CXXXT. 



POLYGALA VULGARIS. 



Com??wn Milkwort. 



Class XVIL Diadelphia. — Order II. Octandrta. 



Nat. Ord. PolygalejE. 



Gen. Char. Calyx of five sepals, two of them wing- 

 shaped and coloured. Petals combined by their claws 

 with the filaments, the lower one keeled. Capsule 

 compressed. Seed pubescent, with a caruncle at the 

 hilum. 



Spec. Char. Leaves linear-lanceolate. Stems ascending. 

 Flowers in a terminal raceme. Bracteae three to each 

 pedicel. Wings of the calyx ovate, about as long as 

 the corolla. 



