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POLYGALE.E. I. POLYOALA. 



Orpine-like Milkwort. PI. foot. 



77 P. ERIO'PTERA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 326.) stems ascending, 

 branched, pubescent-velvety at the apex ; leaves linear, acutish, 

 glabrous ; racemes 4-5-flowered ; wings of calyx elliptical, pu- 

 bescent, longer than the oblong velvety capsule. 1 . S. Na- 

 tive of Senegal and Egypt. P. paniculata, Forsk. fl. arab. no. 

 429 ? Flowers pale-red ? 



Woolly-winged Milkwort. PI. 1 foot. 



78 P. OBTUSA'TA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 326.) stems diffuse, 

 twiggy, glabrous ; leaves linear, very obtuse ; racemes 2-6- 

 flowered ; wings of calyx oblong, obtuse, glabrous, somewhat 

 ciliated, longer than the capsule, which is rather pubescent. 

 Tf. . G. Native of Arabia and Egypt. 



Obtuse-winged Milkwort. PI. 1 foot. 



79 P. LINARIFO'IIA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 877.) stem erect, 

 twiggy, branched, pubescent ; leaves linear, straight ; racemes 

 6-8-flowered ; wings of calyx oval-oblong, acute ; capsules ob- 

 cordate, ciliated. % ? >> ? S. Native of the islands of Min- 

 danao and Samboagang. Flowers reflexed. 



Toad-Flax -leaved Milkwort. PI. 1^ foot. 



80 P. PROCU'MBENS (Roth. nov. spec. p. 329.) stem procum- 

 bent, pilose ; leaves oblong-oval, obtuse, somewhat mucronated, 

 ciliated, glabrous ; racemes axillary, short, few-flowered ; wings 

 of calyx acuminated ; capsules emarginate, edged with hairs, 

 fj ? S. Native of the East Indies. Flowers purple. 



Var. fl, angustifblia (Roth. 1. c.) leaves longer and narrower 

 than in variety a. 



Procumbent Milkwort. PI. procumbent. 



81 P. GLOMERA'TA (Lour. fl. coch. 426.) stem somewhat erect, 

 branched, pubescent ; leaves obovate-oblong ; racemes dense, 7- 

 8 -flowered ; wings of calyx oval, acuminated ; corolla generally 

 3-petalled ; capsules orbicular. Ti . T? . G. Native of China 

 near Canton. Flowers white. 



Glomerated-fiowered. Milkwort. PI. \ foot. 



82 P. GLAUCOIDES (Lin. spec. 991.) stems diffuse, somewhat 

 pubescent ; leaves oval-oblong, on short stalks, glabrous, 

 glaucous ; racemes 7-8-flowered ; wings of calyx oval, acute ; 

 capsules obovate, emarginate, somewhat ciliated. 7. S. Na- 

 tive of Ceylon. Flowers white. 



Glaux-like Milkwort. PI. 2 inches. 



83 P. ARENA' RIA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 880.) stem procum- 

 bent ; leaves oblong, stalked ; racemes ovate-globose, on short 

 peduncles ; wings of calyx obovate, downy ; capsules oval, emar- 

 ginate, ciliated. O- S. Native of Guinea. Flowers reflexed. 



Sand Milkwort. PI. procumbent ^ foot. 



84 P. SERPYLLIFO'LIA (Poir. diet. 5. p. 499.) stems branched 

 from the base, pubescent, lateral ones procumbent ; leaves oblong, 

 obtuse, on very short footstalks ; racemes 4-5-flowered ; wings 

 of calyx oval, acute ; capsules ovate, immarginate, ciliated. 

 I/ ? S. Native of the East Indies. Flowers rose-coloured. 



Wild-thyme-leaved Milkwort. PI. procumbent. 



85 P. ARVE'NSIS (Willd. spec. 3. p. 876.) stem branched 

 from the base, procumbent ; leaves obovate, mucronated ; 

 racemes 7-8-flowered ; bracteas permanent, almost the length of 

 the pedicels ; wings of calyx oblong, scarcely longer than the 

 ovate, emarginated, ciliated capsule. O- S. Native of the 

 East Indies. Flowers small, green. 



Corn-field Milkwort. PI. procumbent. 



86 P. VAHLIA'NA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 326.) stem erect, pubes- 

 cent ; leaves obovate, mucronated, rather villous, upper ones 

 oblong; racemes 3-5-flowered ; wings of flower elliptical, 

 scarcely longer than the capsule, which is ovate, emarginated, 

 and ciliated. . S. Native of the East Indies. P. tomentosa, 

 Vahl. but not of Thunb. Flowers greenish. 



Vahl's Milkwort. PI. | foot. 



87 P. BRACHYSTA'CHYA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 327.) stem diffuse, 



rather downy ; leaves linear, glabrous ; racemes 3-5-flowered ; 

 wings of calyx oval, acuminated, somewhat falcate, a little longer 

 than the emarginate ciliated capsule. Native of the East Indies. 

 Flowers greenish ? 



Short-spiked Milkwort. PI. foot. 



88 P. LEPTORHIZA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 326.) stem branched 

 from the base, diffuse, somewhat downy ; leaves linear, pubes- 

 cent ; racemes 7-8-flowered ; wings of calyx elliptical, obtuse, a 

 little longer than the oval, emarginated, ciliated capsule. O- S. 

 Native of? Flowers greenish ? 



Slender-rooted Milkwort. PI. % foot. 



89 P. PERSICARLEFO'LIA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 326.) stem erect, 

 forked at the top and rather hairy ; leaves lanceolate, bluntish, 

 pilose; racemes 10-15-flowered, rising from the fork of the 

 stem ; wings of calyx obovate, longer than the obcordate 

 ciliated capsule. O- G. Native of Nipaul. P. Buchanan!, 

 D. Don, prod. p. 199. Flowers drooping, red. Capsule naked 

 with a membranous margin. (D. Don.) Seeds very villous. 



Persicaria-leaved Milkwort. PI. | foot. 



90 P. CROTALARIOI'DES (Hamilt. ined. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 

 327.) stem branched from the base, somewhat shrubby, decum- 

 bent, pilose ; leaves obovate, wedge-shaped ; racemes short, 8- 

 10-flowered, opposite the leaves ; wings of calyx orbicular, 

 equal in length to the capsule, which is rather orbicular and 

 ciliated ; lobes of the lateral petals oblong, 1 -toothed at the base. 

 y. ? G. Native of Nipaul. Bracteas permanent, acute. Flowers 

 red or greenish. 



Crotalaria-like Milkwort. PI. i foot. 



91 P. JAVA'NA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 327.) stem branched from 

 the base, suffruticose, diffuse ; leaves obovately-cuneated, stalk- 

 ed ; racemes 7-8-flowered, length of leaves ; wings of flower 

 ovate-roundish, villous, a little longer than the capsule, which 

 is rather orbicular and pubescent. ^ S. Native of Java. 

 Perhaps belonging to this section. 



Java Milkwort. Shrub ^ foot. 



SECT. IV. CLINCLI'NIA (from Clinclin, the Peruvian name of 

 P. thesioldes.) D. C. prod. 1. p. 327. Keel of flower crested. 

 Wings oblong. Capsules glabrous, marginated and emarginated 

 at the apex, as well as somewhat toothed on both sides at the top. 

 American herbs or subshrubs, but one from Nipaul. 



92 P. THESIOI'DES (Willd. spec. 3. p. 877.) stems many, 

 erect; leaves oblong-linear, crowded; racemes 8-12-flowered ; 

 capsules somewhat 2-horned at the apex. I/ . S. Native of 

 Chili and Peru. Clinclin, Feuill. obs. 2. t. 13. Flowers blue. 



Thcsium-like Milkwort. PI. \ foot. 



93 P. GNIDIOIDES (Willd. spec. 3. p. 878.) stems diffuse, 

 branched; leaves linear, bluntish ; racemes 6-1 0-flowered ; cap- 

 sules somewhat emarginate. I/ . S. Native in Chili and Peru. 

 Flowers greenish. 



Gnidia-like Milkwort. PI. \ foot. 



94 P. CAPILLIFO'LIA (Desf. herb, and D. C. prod. 1. p. 327.) 

 stems erect, hardly branched ; racemes slender ; leaves capil- 

 lary; wings of calyx obovate ; capsules bifid. O- G. Native 

 of? Perhaps belonging to this section ? Flowers red ? 



Hair-leaved Milkwort. PI. foot. 



95 P. ARILLA'TA (Hamilt. mss. D. Don. prod. 1. p. 200.) 

 leaves elliptical, oblong, acuminated, underneath as well as the 

 branches pubescent ; racemes opposite the leaves ; wings of 

 calyx obovate-oblong ; stigma bidendate ; capsule rather bac- 

 cate, with a winged margin. ^ . F. Native of Nipaul at Na- 

 rainhetty. Habit of Monnina polystachya. Flowers large, 

 shewy, red, nodding. Capsule subbaccate, compressed, ribbed with 

 a winged margin, 2-celled. Seeds large, covered with an arillus. 



^ri//a<e-seeded Milkwort. Fl. Aug. Shrub 1 foot. 



SECT. V. TIMU'TUA (from Timoutou, the name of a place in 



