sessile, 3-lobed, 1-eelled, manj'-seeded. Placenta. 3, parietal. 



Pr. a capsule, 1-celled, opening between the stigmas before maturity. 



■Genera 6, species 41, inhabiting the countries around the Mediterranean Sea, having no very remarkable 

 properties. Reseda Luteola contains a yellow coloring matter, uud other species are very fragrant. 



RESEDA. 

 Lat. rescdo, to calm ; the plants are said to relieve pain. 



Sepals many, petals of an equal number, each bearing one or more 

 stamens ; torus large, fleshy, bearing the ovary, with several stamens 

 and styles. 



1. R. Luteola. Dycr^s Weed. 



L/vs. lanceolate, entire, with a tooth en each side at base; cat. 4-cleft. — 

 Nearly naturalized in Western N. Y. Stem about 2f high. The flowers are 

 without petals, arranged in a long spike, whi<;h, as Linnaeus observes, follows 

 iJie course of the sun, inclining east, soutJi and west Dy day, and north by 

 night. — It affords a useful yellow dye, also the paint called Dutch-pink. ^ 



2. R. ODORATA. PAlgnionette. — Lvs. entire, 3-lobed; scp. .shorter than the pe- 

 <als. — A well known and universal favorite of the garden, native of Egypt. 

 The flowers are highly fragrant and no boquet should be considered complete 

 without them. The variety //-M/e^ccw5 is by a peculiar training raised to the 

 height of 2 feet with the form of a tree. The species ;;/»//e«??(rt, native of Pales- 

 tine, has a cal3'x longer tiian the petals. 



Order XVI. POLYGALACE^.— Milkwort?. 



■Plants herbaceous or shrubby, .som.etimes twining. 



Lvs alternate, or rarely opposite, mostly simple, always without stipules. 



J7». perfect, unsymmetrical. P6-</(Ce/s with 3 bracts. 



^'aZ—gepalsS, very irregular, 3 e.xterior, -2 interior (wmgs).l-irgerai!rl petaloiri. 



.Co^ —Petals 3 hypogynous, the anterior (keel) larger than the others. Khe claws of the petals 



g,a'_6_8 Fii combined in a tube which is split cm the upper side, and coherent to some extent with 



Ova. superior, Gompre.«s«'d, S-celled, one cell often abortive. Sty. cur>ed and ollen cucullate. 



Fr. loculicidal or indehiscent. Srfs. pendulous. 



Genera 19 species 495 very equally distributed, each division of the globe having twoor three geiiera 

 eeculiar to it. The properties cf tlui Polygalacsie have not been wdl determnied. Some ot the genera 

 possess a bitter'matter and a milky juice which is emeUc, e.'ipectorant aud diiureUe. J'oU'gala is the only 

 jiorthem genus. 



POLYGALA. Tourn. 



Gr. TToXv, much, yaXa, milk, said to favor the lacteal secretions of animals. 



Sepals 5, persistent, 2 of them wing-shapod aud petaloid ; petals 

 3, cohering by their claws to the filaments, lower one carinate ; cap- 

 sule obcordate, 2-celled, 2-valved, 2-seeded ; seeds caruuculate. — The 



iV. Am-ericau species herbaceous. Lovxr petal {keel) mostly tipped tvith 

 & crest. 



* Spikes ovoie, globose or oblong, dense, obtuse. 



1 P. EANGDiNEA. (P. purpurea. Nittt.) Cadvco-u.s Polygala. 



St. branching at top ; lvs. linear, alternate ; fis. beardless, in allernate, oS- 



