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* Stigma acute, recurved (stipules entire). 



1. V. hirta, stemless, leaves cordate rough, as well as the petioles 

 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. Hedges 

 and banks. 



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

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



4. V. canina, stem at length ascending channelled, leaves cordate 

 acute, stipules long dentato-ciliate, cal. acute, p. 77. Woods 

 and banks. 



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

 stipules dentate, cal. acute, p. 77. Pastures. 



** Stigma erect, large and perforated (stipules deeply Divided). 



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

 deeply crenate, stipules lyrate pinnrttifid. p. 77. Cornfields. 



7. V. lutea, stem simple erect, leaves ovate-oblong crenate^ sti- 

 pules deeply lobcd palmate, p. 77. Pastures. 



ORDER LXIV. POLYGALE^. Juss. 



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

 the rest and coloured. Pet. definite, 4, 3, 2, fastened oh 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 pore at the top. Style 1. Stigma 

 thickish. Capsule or drupa generally 2-celled ; the capsule 

 with two valves and a dissepiment opposite to them. Cells 

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

 Embryo straight in the axis of a fleshy albumen. 



Shrubs or Herbs. Leaves without stipules. Flowers terminal 

 with bracteae; rarely axillary. Juss. 



1. 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. CRUCIFEILE. Juss. 

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



