DICOTYLEDONS. CRUCIFER,52. 285 



* Stigma acute, recurved {stipules entire). 



1. V. liirta, stemless, leaves cordate rough, as well as the jDCtioIes 

 and capsules, with hairs, cal. obtuse, p. 76. — Woods. 



2. V. odorata, stemless throwing out runners, leaves heart-shaped 

 glabrous, as well as the petioles, cal.' obtuse, p. 77. — Heda^es 

 mid banks. 



3. V. palustris, stemless, leaves renifonn quite smooth veiny be- 

 neath, cal. obtuse, spur very short, p. 77- — Bogs. 



4. V. caniua, stem atlen"i^th ascending- channelled, leaves cordate 

 acute, stipules long dentato-ciliate, cal. acute, p. 77. — IVbods 

 and hanks. 



5. V. laclea, stem ascending, leaves ovato-lanccolate smooth, 

 stipules dentate, cal. acute, p. 77. — Pasliires. 



■'*■* Stigma erect, large and perforated {stipules deeply divided). 



6. V. tricolor, stem angled branched spreading, leaves oblong 

 dee|)ly crenate, stipules lyrate piiinatifid. p. 77. — Cornfields. 



7. V. luiea, stem simple erect, leaves ovato-oblong crenate, sti- 

 pules deeply lobed palmate, p. 77. — Pastures. 



Order LXIV. POLYGALE/E. Juss. 



Cal. 5-parted, equal or unequal, with two segments larger than 

 the rest and coloured. Pel. definite, 4, 3, 2, fastened on one 

 side into one, split on the other. Stam. often 8, rarely fewer, 

 generally diadelphous, in two equal bundles, inserted either into 

 distinct petals, or into the monopetalous tube. Anthers gene- 

 rally 1 -celled, opening by a j)ore at the top. Style 1. Stigma 

 thickish. Capsnle or drupa generally 2-celle(l; the capsule 

 with two valves and a dissepiment opp(\site to them. Cells 

 1-seeded. Seeds pendulous usually with an ariilus at the hilum. 

 Embryo straight in the axis of a fleshy albumen.. 



Shrubs or Herbs. Leaves u-ithout stipules. Floivers terminal 

 with bracteaej rarely axillary. Juss. 



l.POLYGALA. 

 Cal. of 5 leaves, two of them wing-shaped and coloured. Caps, 

 compressed, obcordate. 



1. P. vulgaris, flowers in a terminal raceme crested, wings of the 

 cal. nerved obtuse longer than the cor., stem herbaceous pro- 

 cumbent, leaves linear-lanceolate, p. 211. — Pastures. 



Order LXV. CRUCIFERiE. Jiiss. 

 CaL of 4 leaves. Pet, 4. Stam, 6, tetradynamous, alternate with 



