_ ¢atarrh. Several species of Polygala are used on account | 
___ their possessing’ similar medicinal properties, the best kn 
£ Jobs: the P. Senega of America. In the East P. tenuifol 
a | POLYGALER, 
-glabrous. Capsules size of a large pea, glabrous, about 
-seeded, opening round the apex ; seeds covered with a voddil 
= having ey tenacious properties 
- Milkwort of the English and Laitier of the French. Dodoneus— 
- floure in the Crosse or Gang weeke, or Rogation weeke; of 
in English we may call it Crosse-flonre, or Procession-flou 
often dmbelled ; leaves lanceolate or oblon enoliee acute oF 
acuminate, margins waved 2—8 by 1—3 inches, glabrou 
shining;: pale below, coriaceous. Corymbs terminal, 
1—3 inches, spreading, glabrous or pubescent. Flowers fe 
or numerous, yellow; sepals obtuse or acute, subciliate ; 7 
resinous substance. Graham considers the P. flor ‘sbundum of — 
glucoside which they have iaciod Pittosporin. (Cf. Wittsteim : 
Org. Const. of Plants.) The Indian plant, _ a sim 2 
POLYGALE®. 
A plant named eckepiog. was deh to the Greeks 
Romans, and is mentioned by Dioscorides and Pliny ; it : 
generally identified with the Polygala vulgaris, Linn, 7 the . 
calls it ‘Flos ‘ambarvallis, ” or, “the flower which goes 
round the fields,” because, says Gerarde, “it doth especially, 
which floures the maidens which use in the countries .to. walk 
the Procession, do make themselves garlands and noseg@, 
Gang-floure, Rogation-floure, and Milkwort.” P. vulgaris } ie 
bitter, acrid, and somewhat aromatic, especially the root; 1 
acts as an expectorant, tonic, and purgative, and still retains 
reputation in Europe as an expectorant in chronic bron¢e 
ae of the Chinese. Ras, a Mat. Med., pl 
