238 POPULAR FIELD BOTANY. 
Matya rotunpIrotia. Dwarf Maliow. Stems not above 
ten or twelve inches long, branching only from the roots, 
and prostrate. Leaves round, five-lobed. Flowers small, 
roundish, and of a pale lilac colour. It does not blossom 
so early as the last. They are both found by way-sides, and 
in waste places. 
DIADELPHIA. OCTANDRIA. 
THALAMIFLORZ, POLYGALACE. 
POLYGALA. (MiLxwort.) 
Generic Character. Calywx of five leaves, two of them shaped 
like wings, coloured, and almost covering the rest of the flower. 
Petals three to five, adhering to the tube of the stamens. Seeds 
downy. 
PoLtyeGaLA vuLeaRIs. (Plate XIV. Fig.56.) Common 
Milkwort. A beautiful little plant, and the only one of its 
genus. It abounds on most chalky, hilly pastures and heaths. 
The stems are from four to eight inches long. Leaves linear 
or long, though a variety is sometimes found with short, 
broad leaves. Flowers growing in a spike. Corolla beauti- 
fully crested, and either prettily blue, pink, purple, or white, 
the wing of the calyx as long as the corolla, and veined 
