Polygala 



POLYGALACE^ 



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4 pairs of narrow lobes. Ovanj glabrous; style somewhat longer than 

 ovary ; stigmas crested, one at apex of style, the other halfway between 

 apex and ovary. Capsule elliptical, apex emarginate, cells somewhat 

 unequal, both opening, 2-5-3 mm. 1., about 1-5 mm. br. Seed 1-6 mm. 1., 

 black, minutely puberulous with white hairs. Aril consisting of a minute 



FijC. S3. — Polygala panicula!a L. 



A, Branch with leaves and infloresceiics 



X ii. 



B, Flower X 5. 



(', Flower cut lengthwise x 10. 

 D 8taniinal tube enlarged. 



E, Apex of style, showing 8tignia.s euhirgeil. 



F, Capsule with the persistent calyx and 



wings X 4. 



G, Seed entire and cut lengthwise X 30 ; 



n, aril. 



(After A. W. Bennett in Fl. Bras.) 



horny mucro at the apex of the seed to which are attached 2 adpressed 

 narrowly oblong or linear-oblanceolate, scarious lobes, "8 mm. 1. 



" An interesting and beautiful inhabitant of our mountain pastures. Its 

 properties are said to be sudorific and diuretic, and it may be administered 

 in decoction or infusion " (Macfadyen). In Brazil the plant is used as a 

 " medicinal tea." 



2. P. angustifolia H. B. & K. Nov. Gen. ([■ Sj^ v. 405, ^ oil 

 (1823); annual herb, 4-12 inches (1-3 dm.) and more, higli ; 

 stem and branches puberulous, not glandular ; racemes aV)ovo 

 the axils, loosely-flowered ; keel without crest. — Griseb. hic. cit. ,• 

 Chod. tout. cit. 52, t. 15, /. 22-24; Blake torn. cit. 67, t. 2,/. 45 

 (non A. W. Bennett). P.'bryzoides St. Mil. Fl. Bras. Mer. ii. 44. 

 /. 88 (1829); A. W. Benn. in Fl. Bras. ton,, cit. 13. P. mucio- 

 nata Macf. Jam. i. 47 (1837) (non Willd.). P. camporum Bcnth. 

 in Hook. Journ. Bot. iv. 100 (1842). P. americana Mill. var. 

 angustifolia Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. i. 48 (1891). 



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