268 CONSPECTUS POLYGALARUM EUEOP.EARUM. 



8. P. A3IARA, Linn., Sp., ed. ii., 987 ; Jacq., Enum. VincL, 262; DC, 

 Prodi-., i., 325 ; Reich., PI. Crit., i., 24 ; Ic, xviii., p. 89 ; 

 Koch, Fl. Germ., 100; Gr. et God., Fl. Fr., i., 196; Bert., 

 Fl. It., vh., 321 ; Led., Fl. Eoss, i., 272 ; Gris., Fl. Rum., i., 

 210; Boiss.,Fl. Or.,i.,476; Fries, Fl. Scan., 154, et Nov. Fl. 

 Suec, 226; Hook., Stud. FL, 2nd ed., 49; Woods, Tour. 

 Flor., 42; Car. iuNuov. Giorn. Bot. It., i., 23; Dmrt. in 

 BuU. Bot. Soc. Belg., viii., 343; A. W. Benn. in Journ. 

 Bot., 1877, p. 173. P. caule simplice, erecto, humili ; 

 foliis imis grandibus, coriaceis, ovalibus vel ovatis, caulinis 

 minoribus et angustioribus ; floribus parvis, distantibus, 

 caeruleis ; alis ovalibus, quam capsulam maturam multo 

 angustioribus et pauUo brevioribus, venis subsimplicibus, 

 baud anastomosantibus ; stylo brevi, crasso, obtuso ; caj)sula 

 orbiculari ; seminibus hirsutis, arillodii appendicibus 

 brevibus, carnosis, ^--seminis attingentibus. 



Syn. p. austriaca, Crantz, Stirp. Austr., fasc. v., 439; Reich., 

 PL Crit., L, 23; Ic, xviii., 89; Gr. et God., FL, Fr., i., 197; 

 Dmi't. in Bull. Bot. Soc. Belg., 1868, p. 345. P. vulgaris 

 5. austriaca, Koch, Fl. Germ., 100. P. amarella, Crantz, 

 Austr., fasc. v., 438 (non Coss. et Germ., Dmrt.) ; Reich., 

 PL Crit., L, 24. P. uW/inosa, Reich., PL Crit., i., 23 ; Hook., 

 Stud. Flor., Isted., 47. P. Lejeunii, Bor. Fl. Cent., 2nded., 

 vol. ii., 71. P. verviana (?) Lej., Spa., ii., 92. P. vulgaris h. 

 verviana, DC, Prodr., L, 325. P. inyrtifolia, Fries, Nov. Fl. 

 Suec, 227 (non Linn.) ; P. decipiensy Bess., Cont., ii., 78 

 (teste Benth.) 



Figs. Jacq., Austr., t. 412 ; Reich., PL Crit., f. 39, 42-44 ; Ic, 

 t. mcccxlviii., f. 1, 3 ; Crantz, Stirp. Austr., fasc. v., t. 2, 

 f. 4 ; Coss. et Germ., Par., AtL, t. 7, f. 1-8 ; Journ. Bot., 

 1877, t. 189. f. 7 (ala, x^istillum, semenque.) 



In Europa fere passim a Scandinavia usque ad Italiam et 

 Hispaniam, et a GaUia usque ad Rossiam, in uliginosis et 

 pascuis alpinis. 



In its most typical form, this is a very well-marked species, 

 characterised by the rosette of large fleshy leaves lying close on 

 the ground, and the sudden transition from these to the much 

 smaller stem-leaves. The stem is not more than from 2-4 inches 

 high, the flowers about one-sixth of an inch long, much more 

 distant than in either of the two preceding species, and pink, blue, 

 or white. The wing-sepals are quite as narrow and decidedly' 

 shorter than in P. oxuptera, the style shoi-ter, and the appendages 

 to the arillode shorter and more fleshy than in P. vulgaris. It 

 approaches the latter species in its larger root-leaves. The root and 

 whole plant are described as having an intensely bitter taste. 



Var. /3. «/;)^sfm, DC, Prodr., L, 325; Koch, Fl. Germ., 100 ; Led., 

 FL Ross., L, 773; Woods, Tour. Flor., 43; Willk. et Lge., FL 

 Hisp., iii., 557. Planta humilior, foliis elhpticis, floribus mi- 

 noribus. P. alpestris, Reich., PL Crit., L, 26 ; Ic, xviii., 89 ; 



