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POLYGALE.E. VI. MURALTIA. VII. MUNDIA. VIII. MONNINA. 



unarmed, J; . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Poly- 

 gala striata, Thunb. prod. 121. Flowers probably purple. 



Striated Muraltia. Shrub 2 feet. 



37 M. ? PARVIFLORA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 337.) leaves setaceous, 

 smoothish, minute, stipulate ? branches slender ; flowers axillary, 

 solitary, sessile. ^ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 O ? G. Polygala parviflora, Poir. diet. 5. p. 504. 



Small-flowered Muraltia. Shrub 1 foot. 



Cult. Muraltia is a beautiful genus of pretty furze-like shrubs, 

 which deserve to be cultivated in every green-house ; they all 

 succeed well in a sandy peat soil ; and cuttings taken from the 

 young branches, and planted in sand, with a bell-glass placed 

 over them, will root readily. 



VII. MU'NDIA (from mundus, neat ; appearance of plants). 

 Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 392. inadn. D. C. prod. 1. p. 337. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Hepto-Octdndria. Calyx of 5 sepals, 

 glumaceous, permanent, 2 inner sepals wing-formed, 3 outer ones 

 small. Petals 3 or 5, scarcely united at the base, but united 

 with the tube of the stamens at the base, middle petal cucullate, 

 beardless. Stamens 7-8, rather villous, monadelphous at the 

 base with the tube cleft in front. Anthers opening by a pore at 

 the top. Disk urceolate, girding the base of the ovary. Drupe 

 2-celled, and sometimes from abortion only 1-celled, 1-seeded. 

 Seeds smooth. Albumen fleshy. Much branched, furze-like 

 shrubs ; branches spinose at the apex. Leaves leathery, quite 

 entire. Flowers axillary, pedicellate, guarded by 3 unequal 

 bracteas. A genus with a calyx almost like that in Muraltia, 

 but with a fruit like that of Monnina. 



1 M. SPINOSA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 338.) branches smooth, spi- 

 nescent at the apex, angular ; leaves scattered, spatulate, obtuse, 

 rather mucronate ; flowers sessile ; keel 1 -lobed. Tj . G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Polygala spinosa, Lin. amcen. 

 2. p. 141. IPlex Capensis, Lin. spec. 1046. ex Burm. herb. 

 Flowers small, white with a red keel. Berry eatable. 



Var. a, latifolia (D. C. 1. c.) leaves obovate or oval; branches 

 short, spinose at the top. 



Var. ft, angustifolia (D. C. 1. c.) leaves oblong or lanceolate ; 

 branches twiggy. Polygala viminea, Houtt. in herb. Deless. 



Spinose Mundia. Fl. Jan. May. Clt. 1780. Shrub 2 feet. 



2 M. BaAziLiE'NSis(St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 58. t. 92.) branches 

 spreading, puberulous ; leaves lanceolate, acute at the base, 

 obtuse at the top, usually emarginate, thin ; flowers not 

 crested ; wings rhomboid, tapering into the claw, bluntish, equal 

 in length with the 3-lobed keel. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. A spi- 

 nose shrub with blue flowers, which at length become yellowish. 



Brazilian Mundia. Fl. Oct. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



Cult. Neat furze-like shrubs, which deserve to be pre- 

 served in every collection of greenhouse plants. A sandy peat 

 soil suits them best, and young cuttings planted in sand and a 

 bell-glass placed over them will root. M. spinosa often produces 

 fruit in England, by which it may be increased in abundance. 



_ VIII. MONNFNA (Monnino, Count de Flora Blanca, a 

 Spanish promoter of botany.) Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. syst. 1. p. 

 169. Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 409. D. C. prod. 1. p. 

 338. Hebeandra, Bonpl. ges.berl. 1808. p. 40. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Octdndria. Flowers resupinate. 

 Calyx of 5 deciduous sepals (f. 70. a.) ; 2 inner sepals wing- 

 formed, 3 outer ones ovate, and 2 of these are often united. 

 Petals 3-5, connate at the base (f. 70. 6.), with the middle one 

 concave and often 3-toothed. Stamens 8 ; filaments hairy, 

 rather diadelphous, or united into a tube which is cleft in front ; 

 anthers bursting by an oblique chink at the apex. Fruit dru- 

 paceous or capsular, cordate or obovate (f. 70. rf.), 2-celled, 2- 

 seeded, or from abortion 1-celled, 1-seeded (f. 70. c.), inde- 

 hiscent, at least in all the Brazilian species, sometimes girded by 



a membranous margin. Seeds smooth or pilose, hanging almost 

 from the top of the cell (f. 70. d.). Albumen none or sparing. 

 Shrubs or herbs, natives of South America. Leaves of all rather 

 large, usually with revolute margins. Flowers usually with a 

 white or yellowish corolla, and blue calycine wings, disposed in 

 compound or simple, terminal or lateral racemes ; pedicels 

 guarded by 3 bracteas. The greater part of the species are not 

 well known. 



SECT. I. HEBEA'NDRA (tfie, hebe, hairy, and avep avSpos, a 

 man; in allusion to the stamens being hairy). D. C. prod. 1. 

 p. 338. Drupes without a winged margin. 



* Racemes compound. 



1 M. POLYSTA'CHYA (Ruiz et Pav. 1. c.) shrubby ; leaves 

 ovate, acutish ; panicles and branchlets villous. lj . G. Na- 

 tive of the Andes of Peru in thickets, especially at Pillao, where 

 it is called Yalhoi. Flowers yellowish. The whole plant, more 

 especially the root, is very bitter and saponaceous, hence very 

 useful in medicine. It is said to have the same properties as 

 Polygala Senega, and is particularly used in dysentery. Ruiz, 

 diss. madr. 1805. icon. 



Many-spiked Monnina. Fl. May. Shrub 3 or 5 feet. 



2 M. LIGUSTRIFOLIA (Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 417.) leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, tapering to the base, reticulately veined, 

 membranous ; branchlets and panicles pubescent ; racemes in 

 threes. F? . S. Native of Quito in warm places near Ayavaca. 

 Flowers yellowish but with blue wings. 



Privet-leaved Monnina. Fl. May. Shrub 2 to 6 feet. 



3 M. LATIFOLIA (Bonpl. ges. berl. 1808. p. 40. under the 

 name of Hebeandra) herbaceous ; leaves obovate-oblong, acu- 

 minated, under surface pubescent ; branches furrowed ; racemes 

 panicled. 2. S. Native of New Granada on Mount Quindiu. 



Broad-leaved Monnina. PI. 1 foot. 



4 M. PARVIFLORA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 419.) 

 leaves ovate-oblong, tapering to the base, lessened toward the 

 apex, under surface pubescent, reticulately veined, membrana- 

 ceous ; branches terete, soft, hairy ; racemes panicled, some- 

 what corymbose. Tj . G. Native of New Granada on Mount 

 Quindiu. Hebeandra parviflora, Bonpl. ges. berl. 1808. p. 40. 

 Flowers white, but with blue wings. 



Small-flowered Monnina. Fl. Sept. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



5 M. FASTIGIA'TA (Bonpl. ges. berl. 1808. p. 40. under He- 

 beandra) leaves oblong, acuminated at both ends, under surface 

 soft, pubescent ; racemes compound. Tj . G. Native of New 

 Granada on Mount Quindiu. Perhaps sufficiently distinct from 

 M. parviflora. 



Fastigiate-branched Monnina. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



6 M. PUBE'SCENS(H. B. etKunth. nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 418. t. 

 505.) leaves oblong, acute, somewhat mucronate, tapering towards 

 the base, reticulately-veined, membranaceous, upper surface pu- 

 berulous, under surface as well as branchlets hairy-pubescent ; 

 racemes solitary and in threes. Jj . S. Native of Caraccas. 

 Hebeandra pubescens, Bonpl. ges. berl. 1808. p. 40. Flowers 

 with blue wings. 



Pubescent Monnina. Fl. Feb. Shrub 3 feet. 



7 M. PILOSA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 419.) 

 leaves oblong, acuminated, reticulately veined, membranous, 

 upper surface puberulous, under surface hairy, but especially 

 the nerves and veins ; racemes many, disposed in a corymb-like 

 bundle. ^ . S. Native of Quito near Ayavaca. Flowers blue. 



-//airy-veined Monnina. Fl. Aug. Shrub 6 feet. 



8 M. ^'STUANS (D. C. prod. 1. p. 338.) shrubby; leaves 

 lanceolate, stalked, and are as well as branches somewhat pu- 

 bescent ; racemes branched, puberulous. fy . S. Native of 

 New Granada. Polygala ae'stuans, Lin. suppl. 315. Flowers 

 blue. 



